PHP - Message After The Update

Can anyone post a generic update function to update mysql table.
The manual approach:

update $tablename
set $column1='a', $column2='b'
where $id=$value;

Hi i have this simple update form and scrip but somehow it doesnt seem to be update the field on the database can someone help out please.
The html form is the second form bellow where the action send to status_update.php
HTML FORM
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<?php                include("../header.html");            ?>
<?php                include("header_news.html");            
extract($_REQUEST,EXTR_SKIP);
?><?php            
/*                print("sfilm_refnum = $sfilm_refnum<BR>");                
print("sfilm_addr01 = $sfilm_addr01<BR>");                
print("sfilm_postcode = $sfilm_postcode<BR>");                
print("Film Client = $fclient<BR>");            */             
?>           
<form id="search" action="list.php" method="post" name="search">               
<table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#eeeeee">                   
<tr>                       
<td align="right" width="140"></td>                       
<td width="320"><span class="hofblack10">                           
</span>                           
</td>                       
<td align="center" width="100"><input type="hidden" name="lstart" value="<?php print("$lstart"); ?>" /><input type="hidden" name="lend" value="<?php print("$lend"); ?>" /><input type="hidden" name="lamount" value="<?php print("$lamount"); ?>" /></td>                        <td align="center" width="100"></td>                       
<td align="right"></td>                   
</tr>               
</table>           
</form>           
<table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#4050c4">               
<tr>                 
<td width="60" class="hofwhite10">action</td>                   
<td width="140"><span class="hofwhite14">DATE</span></td>                   
<td width="80"><span class="hofwhite14">ID</span></td>                   
<td><span class="hofwhite14">News Titile</span></td>                   
<td width="100"><span class="hofwhite14">Status</span></td>               
</tr>               
<tr height="0">                 
<td bgcolor="white" width="60"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="140" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="80" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="100" height="0"></td>               
</tr>           
</table><table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr>                   
<td width="60"></td>                 
<td width="80"></td>                   
<td><a class="blueullrg" href="add.php">Add News</a></td>                   
<td align="right" width="120"></td>               
</tr>               
<tr height="0">                   
<td width="60" height="0"></td>                 
<td width="80" height="0"></td>                   
<td height="0"></td>                   
<td align="right" width="120" height="0"></td>               
</tr>           
</table>  <?php          
//get the DB connection variables    
include("../../../includes/config.php");        
//connect to DB        
$connection = @mysql_connect($db_address,$db_username,$db_password) or die("Couldn't CONNECT.");        
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select DATABASE.");                
$query2="SELECT * FROM news WHERE !(news_status='deleted')";        
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die("Couldn't execute QUERY - Select NEWS Qty");        
$fqty = mysql_num_rows($result2);            
//SELECT or FIND the same USERNAME        
$query3="SELECT * FROM news WHERE !(news_status='deleted') ORDER BY news_id DESC";        
$result3 = mysql_query($query3) or die("Couldn't execute QUERY - Select NEWS");        
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result3))            
{                
$news_id                 = $row['news_id'];                
$news_title                = $row['news_title'];                
$news_story                = $row['news_story'];                
$news_image                = $row['news_image'];                
$news_image_caption        = $row['news_image_caption'];                
$news_image_link        = $row['news_image_link'];                
$news_date_day            = $row['news_date_day'];                
$news_date_month        = $row['news_date_month'];                
$news_date_year            = $row['news_date_year'];                
$news_status            = $row['news_status'];                
$news_website            = $row['news_website'];                
$news_date_created        = $row['news_date_created'];        
        $news_date_modified        = $row['news_date_modified'];    ?>           
        <table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#eeeeee">               
        <tr>                 
        <td width="60"><span class="hofblack10">                   
         <?php                    
         if($news_status=="deleted"){                        
         print("<a class='hifblack10'>deleted</span>");                    
         }ELSE{                        
         print("<a class='blueul' href='edit.php?id=$news_id'>edit</a>");                    
         }                    
         ?>                 
          </span></td>                   
          <td width="140"><span class="titlegrey12">                     
          <?php                      
          if(!$news_date_day) 
          { echo "00"; }
          else{ echo $news_date_day; }                      
          echo "/";                     
           if(!$news_date_month) { echo "00"; }else{ echo $news_date_month; }                      
           echo "/";                      
           if(!$news_date_year) { echo "0000"; }else{ echo $news_date_year; }                    
           ?>                   
           </span></td>                   
           <td width="80"><span class="titlegrey12"><?php                    print("$news_id");                    ?></span>
           </td>                   
           <td><?php                    
           if($news_status=="deleted")
           {                        
           print("<class='hofblack10'>$news_title</span>");                    
           }ELSE{                        
           print("<a class='blueul' href='edit.php?id=$news_id'>$news_title</a>");                    
           }                    
           ?></td>                   
           <td width="100">                       
           <form id="list_update" action="status_update.php" method="post" name="list_update">                           
        <select name="newnstatus" size="1">                               
           <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "") 
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?>
           selected="selected" value="">Status...</option>                               
           <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "on")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="on">On</option>
               <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "off")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="off">Off</option>
            <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "deleted")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="deleted">Delete</option>
        </select>
         <input type="hidden" name="nstatus" value="<?php echo $row[news_status]; ?>" />                           
           <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $row[news_id]; ?>" />                       
           <input type="submit" name="update" value="update" />                       
           </form>                     
            </td>               
            </tr>               
            <tr height="0">                 
            <td bgcolor="white" width="60"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="140" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="80" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="100" height="0"></td>               
            </tr>           
            </table>
            <?php            }        mysql_close($connection);//}?>           
            <table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">         
            <tr>                   
            <td width="60"></td>                 
            <td width="80"></td>                   
            <td><a class="blueullrg" href="add.php">Add News</a></td>                   
            <td align="right" width="120"></td>               
            </tr>           
            </table><?php                // include("list_navigation.html");            ?>
            <?php                include("../footer.html");            ?>
            </div></body></html>
The action script php
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<?php
/*    echo "fstatus: ".$fstatus."<BR>";    
echo "id: ".$id."<BR>";    
echo "fclient: ".$fclient."<BR>";    
echo "newfstatus: ".$newfstatus."<BR>";*/    
//set the date of agreement        
$timestamp = date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');    
//get the DB connection variables        
include("../../../includes/config.php");
//connect to DB        
$connection = @mysql_connect($db_address,$db_username,$db_password) or die("Couldn't CONNECT.");        
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select FILMS DATABASE.");    
// All appears well, so enter into database                
$query= "UPDATE news SET news_status = '$newnstatus' WHERE news_id='$id'";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("could not execute query - Update FILMS Record to DB");    
//setup an email to the Admin @ hof, w/o attachment            
$emailto="xx@xxx.co.uk";        
$emailfrom="no-reply@xxxx.co.uk";        
$emailsubject="xx Record Updated";        
$emailmessage="Hello Registrar\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="News ID: ".$id."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Updated on: ".$timestamp."\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="Status was: ".$nstatus."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Status now: ".$newfnstatus."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Thank you,\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="Web Site ROBOT\n";        
$emailmessage.="(Administrator)\n";        
$emailmessage.="xxx.co.uk | xxx.biz\n";        
$emailmessage.="----------------------------------------------\n";        
$emailmessage.="e. http://www.xxx.co.uk/contact.php\n";        
$emailmessage.="w. http://www.xxx.co.uk\n";        
$emailheader="From: xxx.co.uk<$emailfrom>";
$emailheader  .= 'Cc: xxx@xxx.co.uk'."\r\n";
$emailheader  .= 'Bcc: xxx@xxxxx.co.uk'."\r\n";        
$ok=mail($emailto,$emailsubject,$emailmessage,$emailheader);        
mysql_close($connection);            
if ($ok)
 {        
 header("Location: list.php"); 
 /* Redirect browser */        
 exit;    
 } else {        
 $errmsg="There was a problem, please try later or telephone us direct.";        
 $errsta="1";        
 include("edit_error.html");        
 //echo "<p>Mail could not be sent. Sorry!</p>";        
 exit;    
 }        
 ?> Thanks in advance

what Im basically trying to do is just like a phpmyadmin function... you select rows you want to update with a checkbox and then it takes you to a page where the rows that are clicked are shown in forms so that you can view and edit info in them... and then have 1 submit button to update them all at once.

I created this code to upload a member's main picture on his member page on website.  I'll only include the query part of the code since that's what is relevant to my problem.  The idea is basically to upload a new picture onto the database if no picture already exists for that member and display the picture on the page.  If a picture already exists, then the script replaces the old picture with the new one upon upload.    But for whatever reason
I don't understand,  when I try to replace the old pic, it gets inserted in a new row on the database instead of replacing the old row, and the new pic gets displayed on the web page alongside the old. Code: [Select]
$query = "SELECT username FROM images WHERE member_id = '".$_SESSION['id']."' AND image_cartegory = 'main'";
        $result = @mysql_query($query);
        $num = @mysql_num_rows($result);
       
        if ($num> 0)   {

    //Update the image

    $update = mysql_query("UPDATE images SET image = '" . $image['name'] . "' WHERE member_id = '".$_SESSION['id']."' AND image_cartegory = 'main'"); 

   
          $_SESSION['error'] = "File updated successfully.";  //really should be session success message.

                    header("Location: member.php");


    exit;
}

else

{
// NOTE: This is where a lot of people make mistakes.
// We are *not* putting the image into the database; we are putting a reference to the file's location on the server

    $sql = "insert into images (member_id, image_cartegory, image_date, image) values ('{$_SESSION['id']}', 'main', NOW(), '" . $image['name'] . "')";

    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Could not insert data into DB: " . mysql_error());

    $_SESSION['error'] = "File uploaded succussfully.";  //really should be session success message.

                    header("Location: member.php");
                                }


So can anyone tell me what the problem is?  Could the fact that my insert script actually uploads the image onto a folder on my server and only stores the path name in the database have anything to contribute to the mixup?  Appreciate your responses in advance.

I'm new to PHP and I was able to figure out how to populate data from my database into my text fields. I am trying to add the update information to the same php file; however, I am now receiving errors within the data I was able to populate, 

Notice: Undefined variable: stmt in C:\xampp\htdocs\Cust_App\update.php on line 47

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\xampp\htdocs\Cust_App\update.php on line 47

and errors with the Update statement 

Notice: Undefined variable: stmtupdate in C:\xampp\htdocs\Cust_App\update.php on line 96

Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in C:\xampp\htdocs\Cust_App\update.php on line 96

Notice: Undefined variable: customerID in C:\xampp\htdocs\Cust_App\update.php on line 96

I had defined the customerID variable above in the code, but it isn't being captured from here. 

I tried setting up this query like the one which gathered the data, but I'm off by a little bit. I would like the option to be able to update all fields.

Any help is appreciated. I'm trying to learn as I may get asked to update other forms in the future. (new boss asks a lot)

<?php
require_once('database.php');


?>



<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<!-- the head section -->
<head>
    <title>My Guitar Shop</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css" />
</head>

<!-- the body section -->
<body>
<div id="page">

    <div id="header">
        <h1>SportsPro Technical Support</h1>
        <p>Sports management software for the sports enthusiast.</p></h1>
    </div>

    <div id="main">

        <h1>View/Update Customer</h1>

        <form action="update.php" method="get" >
        <?php

        if(isset($_GET['customerID'])) {
            $customerID = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'customerID', FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
            $sql = "SELECT * FROM customers  WHERE customerID =$customerID ";
            $stmt = $db->query($sql);

        }

        ?>
        <div id="content">
            <!-- display a table of products -->
            <h2>Customers</h2>
            <form method = "edit">
               <?php foreach ($stmt as $cust) { ?>
                <div>
                    <label>First Name</label>
            <input type="text" name="name" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['firstName']; ?>">
            </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Last Name</label>
                    <input type="text" name="name" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['lastName']; ?>">
                </div><br>
            <div>
            <label>Address</label>
            <input type="text" name="address" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['address']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>City</label>
            <input type="text" name="city" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['city']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>State</label>
            <input type="text" name="state" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['state']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Country</label>
            <input type="text" name="countryCode" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['countryCode']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Zip Code</label>
            <input type="text" name="postalCode" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['postalCode']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Email </label>
            <input type="text" name="email" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['email']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Phone Number </label>
            <input type="text" name="phone" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['phone']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>
                    <label>Password </label>
            <input type="text" name="password" class ="form-control" value ="<?php echo $cust['password']; ?>">
                </div><br>
                <div>

                <?php    }


                ?>
            <input type="Submit" name="Update_Data" value="Update Data"></input>
                    <?php
                    $sql2 = "UPDATE customers SET firstName = ". $stmtupdate['firstName']." WHERE customerID =$customerID ";
                    $stmtupdate = $db->query($sql2);

                    ?>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div id="footer">
        <p>
            &copy; <?php echo date("Y"); ?> SportsPro, Inc.
        </p>
    </div>

</div><!-- end page -->
</body>
</html>