PHP - How To Retrieve Very First Record In Database Using Odbc

Hi, I hope you guys can help me out. I only know basic PHP and also SQL.  I haven't tried using connecting database yet.

My problem is that I'm trying to INSERT a data into an existing table using access but when it reaches $rs = odbc_exec(); it returns an error that the query was empty.

Here is the code:
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$conn=odbc_connect('trial','','');
if (!$conn)
  {exit("Connection Failed: " . $conn);}
$sql = "INSERT INTO Data (FirstName, LastName, BusinessName)
VALUES ('$fname', '$lname', '$bname')";

$rs=odbc_exec($sql, $conn);

$rs = @odbc_exec($conn,$sqlstring);

if (!$rs)
{
echo "An error has occured. Please try again", odbc_errormsg($conn);
}
else
{
echo "The record was successfully inserted.";
}

odbc_close($conn);

and here is the error:
Quote

An error has occured. Please try again[MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver][mysqld-5.5.20]Query was empty



I really hope you could help me out.

Thanks.

I have this code which uoploads and resizes the images into a folder without a problem. My problem is I am unable to view the Thumb or Full image which has uploaded to the folder and the database with the other data.  How do i correct this problem code below. Thanks

upload form and script
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<?php
//database properties
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'user';
$dbpass = 'pass';
$dbname = 'DB';

// make a connection to mysql here
$conn = mysql_connect ($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ("I cannot connect to the database because: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ($dbname) or die ("I cannot select the database '$dbname' because: " . mysql_error());

/******** start function ********/

function errors($error){
if (!empty($error))
{
$i = 0;
echo "<blockquote>\n";
while ($i < count($error)){
echo "<p><span class=\"warning\">".$error[$i]."</span></p>\n";
$i ++;}
echo "</blockquote>\n";
}// close if empty errors

} // close function


// ----------------Create Smaller version of large image---------------------
function createthumbfull($src_filename, $dst_filename_full)
{
  // Get information about the image
        list($src_width, $src_height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize( $src_filename );

        // Load the image based on filetype
        switch( $type ) {
        case IMAGETYPE_JPEG:
                $starting_image = imagecreatefromjpeg( $src_filename );
                break;
        case IMAGETYPE_PNG:
                $starting_image = imagecreatefrompng( $src_filename );
                break;
        case IMAGETYPE_GIF:
                $starting_image = imagecreatefromgif( $src_filename );
                break;
        default:
                return false;
        }


// get the image to create thumbnail from
    $starting_image; 
// get image width
$width = imagesx($starting_image);
// get image height
    $height = imagesy($starting_image);
// size to create thumnail width
$thumb_width = 600;

    // divide iwidth by specified thumb size
    $constant = $width/$thumb_width;
// round height by constant and add t thumb_height
    $thumb_height = round($height/$constant, 0);


//create thumb with true colours
    $thumb_image = imagecreatetruecolor($thumb_width, $thumb_height);

//create thumbnail resampled to make image smooth
    imagecopyresampled($thumb_image, $starting_image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $thumb_width, $thumb_height, $width, $height);

$ran = rand () ;
$thumb1 = $ran.".jpg";

global $thumb_Add_full;
$thumb_Add_full = $dst_filename_full;
$thumb_Add_full .= $thumb1;

imagejpeg($thumb_image, "" .$dst_filename_full. "$thumb1");
} 



//-------------------- create thumbnail --------------------------------------------
//$src_filename = source of image
//$dst_filename_thumb = location to store final image
function createthumb($src_filename, $dst_filename_thumb)
{
    $size = getimagesize($src_filename); // get image size
   $stype = $size['mime']; //get image type : gif,png,jpg
   $w = $size[0]; // width of image
   $h = $size[1]; // height of image
   
   //do a switch statment to create image from right image type
   
   switch($stype) {
      //if image is gif create from gif
      case 'image/gif':
      $simg = imagecreatefromgif($src_filename);   
      break;
      //if image is jpeg create from jpeg
      case 'image/jpeg':
      $simg = imagecreatefromjpeg($src_filename);      
      break;
      //if image is png create from png
      case 'image/png':
      $simg = imagecreatefrompng($src_filename);      
      break;
      }

   
   $width = $w; // get image width   
    $height = $h; // get image height
   
   // size to create thumnail width
   $thumb_width = 150;
   $thumb_height = 150;
   
   //use true colour for image
   $dimg = imagecreatetruecolor($thumb_width, $thumb_height);
   $wm = $width/$thumb_width; //width divided by new width
   $hm = $height/$thumb_height; //height divided by new height
   $h_height = $thumb_height/2; //ass new height and chop in half
   $w_height = $thumb_width/2; //ass new height and chop in half
   
   //if original width is more then original height then modify by width
   if($w> $h) {
      $adjusted_width = $w / $hm; // add original width and divide it by modified height and add to var
      $half_width = $adjusted_width / 2; // chop width in half
      $int_width = $half_width - $w_height; // take away modified height from new width
      //make a copy of the image
      imagecopyresampled($dimg,$simg,-$int_width,0,0,0,$adjusted_width,$thumb_height,$w,$h);
      
      //else if original width is less or equal to original height then modify by height
      
   } elseif(($w <$h) || ($w == $h)) {
      $adjusted_height = $h / $wm; // diving original height by modified  width
      $half_height = $adjusted_height / 2; // chop height in half
      $int_height = $half_height - $h_height; // take away modified height from new width
      //make a copy of the image
      imagecopyresampled($dimg,$simg,0,-$int_height,0,0,$thumb_width,$adjusted_height,$w,$h);
   } else { // don't modify image and make a copy
      imagecopyresampled($dimg,$simg,0,0,0,0,$thumb_width,$thumb_height,$w,$h);
   }
      
   $ran = "thumb_".rand (); // generate random number and add to a string   
   $thumb2 = $ran.".jpg"; //add random string to a var and append .jpg on the end
   
   global $thumb_Add_thumb; //make this var available outside the function as it will be needed later.
   $thumb_Add_thumb = $dst_filename_thumb; // add destination
   $thumb_Add_thumb .= $thumb2; // append file name on the end
      
   //actually create the final image
    imagejpeg($dimg, "" .$dst_filename_thumb. "$thumb2");    
}

/********end functions ***********/

// if form submitted then process form
if (isset($_POST['submit'])){

// check feilds are not empty
$imageTitle = trim($_POST['imageTitle']);
if (strlen($imageTitle) < 3 || strlen($imageTitle) > 255) {
$error[] = 'Title must be at between 3 and 255 charactors.';
}

// check feilds are not empty or check image file size
if (!isset($_FILES["uploaded"])) {
$error[] = 'You forgot to select an image.';
}

// check feilds are not empty
$imageDesc = trim($_POST['imageDesc']);
if (strlen($imageDesc) < 3) {
$error[] = 'Please enter a description for your image.';
}

// location where inital upload will be moved to
$target = "productimages/" . $_FILES['uploaded']['name'] ;


// find the type of image
switch ($_FILES["uploaded"]["type"]) {
case $_FILES["uploaded"]["type"] == "image/gif":
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded"]["tmp_name"],$target);
    break;
case $_FILES["uploaded"]["type"] == "image/jpeg":
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded"]["tmp_name"],$target);
    break;
case $_FILES["uploaded"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg":
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded"]["tmp_name"],$target);
    break;
case $_FILES["uploaded"]["type"] == "image/png":
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded"]["tmp_name"],$target);
    break;
case $_FILES["uploaded"]["type"] == "image/x-png":
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded"]["tmp_name"],$target);
    break;

default:
    $error[] = 'Wrong image type selected. Only JPG, PNG or GIF accepted!.';
}

// if valadation is okay then carry on
if (!$error) {

// post form data 
   $imageTitle     = $_POST['imageTitle'];
   $imageDesc     = $_POST['imageDesc'];
   
   //strip any tags from input
   $imageTitle   = strip_tags($imageTitle);
   $imageDesc   = strip_tags($imageDesc);
   
   
   // add slashes if needed
   if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{ 
$imageTitle   = addslashes($imageTitle);
$imageDesc   = addslashes($imageDesc);
 }
   
   // remove any harhful code and stop sql injection
   $imageTitle = mysql_real_escape_string($imageTitle); 
   $imageDesc = mysql_real_escape_string($imageDesc); 
   
  
//add target location to varible $src_filename 
$src_filename = $target;
// define file locations for full sized and thumbnail images
$dst_filename_full = 'productimages/';
$dst_filename_thumb = 'productthumb/';

// create the images
createthumbfull($src_filename, $dst_filename_full); //call function to create full sized image
createthumb($src_filename, $dst_filename_thumb); //call function to create thumbnail image
// delete original image as its not needed any more.
unlink ($src_filename);


// insert data into images table
$query = "INSERT INTO table (imageTitle, imageThumb, imageFull, imageDesc) VALUES
  ('$imageTitle', '$thumb_Add_thumb', '$thumb_Add_full', '$imageDesc')";
  $result  = mysql_query($query) or die ('Cannot add image because: '. mysql_error());
 
// show a message to confirm results
echo "<h3 align='center'> $imageTitle uploaded</h3>";
 
}
}


//dispaly any errors
errors($error);
?>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="post">
<fieldset>
<legend>Upload Picture</legend>
<p>Only JPEG, GIF, or PNG images accepted</p>
<p><label>Title<br /></label><input type="text" name="imageTitle" <?php if (isset($error)){ echo "value=\"$imageTitle\""; }?> /></p>

<p><label>Image<br /></label><input type="file" name="uploaded" /></p>

<p><label>Description<br /></label><textarea name="imageDesc" cols="50" rows="10"><?php if (isset($error)){ echo "$imageDesc"; }?></textarea></p>

<p><label>&nbsp;</label><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add Image" /></p>

</fieldset>
</form>

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<?php 
 
 // Connects to your Database 
 mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "pass") or die(mysql_error()) ; 
 mysql_select_db("DB") or die(mysql_error()) ; 
 
 //Retrieves data from MySQL 
 $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table") or die(mysql_error());  //Puts it into an array 
 while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) 
 { 
 ?>
 
<?php echo "<img src=http://www.web.com/productimages/" .$info['imagefull'] ." > <br>"; ?>
<?php echo "<img src=http://www.web.com/productthumb/" .$info['imageThumb'] ." > <br>"; ?>


<?php echo "<b>imageTitle:</b> ".$info['imageTitle'] . "<br> "; ?>
<?php echo "<b>imageDesc:</b> ".$info['imageDesc'] . " <hr>"; ?>
 
<?php  }?>

Hi,
Im trying to retrieve HTML from a mysql database but nothing i've tried seems to work.
The HTML im trying to retrieve is an iframe with a link and styles (code from amazon associates). Im trying to display links to specific products on amazon from the product page on my site. All data about the product is retrieved from the database so i have code to select the amazon link row in my database table but i cant get it to display. It says the html isnt a string so i cant echo it, fair enough. I have tried using the following code:
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$get_buylink_sql = "SELECT mobo_buylink FROM mobo WHERE mobo_id = $mobo_id";
$get_buylink_res = mysqli_query($mysqli, $get_buylink_sql)
or die(mysqli_error($mysqli));

while ($buylink = mysqli_fetch_array($get_buylink_res)) {
echo"<iframe src=\"".$buylink."\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>";
}

mysqli_free_result($get_buylink_res);

mysqli_close($mysqli);I have also tried putting the whole iframe code in the database which didnt work either.
The mobo_id variable works fine for retrieving the rest of the data and i need to get the amazon link from the same record.

I hope i've put this in a way you can understand, but if not i'll try and explain better and give you a link to my site if needed.

Thanks,
Alex

I AM WORKING ON A PROJECT , I NEED YOUR HELP.  I WANT TO USE EXISTING SRC OF IFRAME + RETRIVED VALUE FROM DATABASE INTO IFRAME

This is my data.php to retrive values from database into iframe without refresh web page.

<?php
	$conn = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', '', 'x');
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection error: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$result = $conn->query("SELECT number1 FROM users");
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo $row['number1'] . '<br>';
    }
}
?>

FOLLOWING IS INDEX FILE

<?php include('data.php') ?>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	</head>
<body>
    <div id="show"></div>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            setInterval(function () {
                $('#show').load('data.php')
            }, 1000);
        });
    </script>
	    <iframe id="w3" src="DATABASE RETRIVED VALUE" height="80px" width="300px" frameborder="0" style="border: 0; width:300px; height:80px; background-color: #FFF;"></iframe>
    </body>
</html>

 

INDEX FILE CODES CAN SUCCESSFULLY RETRIVE VALUES FROM DATABASE BUT, I WANT TO STORE IT IN IFRAME SRC .

VAR= URLS = 'HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM'

IFRAME SRC WILL BE VAR URLS + RETRIEVED VALUE FROM DATABASE

 

 

 

hi,
i have a form that requires image to be uploaded.
i know how to store the form values in a database but i don't know how to store the image into the database.
i want the user to upload picture and preview the data provided review (including the image) before submitting to the database.

thanks

I have code for displaying result from database:

foreach ($_SESSION["products"] as $cart_itm)
        {
           $product_code = $cart_itm["code"];
		   $results = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE product_code='$product_code' LIMIT 1");
		   $obj = $results->fetch_object(); 

Now, I display data with: $obj->product_name     When I get the list, how to put inline numbers (1 2 3 4 ...)?   1       products1 2       products1 3       products1 4       products1..

Hello people,
I have created an application in Code Charge where my site users can login and play games online.The game code is run via flash and html. The Game has 5 stages and from a page in my application called transfertogame.php , i transfer them to the game page. Now i want to be able to track each players progress via database so that when they log back in and they get to the transfertogame.php page, it can check the page they were on before and immediately take them to the page without starting from page 1. Any help will be appreciated as i am very poor with php scripting
This is the session ID i guess is being used from my application page

//Initialize Method @4-537EA73F
function Initialize()
{

if(!$this->Visible)
return;

$this->ds->Parameters["sesUserID"] = CCGetSession("UserID");
}
//End Initialize Method

//Validate Method @4-7E1FC38C
function Validate()
{
$Validation = true;
$Where = "";
$this->CCSEventResult = CCGetEvent($this->CCSEvents, "OnValidate");
return (($this->Errors->Count() == 0) && $Validation);
}
//End Validate Method

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<?php echo 
  $row_Recordset1['name']; 
      ?>
i want to convert the name in to like

<a href=main.php?name= $row_Recordset1['name']  >>

in databse i has 3 name
Steve
Mark
Lisa

i want that names into link like main.php?name=mark and so on
how to do it
help me
h
   

I have a database with three fields: name, email, and event.  People signed on through a form and provided this information each time they wanted a ticket to attend Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years parties.

Now I want to contact them by email WITHOUT using a CC or BCC function because I do NOT want my messages filtered as spam.

How can I send each person a single email?

I have finaly got my removing recods page working, but i do have one problem...

i have a delete button which goes to a new php page which contains the DELETE FROM, this deletes the record automaticaly. There are two paths which i could choose from the problem is i am stuck on both of them.

1. a link that will activate the delete code.
2. once the record has been deleted then it will automaticaly go back the the first page.

can any one help me here please?

Hi guys,

I want a search to be done.

 That is when the user type the relevant customer id and clicks on search button the details of the customer should appear in a form. Therefore i tried the following code but it generates an empty form.

All the customer details were stored in the database under customer table.
customer(customer_id, full_name, name_with_initials, address, contact_number, gender)

Can anyone show me where i went wrong?



<?php
$connect=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("bank",$connect) or die ("could not select database");
?>

<!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">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#apDiv4 {
position:absolute;
width:776px;
height:598px;
z-index:3;
left: 206px;
top: 300px;
}
#form1 {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
}
body,td,th {
font-size: 18px;
}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>


   
<div id="apDiv4">
  <form action="" method="post" name="form1" id="form1">
    <fieldset>
      <legend class="cap"> Customer Details</legend>
      <table width="85%" height="350" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
      <?php
           if(isset($_POST['customer_id'])){ 
        $customer_id=$_POST['customer_id']; 
       
           $query = "select * from customer where customer_id=" .$customer_id;
   $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
   while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
   
   }
  ?>
      
        <tr>
          <td>&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="title02">&nbsp;</td>
          <td>&nbsp;</td>
          <td>&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
          <td width="2%" height="35">&nbsp;</td>
          <td width="46%" class="title02" align="left">National ID</td>
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><input type="text" name="nic" size="30"   class="attribute1" value="<?php echo $row['nic'];?>"></td>
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
        <td height="33">&nbsp;</td>
        <td width="46%" class="title02" align="left">Full Name</td>
        <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><input type="text" name="full_name" size="30"   class="attribute1" value="<?php echo $row['full_name'];?>"></td>
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
          <td height="34">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="title02" align="left">Name With Initials</td>
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><input type="text" name="name_with_initials" size="30"   class="attribute1" value="<?php echo $row['name_with_initials'];?>"></td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
          <td width="46%" class="title02" align="left">Address</td>
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><label>
            <textarea name="address" id="textarea" cols="45" rows="5"><?php echo $row['address']; ?></textarea>
          </label></td>
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
          <td width="46%" class="title02" align="left">Contact Number</td>
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><input type="text" name="contact_number" size="30" class="attribute1" value="<?php echo $row['contact_number']?>"></td>
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr height="30">
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
          <td width="46%" class="title02" align="left">Sex</td>
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left"><p>
   <select name="gender" id="jumpMenu" >
          <option selected="selected"><?php echo $row['gender']; ?></option>
            
            <option>Male</option>
            <option>Female</option>
          </select>          
          <td width="50%" class="attribute1" align="left">&nbsp;</td>
            
            <br />
          </p></td>
          <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        
      </table>
      <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
      <p align="center">
        <label>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </label>
        <label>
          <input name="button" type="submit" id="button"  value="Approve Account"  />
          &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </label>
        <label> <a href="accsup_help.php">
          <input name="button" type="submit"  id="button"   value="Help"  />
        </a></label>
        </td>
      </p>
    </fieldset>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font color="red" size="1" ></font></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <?php
   }
   
   ?>
      
    </table>
  </form>
</div>
<img src="../images/mahapitiya 1.jpg" width="1024" height="139" />
</body>
</html>



Thanks,

[/code]
Hi //open the connection
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "techhom1_test", "pro176");

//pick the database to use
mysql_select_db("testDB", $conn);

//create the sql statement
$sql = "INSERT INTO master_name values ('', '$firstname')";

//execute
if (mysql_query($sql,$conn)){
echo "Record Added!";
} else{
echo "Somethin went wrong";
}


the code above is insert code and working with out any errors but when i am submitting text into data using method below it is sending echo back Somethin went wrong.I think i am confused with the write name of the user table

database is ***_test
my tables are
duty_number
 master_name

in this _test user i am trying to add first name in master_name field so here is the submit code

Code: [Select]
<FORM ACTION=insert.php  METHOD=POST>
<P>text to add:<br>
<input type=text name=master_name size=30>
<p><input type=submit name=submit value=Insert Record></p>
</FORM>


My table below in Data base

[code]Field Type Null Default Comments
name_id smallint(5) Yes NULL
name_dateaddedn datetime Yes NULL
name_datemodified datetime Yes NULL
firstname varchar(75) Yes NULL
lastname varchar(75) Yes NULL

can someone please look at the code and find the error for me Thanks

Am a newbie in php. Since I can't insert values to the database with respect to a user Id or with any other token using WHERE clause.

I.e "INSERT INTO receipts(date) VALUES(example) where id="**....."

If I need to fetch several values of column for a particular user, how do I go about it? Thank you!!!

Hi, after following lots of advice and changing to MySqli I am running into a few probs. This is me just probably missing something stupid, I know what I want, but can't figure out what query I should use and where I should place it. All the queries I have tried have failed.   I just need a query that gets the $current_stored_password from the password field on the database, to confirm the last check

elseif 
	($current_password !== $current_stored_password) {
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';
	echo $current_password . ' AND ' . $_POST['current_password'] . ' Password and password again do not match';
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';

}

Here is the whole script.

<?php
session_start();
error_reporting(0);
//ini_set('display_errors', '1');

require( 'database.php' );

$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
$current_stored_password = $_SESSION['password'];
$current_password = $_POST['current_password'];
$password = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, md5( $_POST['password']));
$password_again = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, md5( $_POST['password_again']));


// Run checks

if	(isset($_POST['current_password'], $_POST['password'], $_POST['password_again'])) {
	
if( strlen( $_POST['current_password'] ) < 8 )
    {
        include('includes/overall/header.php');
        echo "Password Must Be 8 or More Characters.";
        include('includes/overall/footer.php');
}
elseif( strlen( $_POST['password'] ) < 8 )
    {
        include('includes/overall/header.php');
        echo "Password Must Be 8 or More Characters.";
        include('includes/overall/footer.php');
    }
elseif 
		( strlen( $_POST['password_again'] ) < 8 )
    {
        include('includes/overall/header.php');
        echo "Password Must Be 8 or More Characters.";
        include('includes/overall/footer.php');
    }
elseif 
	($password !== $password_again) {
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';
	echo ' Password and password again do not match';
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';
}
elseif 
	($current_password !== $current_stored_password) {
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';
	echo $current_password . ' AND ' . $_POST['current_password'] . ' Password and password again do not match';
	include 'includes/overall/header.php';

} else {

// Define a query to run 
$query = "UPDATE `user` SET `password` = '$password' WHERE `username` = '$username'"; 

// Query the database 
$result = mysqli_query($con,$query); 

// Check if the query failed 
if( !$result ) 
{ 
   die('There was a problem executing the query ('.$query.'):<br>('.mysqli_errno($con).') '.mysqli_error($con)); 
} 

else {

include 'includes/overall/header.php';
	echo 'Password has been changed';
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
}    
}
}

// Close the connection 
mysqli_close($con); 
?> 

At the moment the message displayed when the form is submitted is

	echo $current_password . ' AND ' . $_POST['current_password'] . ' Password and password again do not match';
 

How do I retrieve the password from the database to compare against the current password entered by the user? Any help is much appreciated.   PS. Yes I know I have repeated code and that md5 is not secure, but I am just building onto a template I got and will be making changes to shorten the code and secure the password soon    

Not sure where to post this question. I have a MySQL database and add records with a PHP form to the tables.

I have 2 fields (char) in one table. When the fields contain the character '  it wont write the record to the table! For example...if I enter. " John's house" it wont accept the record since ' appears in John's name!

How do I work around this?

Thanks