PHP - Join 3 Php Statements Into 1 .. ??

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I'm an amateur PHP/mySQL person, trying to learn some more things, and I've hit a snag trying to do something I haven't done before.

Okay, here's what I'm trying to do. I have 3 tables:

Items (which includes `id` as the primary key) and a TON of information about each item.
Shop (which includes `id` as the primary key) and shop name and location.
Sale which has shop_id and item_id.

So, what I'm trying to do is have a form where someone can input in an item name and a shop name and have that item then added to the shop. This is where the Sale table comes into play too, as that's going to house each of the items and what shop it's in.

I currently have the following queries:


       $query5 = $db->execute("SELECT id FROM items LEFT JOIN sale ON items.id=sale.item_id");
       $query6 = $db->execute("SELECT id FROM shop LEFT JOIN sale ON shop.id=sale.shop_id");


I have the following form:


        if ($name == "") { $errors++; $errorlist .= "Name is required.<br />"; }
        if ($location == "" ) { $errors++; $errorlist .= "Location is required.<br />"; }
if (!isitem($itemname)) die("That item does not exist."); }

        if ($errors == 0) { 
            $query = doquery("INSERT INTO `sale` SET `item_id`=`$item`");
            admindisplay("New Item Added.","Add Items");

$page = <<<END

<b><u>Add Item</u></b><br /><br />
<form action="create_shop.php?do=additem" method="post">
<table width="90%">
<tr><td width="20%">Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="itemname" size="30" maxlength="255" value="" />**Be sure the item is already in the database and matches it IDENTICALLY.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">Location:</td><td><input type="text" name="location" size="30" maxlength="55" value="" /><br /><span class="small">Where is the item obtained (unique shop name, please!)</span></td></tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset" />
</form>


What next steps do I need to take? Am I even on the right path?

Thanks for any and all help anyone provides!! I really appreciate it!

Hello everyone,   I am hopping someone can help me sort out a query.   I have two tables, one table is a players table, and a second table is a player_vitals data that stores heights and weight changes.  I want to list all the players showing the latest height and weight change.   this query will not fetch the latest height and weight   SELECT a.player_id, a.player_first_name,a.player_last_name, b.player_height, b.player_weight

First off Please bear with me. I am newbie.

Here is a table name 'Employes' and has following Columns.
ID(PK) | FirstName | LastName | SecurityLicence | CrowdLicence | DriversLicence | Password |

And through form all the values are assigned to these columns and user gets registered.
I have done it using this code and its working fine.
Code: [Select]
<?php
session_name('YourVisitID');
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['FirstName']))
        {
                header("Location: http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . "/index.php");
                exit();
        }
else
{
$page_title = 'Register';
include('templates/header.inc');
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
        require_once('mysql_connect.php');
        // connect to the db
        
        //Create a function for escaping the data.
        function escape_data($data)
        {
                global $con; // need connection
                if(ini_get('magic_quotes_gpc'))
                {
                        $data = stripslashes($data);
                }
                return mysql_real_escape_string($data, $con);
        }
        $message = NULL;
        if(empty($_POST['firstName']))
        {
                $fn = FALSE;
                $message .= '<p>you forgot to enter your first name!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                $fn = escape_data($_POST['firstName']);
        }
        
        if(empty($_POST['lastName']))
        {
                $ln = FALSE;
                $message .= '<p>You forgot to enter your last name!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                $ln = escape_data($_POST['lastName']);
        }
        if(empty($_POST['licenceId']))
        {
                $li = FALSE;
                $message .='<p>You Forgot enter your Security Officer Licence Number!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                $li = escape_data($_POST['licenceId']);
        }
        if(empty($_POST['crowdLicenceNo']))
        {
                $cln = FALSE;
                $message .='<p>You Forgot to enter your Crowd Controller Licence Number!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                $cln = escape_data($_POST['crowdLicenceNo']);
        }
        if(empty($_POST['driverLicenceNo']))
        {
                $dln = FALSE;
                $message .='<p>You forgot to enter your Driving Licence Number!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                $dln = escape_data($_POST['driverLicenceNo']);
        }
        if(empty($_POST['password']))
        {
                $p = FALSE;
                $message .='<p>You forgot to enter your password!</p>';
        }
        else
        {
                        if($_POST['password'] == $_POST['password2'])
                                {
                                        $p = escape_data($_POST['password']);
                                }
                        else
                                {
                                        $p = FALSE;
                                        $message .='<p>Your password did not match the confirmed password</p>';
                                }
        }
        if($fn && $ln && $li && $cln && $dln && $p)
        {
                                
                $query = "SELECT ID FROM Employes WHERE SecurityLicence='$li'";
                $result = @mysql_query($query);
                if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 0)
                { 
                
                
                $query = "INSERT INTO Employes (FirstName, LastName, SecurityLicence, CrowdLicence, Driverslicence, Password)
                VALUES ('$fn', '$ln', '$li', '$cln', '$dln', PASSWORD('$p'))";
                $result = @mysql_query($query);
                        if($result)
                                {
                                        echo '<p>You have been registered</p>';
                
                                }
                        else
                        {
                                $message = '<p>We apologise there is a system error.</p><p>' . mysql_error(). '</p>';
                        }
                } 
                else 
                {
                        $message = '<p>That Security Licence is already registered</p>';
                }
                        mysql_close();
        }
        else
        {
                $message .='<p>Please try again</p>';
        }
}

//print the message if there is one
if (isset($message))
{
        echo '<font color="red">', $message, '</font>';
}
}
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate_form()
{
        var f = document.forms["regForm"]["firstName"].value;
                if(f==null || f=="")
                        {
                                alert("First Name must be filled out");
                                return false;
                        }
        var l = document.forms["regForm"]["lastName"].value;
                if(l==null || l=="")
                        {
                                alert("Last Name must be filled out");
                                return false;
                        }
        var sl = document.forms["regForm"]["licenceId"].value;
        var s = /^\d{5,}$/g.test(sl);
        var sll = sl.length;
                if(s==false)
                        {
                                alert("Security Licence No must be filled out in digits");
                                return false;
                        }
                else if(sll>=7)
                        {
                                alert("Invalid Security Licence No");
                                return false;
                        }
        var csl = document.forms["regForm"]["crowdLicenceNo"].value;
        var k = /^\d{5,}$/g.test(csl);
        var csll = csl.length;
                if(k==false)
                        {
                                alert("Crowd Controller Licence No must be filled out in digits");
                                return false;
                        }
                else if(csll>=7)
                        {
                                alert("Invalid Crowd Controller Licence No");
                                return false;
                        }
        var d = document.forms["regForm"]["driverLicenceNo"].value;
        var v = /^\d{6,}$/g.test(d);
        var dl = d.length;
                if(v==false)
                        {
                                alert("Driver's Licence No must be filled out in digits");
                                return false;
                        }
                else if(dl>=11)
                        {
                                alert("Invalid Driver's Licence No");
                                return false;
                        }
       
}
</script>


<h3>Employment Registration Form</h3>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" name="regForm" method="post" onsubmit="return validate_form()">
<fieldset>
<legend>Enter informations in the form below</legend>
<table>
<tr><th>First Name:</th><td><input type="text" name="firstName" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Last Name:</th><td><input type="text" name="lastName" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>SO Licence No:</th><td><input type="text" name="licenceId" size="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>CC Licence No:</th><td><input type="text" name="crowdLicenceNo" size="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Driver's Licence No:</th><td><input type="text" name="driverLicenceNo" size="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Create Password:</th><td><input type="password" name="password" size="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Confirm Password:</th><td><input type="password" name="password2" size="10" /></td></tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register" />
<input type="reset" value="Reset" />
</fieldset>   
</form>

<?php
include('templates/footer.inc'); 
?>
 

Here is another Table "Jobs", with the following columns.
JobID(PK) | ID(FK) | JobDate | JobStart | JobFinish | JobLocation | RequestedBy |

For Example I am the owner of the company and want to assign jobs to my registerd workers using a form.
I assign JobDate=12/12/12 JobStart=1900 JobFinish=2300 JobLocation=Perth Requestedby=John. And I do it using form. JobID will be incremented automatically.
Now what i dont understand is how do I assign ID(FK) to it?? I am newbie this question may sound stupid to many of you but hey please help.
Or should I replace ID(FK) with the SecurityLicence of the worker, Like this
JobID(PK) |ToSecurityLicence | JobDate | JobStart | JobFinish | JobLocation | RequestedBy |

What I want is when the workers signs in He should see the job assigned to him. Can I do it using inner join??? if so how to right PHP code for comparing these two tables???
I am way too much confused.

Too many of you I have made a fool of myself asking this question. But I believe a person who doesnt ask the question is fool foreva.

If somebody could Help I would really really aprreciate it.

Thanks.

Im currently working on a new feature called 'Request Player'. Basically what this does is allows managers to request players within their club for a upcoming fixture. There a multiple teams within a club (Senior As, Senior Bs, Colts U21s). Each team is controlled by a manager. And then they can add players as they need.

Anyway, I'm having problems with the sql JOIN.

I have currently got this:

$check = "SELECT u.* FROM users AS u LEFT JOIN requests AS r ON (u.id = r.player_id) WHERE (u.id = r.player_id)";


I have got two tables.

users - all the managers and players.
requests - all the requests the managers make to other teams within their club.

In the request table i have got this:

id
player_id - the players that has been requested.
fixture_id - the fixture the manager wants to have that player for.
accepted - if he has been accepted or not. This comes later on.

At the moment i have got it working so that it inserts this data, although the code is working but i want to have a mysql query that checks if a manager has any incoming requests from other teams within the club. BUT only request that has been made to his team....

Could someone please help me out?