I don't know if this is a PHP question, or a MySQL question, so please move this if it's in the wrong forum. Anyway, here goes:
One of my friends wants to have a page that he can go to and assign points to members of his Halo 2 clan. I've started out extremely simple, but I can't use $gamertag or $points variables in some sql queries and I can in others.
I haven't gotten to checking for existing tables, so I have been switching back and forth between the two $query lines. Here is my code:
<html>
<head>
<title> </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
print("Gamertag = $gamertag<br>\n");
print("Points = $points<br>\n");
//$query = 'INSERT INTO $gamertag VALUES ($points)'; //$gamertag and $points variables do not work
$query = "CREATE TABLE $gamertag (points int(3) NOT NULL default '0') TYPE=MyISAM"; //$gamertag variable works
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'the-bebo_thetaco', '*********);
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully<br>';
mysql_select_db ("the-bebo_paus");
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (!$result) {
$message = 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "<br>\n";
$message .= 'Whole query: ' . $query;
die($message);
}
mysql_close($link);
?>
</body>
</html>
Any ideas?
