joshgarrod
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ok, so what does that replace or where go please?
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Hi, I have a situation, when we add a new stock item people forget what the next id number to be assigned is. Is there a way, (im sure there is) to see what the next id to be assigned is and automatically enter it, here is my code: <!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=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Add stock</title> </head> <body> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <? # connect to database $cid = mysql_connect($host,$usr,$pwd); if (!$cid) { echo("ERROR: " . mysql_error() . "\n"); } ?> <HTML> <HEAD> </font> <TITLE>Add stock</TITLE> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> </font> <P><FONT SIZE=5 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B> Add stock </B> </FONT></P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <? # this is processed when the form is submitted # back on to this page (POST METHOD) if ($REQUEST_METHOD=="POST") { # double-up apostrophes $StockDescription = str_replace("'","''",$StockDescription); $StockNumber = str_replace("'","''",$StockNumber); # setup SQL statement $SQL = " INSERT INTO stock "; $SQL = $SQL . " (ID, StockNumber, ItemPrice, StockDescription) VALUES "; $SQL = $SQL . " ('$ID', '$StockNumber','$ItemPrice','$StockDescription') "; #execute SQL statement $result = mysql_db_query($db,"$SQL",$cid); # check for error if (!$result) { echo("ERROR: " . mysql_error() . "\n$SQL\n"); } echo ("<P><B>New stock item added</B></P>\n"); } ?> </font> <FORM NAME="fa" ACTION="addStock.php" METHOD="POST"> <TABLE> <TR><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Stock ID: </B> </font></TD><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="ID" SIZE=40> </font></TD></TR> <TR><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Stock Number:</B> </font></TD><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="StockNumber" SIZE=40> </font></TD></TR> <TR><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Item Price: </B> </font></TD><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="ItemPrice" VALUE="£" SIZE=40> </font></TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Description: </B> </font></TD><TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <textarea name="StockDescription" rows=5 cols=40></textarea> </font></TD> </TR> <TR><TH COLSPAN=2><P><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Add stock"> </font></P></TH></TR> </TABLE> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="sparesAdminPage.html">Back</a></font></p> </FORM> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <? mysql_close($cid); ?> </font> </BODY> </HTML> </body> </html>
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so i replace echo "<br>"; with some html?
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ok, its just i wanted to know what sort of options i have, i am not too hot with html
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Hi guys, Thanks to TreeNode i now have my search script working great, however it returns the results really boringly. Can anyone post me and edit of the script here jazzed up a bit, would be great. Thanks, much appreciated. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Search for spares</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} --> </style> </head> <body> <h2 class="style1">Search</h2> <form action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" method="post" name="search" class="style1"> Seach for: <input type="text" name="find" /> in <Select NAME="field"> <Option VALUE="ID">Stock ID</option> <Option VALUE="StockNumber">Stock number</option> <Option VALUE="StockDescription">Stock description</option> </Select> <input type="hidden" name="searching" value="yes" /> <input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" /> </form> <p class="style1"> <? //This is only displayed if they have submitted the form if ($searching =="yes") { echo "<h2>Results</h2><p>"; //If they did not enter a search term we give them an error if ($find == "") { echo "<p>You forgot to enter a search term"; exit; } // Otherwise we connect to our Database mysql_connect("localhost", "sto21", "ixhp388") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("sto21") or die(mysql_error()); // We preform a bit of filtering $find = strtoupper($find); $find = strip_tags($find); $find = trim ($find); //Now we search for our search term, in the field the user specified $find_array = explode(" ", $find); $find_sql = ""; // init foreach ($find_array as $temp) $find_sql .= "LIKE '%$temp%' OR "; $find_sql = substr($find_sql, 0, -3); // throw away last OR statement $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM stock WHERE upper($field) $find_sql"); //And we display the results while($result = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) { echo $result['ID']; echo " "; echo "<br>"; echo $result['StockNumber']; echo "<br>"; echo $result['StockDescription']; echo "<br>"; echo $result['ItemPrice']; echo "<br>"; } //This counts the number or results - and if there wasn't any it gives them a little message explaining that $anymatches=mysql_num_rows($data); if ($anymatches == 0) { echo "Sorry, but we can not find an entry to match your query<br><br>"; } //And we remind them what they searched for echo "<b>Searched For:</b> " .$find; } ?> </p> </body> </html> Josh
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Cheers TreeNode works a treat thanks a lot
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Ok, so where do I place this piece of code, could you copy my above and place it where it need be. Thank you so much for your help
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Hi there everyone, I am a newb to PHP and MySQL but have managed to put together a search script that works... to an extent. I want to be able to search by a stock description however, I have to search the exact stock description for it to show up. I want it to return results containing the words they search. I would be extremely greatful for some help. Thanks guys. Below is the script: <!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=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Search for spares</title> </head> <body> <h2>Search</h2> <form name="search" method="post" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>"> Seach for: <input type="text" name="find" /> in <Select NAME="field"> <Option VALUE="ID">Stock ID</option> <Option VALUE="StockNumber">Stock number</option> <Option VALUE="StockDescription">Stock description</option> </Select> <input type="hidden" name="searching" value="yes" /> <input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" /> </form> <? //This is only displayed if they have submitted the form if ($searching =="yes") { echo "<h2>Results</h2><p>"; //If they did not enter a search term we give them an error if ($find == "") { echo "<p>You forgot to enter a search term"; exit; } // Otherwise we connect to our Database mysql_connect("localhost", "sto21", "ixhp388") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("sto21") or die(mysql_error()); // We preform a bit of filtering $find = strtoupper($find); $find = strip_tags($find); $find = trim ($find); //Now we search for our search term, in the field the user specified $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM stock WHERE upper($field) LIKE'%$find%'"); //And we display the results while($result = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) { echo $result['ID']; echo " "; echo $result['StockNumber']; echo "<br>"; echo $result['StockDescription']; echo "<br>"; echo "<br>"; } //This counts the number or results - and if there wasn't any it gives them a little message explaining that $anymatches=mysql_num_rows($data); if ($anymatches == 0) { echo "Sorry, but we can not find an entry to match your query<br><br>"; } //And we remind them what they searched for echo "<b>Searched For:</b> " .$find; } ?> </body> </html>