Using Variables in MYSQL Query not working. Help please!

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

I am trying to run a mysql query to get the sum of a column.

When I type out the column name it works. When the column name is stored in a variable it does not seem to work.

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('.$type2.') FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row["SUM('.$type2.')"];
echo "<br />";
}
}
?>

Any Help would be appreciated.

Maq · May 26, 2011

Where is $type2 defined?

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

<?php
if ($order == ""){
$order2 = "";
$costing = "";
}
if ($order == "sGrading"){
$type = "Grading";	
$costing = "";
}elseif ($order == "sPaving"){
$type = "Paving";	
$type2 = "paving_price";
}elseif ($order == "sPatch"){
$type = "Patching";
$costing = "";
}elseif ($order == "sMaint"){
$type = "Sealing";
$type2 = "sealing_price";
}elseif ($order == "sStriping"){
$type = "Striping";
$costing = "";
}else {
$type="All Jobs";
$costing = "";
}?>

When I echo $type2 It's correct.

xyph · May 26, 2011

Try this

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('.$type2.') as total FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo 'Total = $'.$row['total'];
echo '<br />';
}
}
?>

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Try this

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('.$type2.') as total FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo 'Total = $'.$row['total'];
echo '<br />';
}
}
?>

When I do that get "$ ". When I do it the original way I get a "$0". When I type in paving_price in place of $type2 I get the correct dollar amount

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Here is more of the code if it helps.

<body>
<?php include ("includes/nav.php")?>
<?php 
$order = $_GET['order'];
$order2 = "AND " . $order . ">= DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 7 DAY)" .  " ORDER BY " . $order;
if ($order == ""){
$order2 = "";
$costing = "";
}
if ($order == "sGrading"){
$type = "Grading";	
$costing = "";
}elseif ($order == "sPaving"){
$type = "Paving";	
$type2 = "paving_price";
}elseif ($order == "sPatch"){
$type = "Patching";
$costing = "";
}elseif ($order == "sMaint"){
$type = "Sealing";
$type2 = "sealing_price";
}elseif ($order == "sStriping"){
$type = "Striping";
$costing = "";
}else {
$type="All Jobs";
$costing = "";
}
?>

<div id="estimatetable">
<a href="scheduled.php?total=total&order=<?php echo $order?>">Show Total</a><br />
<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('.$type2.') FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row["SUM('.$type2.')"];
echo "<br />";
}
}
?>
<a href="scheduled.php?order=sGrading">Grading</a>
<a href="scheduled.php?order=sPaving">Paving</a>
<a href="scheduled.php?order=sPatch">Patching</a>
<a href="scheduled.php?order=sMaint">Maintenance</a>
<a href="scheduled.php?order=sStriping">Striping</a>
<h4>Scheduled (<?php echo $type; ?>)</h4>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tr align="left">
<td></td>
    <td><h3>Company/Property</h3></td>
    <td><h3>Contact</h3></td>
    <td><h3>Property Address</h3></td>
    <td><h3>City</h3></td>
    <td width="123"><h3>Phone</h3></td>
    <td><h3>Date</h3></td>
    <td><h3>Job Notes</h3></td>
</tr>
<?php
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM customers WHERE stage = 2 AND sched=1 $order2");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$companyName = $row['companyName'];
$propertyName = $row['title'];
if ($companyName != "" && $propertyName != "")
$companyName = $companyName . "<br />";
else $companyName = $companyName;
$id = $row['custID'];
$temp = "?id=" . $id;
$user = $_SESSION['myusername'];
$timestamp = strtotime($row["$order"]);
  echo"<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">";
echo"<td>" . "<a href='process_sched.php$temp' target='_blank'>" . "S" . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . $companyName . $propertyName . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . $row ['firstName'] . "<br />" . $row ['lastName'] . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . $row ['propertyAddress'] . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . $row ['propertyCity'] . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . "P: " . $row ['phone'] . "<br />" . "C: " . $row ['cell'] . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . date("m/d", $timestamp) . "</td>";
echo"<td>" . $row ['jobNotes'] . "</td>";
  echo"</tr>";
}
?>
</table>
</div>
</body>

xyph · May 26, 2011

You'll probably find the issue with a little debugging

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){
echo "type2 - $type2<br />";
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('.$type2.') as total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";
echo "query - $query2<br />";
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo 'Total = $'.$row['total'];
echo '<br />';
}
}
?>

Maq · May 26, 2011

Echo $query2 out and see exactly what the query is.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Echo $query2 out and see exactly what the query is.

SELECT SUM('.sealing_price.') FROM customers WHERE sched=1

Maq · May 26, 2011

Take out the periods:

$query2 = "SELECT SUM('$type2') as total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";

$type2 will interpolate because the primary string is in double quotes.

xyph · May 26, 2011

Take out the dots.

Odd I didn't see that earlier.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Take out the periods:

$query2 = "SELECT SUM('$type2') as total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM($type2) FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row['SUM($type2)'];
echo "<br />";
}
}
echo $query2;
?>

The above statement gives me

SELECT SUM(sealing_price) FROM customers WHERE sched=1

and my total is still null

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM('$type2') FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row['SUM('$type2')'];
echo "<br />";
}
}
echo $query2;
?>

The above statement gives me

SELECT SUM('sealing_price') FROM customers WHERE sched=1

and my total is still null

xyph · May 26, 2011

The issue might be in your data.

A typo somewhere?

What happens when $type2 = 'paving_price'

Maq · May 26, 2011

Are you sure you have values in your db WHERE sched=1? The only time SUM returns null is when the result set is empty.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Take out the dots.

Odd I didn't see that earlier.

My original code before I posted here didnt have the periods or the single quotes around the variable. But after searching for hours I found using concatenation as a possible solution which obviously did not work. So Hopefully you geniuses can help me out.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM(sealing_price) FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row['SUM(sealing_price)'];
echo "<br />";
}
}
echo $query2;
?>

If I use the code above i get.

Total = $47487

SELECT SUM(sealing_price) FROM customers WHERE sched=1

Maq · May 26, 2011

Change these lines to (I think your $row line wasn't correct):

$query2 = "SELECT SUM($type2) AS total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";

and

echo "Total ". " = $". $row['total'];

xyph · May 26, 2011

You're still using $row['SUM($type2)'] which I'd imagine is WRONG.

Use

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){
$query2 = "SELECT SUM(`$type2`) as `order_total` FROM `customers` WHERE sched=1";
echo "query - $query2<br />";
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo 'Total = $'.$row['order_total'];
echo '<br />';
}
}
?>

Pointing out the same error twice is frustrating. Please pay attention to every solution given.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){	
$query2 = "SELECT SUM($type2) FROM customers WHERE sched=1"; 	 
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "Total ". " = $". $row['total'];
echo "<br />";
}
}
echo $query2;
?>

When I use the above code I get:

Total = $

SELECT SUM(sealing_price) FROM customers WHERE sched=1

Maq · May 26, 2011

Missing the AS total:

$query2 = "SELECT SUM($type2) AS total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

You're still using $row['SUM($type2)'] which I'd imagine is WRONG.

Use
<?php
$total = $_GET['total'];
if ($order != "" && $total != ""){
$query2 = "SELECT SUM(`$type2`) as `order_total` FROM `customers` WHERE sched=1";
echo "query - $query2<br />";
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)){
echo 'Total = $'.$row['order_total'];
echo '<br />';
}
}
?>
Pointing out the same error twice is frustrating. Please pay attention to every solution given.

Sorry I didnt realize you posted this twice.

my results are as follows

query - SELECT SUM(`sealing_price`) as `order_total` FROM `customers` WHERE sched=1

Total = $47487

SO it did work!

Thanks for your help..

What does "as 'order_total'" do exactly?

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Missing the AS total:

$query2 = "SELECT SUM($type2) AS total FROM customers WHERE sched=1";

Thanks for your help. I didnt realize why I needed AS total. I guess I am confused because if I type out the field name it worked fine but as a variable it did not.

Anyways I am grateful for your help.

Thanks again

Maq · May 26, 2011

Thanks for your help. I didnt realize why I needed AS total. I guess I am confused because if I type out the field name it worked fine but as a variable it did not.

What does "as 'order_total'" do exactly?

You don't absolutely need it. It's just an alias to reference the column easier for brevity purposes.

madjack87 · May 26, 2011

Thanks for your help. I didnt realize why I needed AS total. I guess I am confused because if I type out the field name it worked fine but as a variable it did not.

What does "as 'order_total'" do exactly?

You don't absolutely need it. It's just an alias to reference the column easier for brevity purposes.

I see. Kind of like storing it in a variable instead of having to type SUM['$var'] just like when you store $var = $_GET['name']

Maq · May 26, 2011

Thanks for your help. I didnt realize why I needed AS total. I guess I am confused because if I type out the field name it worked fine but as a variable it did not.

What does "as 'order_total'" do exactly?

You don't absolutely need it. It's just an alias to reference the column easier for brevity purposes.

I see. Kind of like storing it in a variable instead of having to type SUM['$var'] just like when you store $var = $_GET['name']

You could think of it that way

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