Help Pls Find & Update

[Karyna]

im designin an "e-bay" like site and i need to do a page where administrator can activate or deactivate some pods.. so far im doing ok.. but have soe trouble with that page.. heres y code... the administrator writes de code of the post and click the button to search 4 it.. it fouds and then click a 2nd button to activate it means write an "1" in a field called "activo"... BUT IT DOESNT...

 

<?php

 

if(isset($_POST['button_a'])){

$lacla = $_POST['anucod'];

mysql_query("UPDATE anuncios SET activo=1 WHERE clave='$lacla'") or die(mysql_error());

}

?>

 

<?php

if(isset($_POST['button'])){

$lacla = $_POST['anucod'];

$lacla2=trim('$lacla');

mysql_select_db($database_clasif, $clasif);

$cuerye="select * from anuncios where clave='$lacla'";

$result = mysql_query($cuerye) or die(mysql_error());

$row_anuncios = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);

$totalRows_anuncios = mysql_num_rows($result);

if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {

//User exists

?>

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">

<p>

<input type="text" name="anucod" id="anucod" />

<input type="submit" name="button_a" id="button_a" value="ACTIVATE POST" />

</p>

<?php

echo "<br>";

echo "<br>";

echo "<br>";

echo "<br>";

echo "<br>________________________________________________________";

?>

</form>

<?php

} else {

//User does not exist

echo '0';

}

}

?>

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">

<p>

<input type="text" name="anucod" id="anucod" />

<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="enter post code..." />

</p>

</form>

</body>

[MDCode]

Repost your php within the

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And I spot your problem right away...you're not connecting to the database where you need it to update.