Comparing Values

[White_Lily]

Hi, I have been asked to sort out a problem with related pages where the CMS lets you add pages even if there some already set.

 

I have written a little validation where it checks if the page selected has already got related pages on it... however the script skips the validation and goes and inserts the new related pages anyway...

 

if(isset($_POST['addTest']))

{ 
// Get posted values
$category = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['catSel']);
$product_category = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['product_category']);

$getMultiple = select("sidebar_featured_pages", "*", "category = '$category'");
$check = mysql_fetch_assoc($getMultiple);

if($category == $check["catSel"]){
$msg .= generateMsg("Sidebar Pages creation failed, the page you selected already has pages set.");
}else{ 
$addTest = insert("sidebar_featured_pages", array("", $category, $product_category));

if($addTest){
$msg .= generateMsg("Sidebar Pages created successfully.", "success");
}else{
$msg .= generateMsg("Sidebar Pages creation failed, unable to access the database.");
}
}
}

 

Any ideas?

[trq]

Why aren't you using a where clause in your initial select query in the first place?

[White_Lily]

select() is custom function:

 

function select($table, $rows = "*", $where = NULL, $order = NULL, $limit = NULL, $offset = NULL)
{
$queryString = "SELECT ".$rows." FROM ".$table;
if($where != null)
$queryString .= " WHERE ".$where;
if($order != null)
$queryString .= " ORDER BY ".$order;
if($limit != null)
$queryString .= " LIMIT ".$limit;
if($offset != null)
$queryString .= " OFFSET ".$offset;

$query = mysql_query($queryString);

// if query is successful
if($query)
return $query;
else
return false;
}

[Barand]

Are $category and $row['catSel'] string values or numeric?

[White_Lily]

they are numeric

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I'm going to guess your `catSel` column and your `category` column don't hold the same value. That's what your query and your php logic are testing for.

[White_Lily]

Basically if the value of say... 10 is in catSel AND category, then I don't want them to be able to have related pages, but if the value isn't equal then they can have related pages.

 

It's like saying if someone registers to a website and they pick a username that has already been taken, then you wouldn't want them to have that username you would want them to pick something different - that's something similar to what i am trying to achieve.

[Barand]

You don't need

$category = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['catSel']);

for a numeric input. Use

$category = intval($_POST['catSel'])

[White_Lily]

That doesn't solve my issue though - it's still skipping it.

[Barand]

I'm going to guess your `catSel` column and your `category` column don't hold the same value. That's what your query and your php logic are testing for.

 

Have you tried var_dump() on those two values to check what's in them?

[White_Lily]

yeah i have and they have returned the correct values (I checked them against the database).

 

I really can't figure out what's wrong with it.

[White_Lily]

Right, I managed to find something that has finally worked!!

 

The code that gets the id's that have pages already set:

 

$allRel = select("sidebar_featured_pages", "*");

while($allRelRes = mysql_fetch_array($allRel)){
$usedCats[$allRelRes["category"]] = true;
}

 

The code that displays categories that haven't been used:

 

<select name="catSel" style="width: 300px;">
<?
$getCategories = select("pages", "id, name", "(page_switch = 1) AND (type = 2 OR type = 4 OR type = 5)");

while ($categories = mysql_fetch_array($getCategories))
{
if(!isset($usedCats[$categories['id']])){
echo "<option value='".$categories['id']."'>".$categories['name']."</option>";
}
}
?>
</select>

 

 

Thank for the help you all gave! x