mysqli delete

[wright67uk]

I'm having trouble with the below code.

 

It doesn't delete $horse, but at the same time still echo's "You have deleted " . $horse;

 

$horse echo's out fine, and i've run the query in phpmyadmin;

 

DELETE FROM races WHERE name = 'Abstract'      (one of the $horse names in my db) and the query deletes ok

 

How can I get the below query to delete, and how can I print out the statement below?

<?php session_start();

$horse = $_POST['horse'];
          
  $mysqli = new mysqli('','','',''); 

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("DELETE FROM races WHERE name = ? ")); 
{ 
$stmt->bind_param("s", $horse); 
$stmt->execute();
echo "You have deleted " . $horse;
}
 
echo '<br/><br/><a href="follow.php">Back</a><br/>';

print($mysqli->query);

$mysqli->close();

?>

[DaveyK]

You are checking if the statement is being prepared or not. Just because it is prepared correctly, doesnt mean its executed correxctly. You need to check the execute of the statement.

[wright67uk]

Ok, thanks. How do I do that?

[DaveyK]

perhaps:

$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("DELETE FROM races WHERE name = ? ");

if ($stmt->execute(array($horse)));
{
  echo "You have deleted " . $horse;
}

[wright67uk]

Thanks for your help, although I still can't get my head around why its not deleting?

 

Usually when my sql isnt executed, I would expect $stmt to be a non object.

[mac_gyver]

how are you producing the value in $_POST['horse']? it might have a non-printing character as part of it that echoing it doesn't show.

[kicken]

$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("DELETE FROM races WHERE name = ? ");

$stmt->bind_param("s", $horse); 

if ($stmt->execute())

{

  echo "You have deleted " . $horse;

}

else {

  echo "Failed to delete {$horse}<br>\r\n";

  echo "[{$stmt->errno}] {$stmt->error}<br>\r\n";

}

That should spit out any error that is preventing it from deleting.

[wright67uk]

retire_process.php

<?php session_start();

$horse = $_POST['horse'];
          
  $mysqli = new mysqli('','','',''); 

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}
    
// $mysqli->query("DELETE FROM notes WHERE horse_name = '$horse'");

$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("DELETE FROM races WHERE name = ? ");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $horse); 
if ($stmt->execute())
{
  echo "You have deleted " . $horse;
}
else {
  echo "Failed to delete {$horse}<br>\r\n";
  echo "[{$stmt->errno}] {$stmt->error}<br>\r\n";
}
 
echo '<br/><br/><a href="follow.php">Back</a><br/>';

?> 

 
Thanks for the suggestions for my code (retire_process.php), i've shown some more code as requested.

When I run the code you gave me, I'm still echoing "You have deleted A Bailer" (horse name)

I have checked mysql tables and they are are all using utf8_unicode_ci
'name' is set as a varchar.
 
 

extract of follow.php

$search = isset($_GET['search']) ? strtolower(trim($_GET['search'])) : '';
if(!in_array($search,$links)){
    // supplied search term is not an expected value
    $search = '';
}

// use the search value
if(empty($search)){
    // nothing selected
    echo "Please select something to search for.<br>";
} else {
    // perform the search
    echo "<br><br>";
    if($search == '0-9'){
        // special handling for a 0-9 leading wild-card search
        $query = "SELECT * FROM  `races` WHERE  `name` REGEXP '^[0-9]' GROUP BY NAME";
		$result = mysql_query($query);
    } else {
        $query ="SELECT name FROM  `races` WHERE  `name` LIKE  '$search%' GROUP BY name
                UNION
                SELECT horse_name FROM  `notes` WHERE  `horse_name` LIKE  '$search%' GROUP BY horse_name order by name";  
              
		$result = mysql_query($query);
    }
	

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
  echo '<div style="width:300px; float:left;">';
  echo $row['name'];
  echo '</div><div style="width:"300px; float:left">' ;

 echo '<a href="action.php?name=' .$row['name']. '">NapTrack /</a>' ;
 echo '<a href="info.php?horse=' .$row['name']. '">NapNotes </a>' ;

 $user_level = $_SESSION["user"]["user_level"];

 if ($user_level > 2) {
  echo '<form name="retire" action="retire.php" method="POST">
       <input type="hidden" name="horse" value=" ' .$row['name']. '">
       <input type="submit" value="Delete"></form>';
  }
  
  echo "</div><br/>";
  }

}
?> 

 
retire.php

<?php session_start() ;
$horse = $_POST['horse'];
?>

<html>
<form method="post" action="retire_process.php">
Are you sure you want to delete <?php echo $horse ?> ?
<input type="hidden" name="horse" value="<?php echo $horse ?>" />
<input type="submit" value="Yes" />
</form>
</html>

[mac_gyver]

your value=' ... ' has got a leading space in it (after the first " and before the ' )

  Quote

<input type="hidden" name="horse" value=" ' .$row['name']. '">