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hi Guys,

 

just for a quick question summary:

 

I want to add new data in my table however, i want to check if my new data name has same name with stored data name in table, if not same name we can proceed to adding new data/post. 

 

in my database table:

 

=====================

ID | title | remarks

01 | orange | fruit

02 | mango | fruit

 

addfile.php

 



$newtitle = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['title']);
$newtitle = htmlentities($newtitle);


$sqldbtitle = "SELECT * FROM tblmainfile WHERE strcmp('$newtitle','title') = 0 LIMIT 1;
$getdbtitle = mysqli_query($con,$sqldbtitle);


 

newfile.php;

 



<form>
<tr>
<td>Title:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="title" value="<?php echo $newtitle; ?>"></td>
</tr>
</form>


 

goal:

 

if i will add orange, it will notify me that there is already orange in table.

 

questions:

1. will strcmp be faster or i will just use mysql query?

 

thanks a lot!

Use a query, not PHP and definitely not some hybrid of SQL and PHP (like you have there).

 

- Use a SELECT to check in general whether the "title" has been used.

- When you're ready to save the new thing, do an INSERT IGNORE and check the affected_rows to see if it was inserted. Make sure the title has a UNIQUE index on it. If it inserted then great, otherwise do whatever your "title already exists" action is.

Use a query, not PHP and definitely not some hybrid of SQL and PHP (like you have there).

 

- Use a SELECT to check in general whether the "title" has been used.

- When you're ready to save the new thing, do an INSERT IGNORE and check the affected_rows to see if it was inserted. Make sure the title has a UNIQUE index on it. If it inserted then great, otherwise do whatever your "title already exists" action is.

 

can you show me some sample queries ? :D thanks

"SELECT 1 FROM tblmainfile WHERE title = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['title']) . "'"
If that returns anything then the title is already taken.

"INSERT IGNORE INTO tblmainfile (the rest of your insert query)"
If the affected_rows count is == 1 then it inserted as a new title, otherwise there was a problem that probably meant the title already exists (as in someone made a new one in between the time it took you to do the first SELECT and to do the INSERT). Don't forget the unique index on the title.

 

Side comment: Are you using mysqli? You included mysql_real_escape_string() in your code but mysqli_query() as well. If you're using the mysql_* functions then stop and use mysqli or PDO instead; if you're using mysqli then don't use mysql_real_escape_string() and use prepared statements instead.

  • Solution
hi got it,
 
Function: to see and find if data exist in table before Insert
Table structure:
id - auto increment
artist - specific id number
title - unique title
 
if (isset($submit)) {
    $newtitle =  $_POST['title'];
    $querytitle = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['title']);
    $queryalbum = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['album']);
     // col_title is name of column title in table
     // indexid is the id of the table
    $sqldbtitle = "SELECT * from tblmainfile WHERE col_title = '$newtitle' ";
     $checktitle = mysqli_query($con, $sqldbtitle);
    // This is assuming  query only returns one result
     $resultcheck = mysqli_fetch_array($checktitle);
     // now check the value for 'title'
     if ($resultcheck['col_title'] == $newtitle) {
     echo "NEW TITLE IS SAME WITH EXISTING DATA";
     } else {
          echo "NOT THE SAME TITLE";
     }
}

thanks cheers!

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