pdo runs twice when everything else is commented out

[Q695]

$news='news';
$sql_news = "INSERT INTO  `rise`.`news` (
`user` ,
`message`
)
VALUES (
    :id, :news
);";
$q_news = $conn->prepare($sql_news);
$q_news -> execute(array(':id'=>$id,
                  ':news'=>$news));
print_r($q_news);
echo $q_news->rowCount();

Why does it echo 1 instead of 2 when everything else on the page is turned off for processing, and it's the last thing on the page?

 

Why do 2 inserts happen?

[NotionCommotion]

I don't think it is inserting two times, but you do have a problem.

 

Your indexes in the array should not have the colon in front of them.

 

Also, what is $id equal to?

[Jacques1]

That “2” could come from anything, especially when you have a print_r() right in front of the echo.

 

Make the output unambiguous, for example

printf('<br>Inserted rows: %d<br>', $q_news->rowCount());

[Q695]

  On 12/29/2014 at 10:23 PM, NotionCommotion said:

Also, what is $id equal to?

ID as always is normally user id.

 

 

  On 12/29/2014 at 10:44 PM, Jacques1 said:

printf('<br>Inserted rows: %d<br>', $q_news->rowCount());

it returns: Inserted rows: 1

[Q695]

Walk away for a while, then come back, and now it works somehow

[NotionCommotion]

  Quote

ID as always is normally user id.

 

Always or normally?

 

Did the removal of the colons help?

[Barand]

  On 12/29/2014 at 10:23 PM, NotionCommotion said:

 

 

Your indexes in the array should not have the colon in front of them.

 

 

 

Strange, then, that the examples in the manual have the colons

http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.execute.php (examples #1, #2)

[Jacques1]

The colons are perfectly fine, nothing wrong with them.

[NotionCommotion]

Thanks Barand and Jacques1,  I knew about the colons when using bind, but not when using an array of insert values (named parameters).

 

To have better forward compatibility, is it best to include them?

[Jacques1]

It doesn't matter. Since they're optional, I see no reason for adding them.