Connecting to Database

spudly1987 · December 31, 2014

I have the following code created, however when i run it it doesn't come back as saying connected successfully?

<?php

$host = "localhost";
$my_user = "root";
$my_password = "";
$my_db = "notes_db"

$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

echo ("Connected Successfully");
?>

requinix · December 31, 2014

Find your php.ini and change a couple settings within:

error_reporting = -1
display_errors = on

Then restart Apache (or IIS or whatever) and try your script again. See any error messages?

spudly1987 · December 31, 2014

Okay i found the php.ini file and i edited and saved the settings, however i am still not receiving the connected succesfully and also not seeing any errors

requinix · December 31, 2014

Alright, let's backtrack some.

Are you sure you have PHP installed properly? Naming your files with a .php extension? If you do a View Source of the page, do you see your PHP code?

mikosiko · December 31, 2014

After modifying the php.ini did you restarted the Web server? (Apache or whatever)

You don't notice anything missing in this line?

$my_db = "notes_db"

And in this one.. Is that exactly what you wrote using string literals or your were trying to use the previously defined variables? (like $my_host or $my_user, etc.)

$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

Edited December 31, 2014 by mikosiko

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

I use xampp and yes after i adjusted the php.ini file i closed out and reopened,

and i have corrected the errors, still does not show the "connected succesfully" echo

<?php

$host = "localhost";
$my_user = "root";
$my_password = "";
$my_db = "notes_db";

$con = mysqli_connect("$host","my_user","my_password","my_db"); 

echo ("Connected Successfully");

?>

Strider64 · January 1, 2015



define('DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost'); // normally it's called localhost:

define('DATABASE_NAME', 'notes_db');

define('DATABASE_USERNAME', 'root'); // usually it's called root:

define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'your password');


$con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USERNAME, DATABASE_PASSWORD, DATABASE_NAME);


/* check connection */

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {

    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());

    exit();

}

Edited January 1, 2015 by Strider64

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

How do i know if its connected, all i get is a blank white screen no error

requinix · January 1, 2015

Something is not adding up. Either your script will execute the echo and you'll get output, or PHP will stop earlier and issue an error or warning message.

I suspect it's the latter. Maybe you don't have mysqli installed. If you're not seeing a message then your php.ini settings are not set correctly.

Use phpinfo() to see what your error_reporting and display_errors settings are, and while you're there make sure it mentions mysqli.

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

Okay I have worked on some things and now i'm kinda stuck

first thing is i got my database connection working great

<?php
$hostname = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "pc_notes";

// Create Connection
$con = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);

mysql_select_db("notes", $con);

echo "connected";
?>

when i run it with the url "localhost/notes/db_connection.php, it runs and says connected

I also created what is called an insert.php to get the data from the index.html to the database

here is the html code

<html>
<title>
PC Note Template
</title>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<label for="">Tech Name: <input type="text" name="techname" /><br><br>
<label for="">Date: <input type="date" name="date" /><br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

and the below is the insert.php data

<?php
$sql="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date)
VALUES
('$_POST[techname]','$_POST[date]')";
?>

how ever none of the information is being submitted to the database

I also noticed that when i run the insert.php by its self i get the following two notices

http://localhost/notes/insert.php

Notice: Undefined index: techname in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\insert.php on line 4

Notice: Undefined index: date in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\insert.php on line 4

i did have it working at one point but it was inserting the data blank into the database, so this is where i'm at

any help would be great

Barand · January 1, 2015

All you are doing in the code in insert.php is defining a string. You have to execute the query defined in that string.

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

I have updated my insert.php code

<?php

$selcted = mysql_select_db("notes");

$mysql ="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date) VALUES 
('$_POST[techname]','$_POST[date]')";

if(!mysql_query($mysql))
die(mysql_error());

echo "data inserted";

mysql_close(notes);


?>

and now i am getting the following errors

Notice: Undefined index: techname in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\insert.php on line 6

Notice: Undefined index: date in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\insert.php on line 6
No database selected

Barand · January 1, 2015

You need to to connect to the server before you can select a database.

You also need to send the POST data from the form.

Check that data has been posted before trying to use the posted data ( isset() )

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

okay i think i have it set correctly

$hostname = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "pc_notes";

// Create Connection
$con = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);
mysql_select_db("notes", $con);

$mysql ="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date) VALUES 
('$_POST[techname]','$_POST[date]')";

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

<?php
$hostname = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "pc_notes";

// Create Connection
$con = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);
mysql_select_db("notes", $con);

$mysql ="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date) VALUES 
('$_POST[techname]','$_POST[date]')";

$var = '';

if (isset($var)) {
	
}

$a = "techname";
$b = "date";

var_dump(isset($a));
var_dump(isset($a, $b));

unset ($a);

var_dump(isset($a));   
var_dump(isset($a, $b));

$foo = NULL;
var_dump(isset($foo));
?>

okay i set this up and i get the results of

bool(true)

bool(false)

QuickOldCar · January 1, 2015

Use mysqli, I saw you had both in these posts.

spudly1987 · January 1, 2015

i've tried that but every time i switch to mysqli everything breaks on me again

<?php
$hostname = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "pc_notes";

// Create Connection
$dbhandle = mysqli_connect($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);
mysqli_select_db("notes", $dbhandle);

$mysqli ="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date) VALUES 
('$_POST[techname]','$_POST[date]')";

$var = '';

if (isset($var)) {
	
}

$a = "techname";
$b = "date";

var_dump(isset($a));
var_dump(isset($a, $b));

unset ($a);

var_dump(isset($a));   
var_dump(isset($a, $b));

$foo = NULL;
var_dump(isset($foo));
?>

Warning: mysqli_select_db() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, string given in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\db_connection.php on line 9

Notice: Undefined index: techname in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\db_connection.php on line 12

Notice: Undefined index: date in C:\xampp\htdocs\notes\db_connection.php on line 12
bool(true) bool(true) bool(false) bool(false) bool(false)

Edited January 1, 2015 by spudly1987

QuickOldCar · January 1, 2015

connection goes first mysqli

mysqli_select_db($dbhandle,"notes");

then need to run a query

if ($result = mysqli_query($dbhandle, $mysqli)) {
 echo "inserted";
}

As for the post variables, check them first before even perform any mysql queries

is database name pc_notes or notes?

The mysqli connection already sets the database unless need to change to something different

complete code

if(isset($_POST['techname']) && trim($_POST['techname']) != ''){
$techname = trim($_POST['techname'];
}

if(isset($_POST['date']) && trim($_POST['date']) != ''){
$date = trim($_POST['date'];
}

if(isset($techname) && isset($date)){
$hostname = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "pc_notes";

$dbhandle = mysqli_connect($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);

//if need to change database different than in the connection
//mysqli_select_db($dbhandle,"notes");

$mysqli ="INSERT INTO notes (techname, date) VALUES
('$techname','$date')";

if ($result = mysqli_query($dbhandle, $mysqli)) {
echo "inserted";
}


mysqli_close($dbhandle);
}

Next would be checking data types and escaping the values before inserting

mysqli_real_escape_string

Edited January 1, 2015 by QuickOldCar

Sign In

Connecting to Database

Recommended Posts

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Join the conversation

Important Information