phillyrob0817 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Is there a way to use another variable in a mysql select where statement for inside a foreach loop. Ex: <?php This works fine. foreach ($range as $b) { $result = $conn->query("select count(*) as mycount1 from $table where date >= '$date' and (Ball1 = $b or Ball2 = $b or Ball3 = $b or Ball4 = $b or Ball5 = $b)"); while ($row = $result->fetch_object()) { $count = $row->mycount1; echo $b." ".$count."<br>"; } } But I want to be able to use this variable string below* in my statement so I can change what comes after the "and" in the statement. Is there a way to do that? *$ballsB5 = ("Ball1 = $b or Ball2 = $b or Ball3 = $b or Ball4 = $b or Ball5 = $b"); foreach ($range as $b) { $result = $conn->query("select count(*) as mycount1 from $table where date >= '$date' and $ballsB5"); while ($row = $result->fetch_object()) { $count = $row->mycount1; echo $b." ".$count."<br>"; } } ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) You shouldn't have columns ball1, ball2, ... ballN. You should normalize the data correctly so each ball has its own row - then you have a single column to search. See this thread http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/295145-cannot-get-these-variables-to-add-up/?do=findComment&comment=1507842 Edited March 15, 2015 by Barand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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