dark22horse Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Hi Guys. I am not sure I am doing this correct but I have this code already. update.php <html> <head> <title>Untitled Page</title> <link href="images/CliftonMotors.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body style="margin:0;"> <TABLE WIDTH=775 height="100%" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <TR> <TD height="89" COLSPAN=2> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="374"><img src="images/toplogo2.gif" width=374 height=89 alt=""></td> <td><TABLE width="401" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=11> <IMG SRC="images/jd_b038_02.gif" WIDTH=401 HEIGHT=40 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_home.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=57 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="images/navspacer.gif" WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=49 ALT=""></TD> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_aboutus.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=57 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="images/navspacer2.gif" WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=49 ALT=""></TD> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_contact.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=66 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="images/navspacer3.gif" WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=49 ALT=""></TD> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_products.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=78 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="images/navspacer4.gif" WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=49 ALT=""></TD> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_support.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="images/navspacer5.gif" WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=49 ALT=""></TD> <TD><a href="javascript:;"><IMG SRC="images/btn_news.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=62 HEIGHT=49 border="0"></a></TD> </TR> </TABLE></td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign="top" background="images/pixi_1.gif"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><TABLE width="553" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> </TABLE></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="18" background="images/pixi_grey.gif" style="padding-left:40;padding-top:5;padding-right:35;"><h1>Welcome to Clifton Motors</h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:40;padding-top:25; padding-right:35;padding-bottom:25;"> <? //connect to mysql //change user and password to your mySQL name and password mysql_connect("localhost","root",""); //select which database you want to edit mysql_select_db("car"); //select the table $result = mysql_query("select * from car"); //grab all the content while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { //the format is $variable = $r["nameofmysqlcolumn"]; //modify these to match your mysql table columns $price=$r["price"]; $description=$r["description"]; $photo=$r["photo"]; $id=$r["id"]; //display the row echo "$price"; echo "$description"; echo '<a href="updater.php?id=' . $id . '"> click here to update</a>'; } ?> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD background="images/pixi_2.gif" height="37" COLSPAN=2 style="padding-left:40;">© Keith Coatsworth. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height="7" COLSPAN=2 background="images/pixi_grey.gif"><IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=775 HEIGHT=7 ALT=""></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </html> updater.php <? $id = $_GET['id']; mysql_connect("localhost","root",""); mysql_select_db("car"); $result = mysql_query("select * from car WHERE id = '$id'") or DIE(mysql_error()); mysql_query("UPDATE car SET status = 'Sold' WHERE id = $id'"); ?> I have run this, no errors, I think i need to put something in, but I am unsure what. But it does not update the field to sold. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51096-solved-updating-a-mysql-field/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 You don't need the SELECT query in the updater.php script. The UPDATE query has a syntax error, which mysql_error() would have told you. Either put a single quote before $id or remove the one after it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51096-solved-updating-a-mysql-field/#findComment-251506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broniukas Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 in updater.php fix this mysql_query("UPDATE car SET status = 'Sold' WHERE id = '$id'") or DIE(mysql_error()); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51096-solved-updating-a-mysql-field/#findComment-251508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark22horse Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 cheers for the help. It has worked again. I keep getting these simple things wrong! What a great forum!!! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51096-solved-updating-a-mysql-field/#findComment-251514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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