another newbie question!

[glens1234]

Hi.

When i try to test my script search_translators.php nothing happens.

The script is pratically the same as a script i have been working on called index.php.

 

This is what i am typing in...

http://localhost:8889/search_translators.php

 

Therefore i can only conclude that i have to name the file index.php in order to test it. However, as mentioned i already have a script called index.php.

 

NOTE: I am running php/mysql etc using MAMP.

So how do i get around this?

 

Also, how do i use the LIKE operator with a variable, i.e

$query = "SELECT * FROM employees WHERE employees LIKE $lang_spoken%";

 

Thanks.

[glens1234]

ive sorted the 'LIKE' problem.

 

LIKE 'lang_spoken%' - in single quotes

 

any sugguestions on why i cant test pages that are not called index.php?

 

cheers!

[AndyB]

When i try to test my script search_translators.php nothing happens.

The script is pratically the same as a script i have been working on called index.php.

 

Therefore i can only conclude that i have to name the file index.php in order to test it.

 

That seems unlikely. More likely is that search_translators.php has an error in it.

 

Test it thus:

 

make a copy of the working index.php file

name the copy wombat.php

test wombat.php

 

If it works, then the search_translators.php isn't working because of an error, not because of its name.

 

If it doesn't work, there's more to index.php than you think.

[glens1234]

when i change the name of it to index.php it works.

 

so it must be to do with the name

 

it does seem strange but i think i remember reading somewhere that mamp requires the file to be called index.php

 

cheers