dragin99 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I have created a simple customer information form and now I want to add a date field to automatically be inserted into the associated mysql table.I thought I could do this within the mysql db but the DATE type only displays the 0000-00-00 format. So I created a hidden field with a value of now() but that doesn't work either.I know this a simple function but for the life of me I can't see what I am missing.Can someone help...all I am trying to do is get a date stamp for the day the person filled out the form.Thanks!PS didn't see anything for this specifically in the archives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 You don't need a hidden field in the code. You do need a database field to accept the date information.The date right now (on your server) is:[code]$rightnow = date("Y-m-d");[/code]We'll need to see your query if that isn't working for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin99 Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 Andyb - thanks for responding!I don't know why I can't get my head around this but how does the field get updated by just adding what you responded with.the name of the field in the db is date ....so I added your line at the bottom of the php code section. here is the php and associated html form:<?php require_once('Connections/phils_db.php'); ?><?phpfunction GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") { $theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? addslashes($theValue) : $theValue; switch ($theType) { case "text": $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL"; break; case "long": case "int": $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL"; break; case "double": $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL"; break; case "date": $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL"; break; case "defined": $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue; break; } return $theValue;}$editFormAction = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'];if (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'])) { $editFormAction .= "?" . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'];}if ((isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["MM_insert"])) && ($HTTP_POST_VARS["MM_insert"] == "signup_form")) { $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO signup_form (fname, lname, address, suite, city, `state`, zip, email, phone, fax) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['fname'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['lname'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['address'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['suite'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['city'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['state'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['zip'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['email'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['phone'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($HTTP_POST_VARS['fax'], "text")); mysql_select_db($database_phils_db, $phils_db); $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $phils_db) or die(mysql_error()); $insertGoTo = "thankyou/thankyou.php"; if (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'])) { $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? 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AndyB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 [code]$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO signup_form (fname, lname, address, suite, city, `state`, zip, email, phone, fax) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)";[/code][i]Ahead[/i] of that calculate the date, then modify your insertSQL statement to add date and its value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin99 Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 Not to belay a point but by calculate the date do you mean insert this statement:$date =date("Y-m-d");And is would its value then be a "%s" Sorry but the value is eluding me!Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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