Finding the right db connections

[nomad]

Hello everyone:
I'm trying to learn PHP and I'm using this book to help me "PHP, MYSQL and Apache all in one" They have an example which is listed below. I'm using Dreamweaver to write the PHP and XAMPP to write the db.
I have set up the db connection with Dreamweaver.
My db is located in the default folder under XAMPP.

I get this error:
Incorrect database name 'storefront_db '


[PHP] <?php
session_start();
//connect to database
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "nomad", "nomad") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("storefront_db ",$conn) or die(mysql_error());
if ( POST[sel_item_id] != "") {
//validate item and get title and price
$get_iteminfo = "select item_title from store_items where id = POST[sel_item_id]";
$get_iteminfo_res = mysql_query($get_iteminfo) or die(mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($get_iteminfo_res) < 1) {
//invalid id, send away
header("Location: seestore.php");
exit;
} else {
//get info
$item_title = mysql_result($get_iteminfo_res,0,'item_title');
//add info to cart table
$addtocart = "insert into store_shoppertrack values ('', '$PHPSESSID', ' POST[sel_item_id]', ' POST[sel_item_qty]', ' POST[sel_item_size]', ' POST[sel_item_color]', now())";
mysql_query($addtocart);
//redirect to showcart page
header("Location: showcart.php");
exit;
}
} else {
//send them somewhere else
header("Location: seestore.php");
exit;
}
?>
[/PHP]

Any help would be great
nomad

[ronnil]

have you setup a database in mysql yet?
if you have, please check for misspelling, if you haven't created a database yet, this is the cause of your problem :)

[ronnil]

uhhh just noticed you have a space in the database name on line 5

mysql_select_db("storefront_db ",$conn)  or die(mysql_error());

this is probably why, erase the space so it looks like:

mysql_select_db("storefront_db",$conn)  or die(mysql_error());

[nomad]

uhhh just noticed you have a space in the database name on line 5

mysql_select_db("storefront_db ",$conn) or die(mysql_error());

this is probably why, erase the space so it looks like:

mysql_select_db("storefront_db",$conn) or die(mysql_error());

The correction you suggested did not work. I get this error now
Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster

Error 404
localhost

06/27/07 08:59:52
Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.1

You're other question about the db being made. Yes it is created which is called storefront_db.Do I have to call up the directory to get to the storefront_db?
Nomad

[ronnil]

The correction you suggested did not work. I get this error now
Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster

Error 404
localhost

06/27/07 08:59:52
Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.1

You're other question about the db being made. Yes it is created which is called storefront_db.Do I have to call up the directory to get to the storefront_db?
Nomad

This means it's working :) cause you're being redirected to another page, which probably doesn't exist yet :)

(a 404 error means exactly that the document you are trying to see cannot be found on the server, it has nothing to do with database connectivity)

try commenting out your header('Location .....); statements and make it echo something like 'redirect to thispage', 'redirect to thatpage' instead. So you can see where it's going :)

[nomad]

This means it's working :) cause you're being redirected to another page, which probably doesn't exist yet :)

(a 404 error means exactly that the document you are trying to see cannot be found on the server, it has nothing to do with database connectivity)

try commenting out your header('Location .....); statements and make it echo something like 'redirect to thispage', 'redirect to thatpage' instead. So you can see where it's going :)

Thanks for the help
I found out that one of my php files was in the wrong directory.
I have another problem when I click a link on the main page it get this error
Unknown column 'id' in 'field list'
Here is the code

 
<?php
//connect to database
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "nomad", "nomad") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("storefront_db",$conn) or die(mysql_error());
$display_block = "<h1>My Categories</h1>
<P>Select a category to see its items.</p>";
//show categories first
$get_cats = "select id, cat_title, cat_desc from store_categories order by cat_title";
$get_cats_res = mysql_query($get_cats) or die(mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($get_cats_res) < 1) {
$display_block = "<P><em>Sorry, no categories to browse.</em></p>";
} else {
while ($cats = mysql_fetch_array($get_cats_res)) {
$cat_id = $cats[id];
$cat_title = strtoupper(stripslashes($cats[cat_title]));
$cat_desc = stripslashes($cats[cat_desc]);
$display_block .= "<p><strong><a href=\" [PHP]%4$s[/PHP] SERVER[PHP_SELF]?cat_id=$cat_id\">$cat_title</a></strong><br>$cat_desc</p>";
if ( [PHP]%4$s[/PHP] GET[cat_id] == $cat_id) {
//get items
$get_items = "select id, item_title, item_price from store_items where cat_id = $cat_id order by item_title";
$get_items_res = mysql_query($get_items) or die(mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($get_items_res) < 1) {
$display_block = "<P><em>Sorry, no items in this category.</em></p>";
} else {
$display_block .= "<ul>";
while ($items = mysql_fetch_array($get_items_res)) {
$item_id = $items[id];
$item_title = stripslashes($items[item_title]);
$item_price = $items[item_price];
$display_block .= "<li><a href=\"showitem.php?item_id=$item_id\">$item_title</a></strong> (\$item_price)";
}
$display_block .= "</ul>";
}
}
}
}
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My Categories</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php echo $display_block; ?>
</BODY>
</HTML>
 

I looked at my fields in my db and them seemed to be same as my php.
code.

nomad

[ronnil]

this is from your sql query

$get_cats = "select id, cat_title, cat_desc from store_categories order by cat_title";

again make sure that no spaces have sneaked in to your code, this time it might be in the database setup.

It's pretty dangerous to use just "id", i would prefer calling it cat_id. with multiple tables it can be confusing to have a column named id in each table, if it's not foreign keys.

you could try using backqoutes in the statement making it look like

$get_cats = "select `id`, `cat_title`, `cat_desc` from `store_categories` order by `cat_title`";

but this probably won't help, check out the database and see if you haven't accidentally sneaked a space before or after id

[nomad]

this is from your sql query

$get_cats = "select id, cat_title, cat_desc from store_categories order by cat_title";

again make sure that no spaces have sneaked in to your code, this time it might be in the database setup.

It's pretty dangerous to use just "id", i would prefer calling it cat_id. with multiple tables it can be confusing to have a column named id in each table, if it's not foreign keys.

you could try using backqoutes in the statement making it look like

$get_cats = "select `id`, `cat_title`, `cat_desc` from `store_categories` order by `cat_title`";

but this probably won't help, check out the database and see if you haven't accidentally sneaked a space before or after id

Thanks for the all help.
and I will try to rewrite the code, this is an exercise out of the book.
The id are PK with auto_increments with not null.

nomad

[nomad]

this is from your sql query

$get_cats = "select id, cat_title, cat_desc from store_categories order by cat_title";

again make sure that no spaces have sneaked in to your code, this time it might be in the database setup.

It's pretty dangerous to use just "id", i would prefer calling it cat_id. with multiple tables it can be confusing to have a column named id in each table, if it's not foreign keys.

you could try using backqoutes in the statement making it look like

$get_cats = "select `id`, `cat_title`, `cat_desc` from `store_categories` order by `cat_title`";

but this probably won't help, check out the database and see if you haven't accidentally sneaked a space before or after id

well I'm still getting the same error code
Unknown column 'id' in 'field list'
I think it has to deal with these line of code
while ($cats = mysql_fetch_array($get_cats_res)) {
$cat_id = $cats[id];
the next lines below that seem to work.

I even tried draging the fields into dreamweaver so I know I got the right fields names. It might be the id field itself because there are least 4 tables that use the same name.

nomad

[nomad]

well I'm still getting the same error code
Unknown column 'id' in 'field list'
I think it has to deal with these line of code
while ($cats = mysql_fetch_array($get_cats_res)) {
$cat_id = $cats[id];
the next lines below that seem to work.

I even tried draging the fields into dreamweaver so I know I got the right fields names. It might be the id field itself because there are least 4 tables that use the same name.

nomad

found the problem. Boy do I feel dumb
I had a field called int when it should have been id.
Thanks for the tip ronnil.
nomad