Hey there
I am using phpMyAdmin and MySQL to develop a dbase application.
I have a dropdown menu on one of the pages which gets populated automatically with data from a table in the database. The code for this is as follows: - $sql3="SELECT ID, UploadDate FROM Telkom";
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$result2=mysql_query($sql3);
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$options="";
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while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result2)) {
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$id=$row["ID"];
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$date=$row["UploadDate"];
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$options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$id\">".$date;
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The code for the actual dropdown menu is as follows:
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<form name="selectdata" action="select_telkom_data.php" method="post">
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<SELECT NAME="thedate">
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<OPTION>Choose
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<?=$options?>
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</SELECT>
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<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Go">
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</form>
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As you can see there is an additional php script (select_telkom_data.php). This script is supposed to check the $date variable against the UploadDate table and then return the correct record based on the date the user has selected in the dropdown menu.
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The code for select_telkom_data.php looks like this:
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<?php
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include "admin/dataw.php";
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include("global.inc.php");
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$sysadminemail = "webmaster@dtmsi.org";
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process_login();
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die();
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function process_login() {
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global $dbhost;
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global $dbuser;
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global $dbpass;
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global $db;
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// define homepage and text variables
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global $homepage;
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global $homedir;
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global $sysadminemail;
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global $userstable;
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$date=$_POST['thedate'];
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$link = mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpass")
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or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
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echo 'Connected successfully';
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mysql_select_db("$db") or die('Could not select database');
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$query = "SELECT * FROM Telkom WHERE UploadDate='$date' ";
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$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());
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$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
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$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
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// test -- does the date exist
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if ($num_rows < 1) {
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print "<HTML>";
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print "<HEAD>";
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print "<TITLE>";
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print "Error";
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print "</TITLE>";
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print "<BODY>";
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print "<CENTER>";
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print "<B><CENTER>Sorry - no records exist. ";
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}
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else {
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include("show_telkom_data.php");
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mysql_close($link);
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}
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}
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?>
[Please use CODE tags when posting source code. Thanks! --pbmods]
The script connects to the database, but it doesn't return any records from the Telkom table. In other words, all I get is the message 'Sorry - no records exist'.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks guys!
Panna
4  3408 
The value that you are getting from your selection is not the UploadDate, it's the id. The UploadDate is just the label of the option, not the value of it.
if you print_r($_POST), you'll see the values that are being passed from the form.
The value that you are getting from your selection is not the UploadDate, it's the id. The UploadDate is just the label of the option, not the value of it.
if you print_r($_POST), you'll see the values that are being passed from the form.
ok, thanks very much! Just one more question though: I'm not entirely sure what to change to make it work. I would REALLY appreciate if you could help me out one more time.
shot!
Think about it.
What condition are you using to get the data from your database?
What values are you provided to get that data?
Like I said, use print_r($_POST) and figure it out. ^_^
hey, thanks for all your help! I managed to figure it out up to a point where the correct records get selected and displayed.
panna
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