> greeting from gray, rainy days in berlin It's even greyer here in Cambridge UK!
Anyway: Book Title: "Fast and Easy Web Development" By: Julie C Meloni URL: www.thickbook.com Or on amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076153055X/qid=1008083185/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_75_1/002-6473897-5819259 Good luck! Russ On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:03:17 +0100 es said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear russ, > thanks a lot for the immediate help!!! > theproblem i'm chewing on is in fact a bit more complicated, because i got > this 'mysql_insert_id()' into this. > i'm constantly reading the php-manual and a heap of different books as wll > as searching the net and so on, > but i still got a problem to bring mysql and php together, because i'm quite > a newbie to this... > so if you could recoomend a book or a website that could help me upon this - > maybe with examples or stuff - i would be really grateful. > and thanks a lot for your patience! > greeting from gray, rainy days in berlin > cornelia > > _____________________________________________________ > > spacedealer GmbH > > Paul-Lincke-Ufer 42-43 > 10999 Berlin > 030 / 695350-0 > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Russ > Michell > Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2001 15:37 > An: es said > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: [PHP-DB] how to get an array into a mysql-db-table > > > the foreach() structure is a loop and you can't use it to assign to a > variable. > > Please do read the manual as it really does help you if you re stuck! > http://uk.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php > > What you need to do is arrange the query around the loop itelse, so that the > variables are the > objects that are in the loop and the things that stay single ("INSERT INTO > <table>") *do* stay > single. > > So something like the following: > > //----start off the query > $sql1 = "INSERT INTO <table_name> ("; > //----start looping thru the array > foreach($array as $key=>$val) { > //---declare data to insert (helps if you have the same database fieldnames > as array key names!) > $sql2 .= "$key,"; > //----remove the last auto-generated comma from array key (field) list and > add closing bracket > $sql3 = substr($sql2,0,-1) . ")"; > //----start insertion of values list, wrapping comma's and quotes around > $val > $sql4 = "VALUES (" . "'" . $val . "'" . ","; > //----remove the last auto-generated comma from values list and add closing > bracket > $sql5 = substr($sql4,0,-1) . ")"; > }//----end loop > //----build the parts to become a whole query and add the SQL 'WHERE' clause > $sql = $sql1 . $sql3 . $sql5 . "WHERE X=Y"; > > > That should do it for ya. > Russ > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:59:27 +0100 es said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello again, > > russ gave me a wonderful tip, but now i'm standing in front of the next > > problem: > > if i try to insert these values out of the array into the table of the db, > > i > > probably don't know the correct way. > > this is how i tried it: > > /* > > this works fine! > > */ > > foreach($werbeform as $key=>$val) { > > echo "<p><b>$key: </b>" . "$val</p>"; > > } > > > > /* > > but this doesn't get the data into the db_table called 'werbe': > > */ > > $anfrage_werbe=foreach($werbeform as $key=>$val) { > > "INSERT INTO werbe (id_main,werbeform) VALUES ('$id','$val')"; > > }; > > can anybody tell me what i'm doing wrong? > > the values of the checkboxes should be added to the db-table each as a new > > line, e.g. not all into one field. > > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Russ > > Michell > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2001 12:24 > > An: es said > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Re: [PHP-DB] how to access checkboxes & get them into database > > > > I don't think you need to get into global variables unless you *really* > > need > > to. In this case it > > sounds as if you don't. > > OK so you have an array of checked values, so what's next? You wanna get > > those variables outta that > > array in your process script, and perform whatever it is you want > (inserts, > > updates etc) upon those > > variables. > > so: > > foreach($array as $key=>$val) { > > echo "<p><b>$key: </b>" . "$val</p>"; > > } > > This will echo the array's keys (labels, whatever) and their associated > > values to the page. (just > > so you can see what's going on) > > You can now use these vars ($key and $val) to perform your DB inserts > > updates etc. > > I hope that was of use to you. > > Regards: > > Russ > > > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:14:01 +0100 es said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi there, > > > this time i've got another problem with my set of database-tables: > > > i created a database (containing 6 tables) and some html-sheets for the > > in- > > > and output. so far, so good. > > > some values should be added to ONE of those tables table by checking > > > checkboxes in a form. > > > okay, the checked values of the checkboxes go into an array, which is > > given > > > to the processing php-sheet as globals, but furtheri don't get yet. > > > can someone please help me? > > > all thanx !!! > > > cornelia > > > > > "Believe nothing - consider everything" > > Russ Michell > > Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam > > Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam > > www.theruss.com > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > "Believe nothing - consider everything" > > Russ Michell > Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam > Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam > > www.theruss.com > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------# -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
