Eh.. probably should be:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM ma_users WHERE
user='$PHP_AUTH_USER'");
$row=mysql_fetch_row($result)
print $row['id'];
Ren�
Ren� Moonen wrote:
> Well if you *know* your query only returns one row or you are just
> interessed in the first row, just forget about the while construction
>
> $result = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM ma_users WHERE
> user='$PHP_AUTH_USER'");
> $id=mysql_fetch_row($result)
> print $id;
>
> Good luck
>
> Ren�
>
>
> John Wulff wrote:
>
>> Didn't work, but its a great place for me to start from.
>> As far as the difference between a looping query and a non looping
>> query,
>> i understand the difference but not exactly how to go about writing a
>> non
>> looping query. This bit of code is looping, and i assume it dosen't
>> need
>> to be, how do i fix this?
>> $result = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM ma_users where
>> user='$PHP_AUTH_USER'");
>> while(list($id) = mysql_fetch_row($result))
>> {
>> print($id);
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>> hmm... seems a MySQL topic.
>>> I suppose that your table is filled with correct data at some other
>>> point. So what you need is a count query that returns
>>> *one* result and not all records in that table. You do not want a
>>> *while* loop in your PHP script, because that would show a list of
>>> unique ips. So my gues would be:
>>>
>>> $result = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT IP) AS ips FROM
>>> ma_counter"); $ips = mysql_fetch_row($result);
>>> pintf("Visitors = %d",$ips);
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: code not tested. You might want to check the MySQL manual
>>> for syntax details of the query.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> Ren�
>>>
>>>
>>> John Wulff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> You're a savior, don't know how i missed that. Thanks a bunch. Now,
>>>> one more quick question if you don't mind. I've got this query at the
>>>> bottom of my page for the purpose of a counter. But naturally i don't
>>>> want a list of all the ips logged, i just want a count of how many
>>>> unique ips there are in the table. How do i go about this?<?php
>>>> $result = mysql_query("SELECT distinct ip from ma_counter");
>>>> while(list($ip) = mysql_fetch_row($result))
>>>> {
>>>> print ("$ip");
>>>> }
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> $mode = "entrance";
>>>>>> if ($mode == "entrance") {
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> </snip>
>>>>> I suppose you added the first line ($mode = "entrance"; ) for testing
>>>>> purposes during debugging, but in order for the script to work you
>>>>> should now remove it, because now $mode will always have the value
>>>>> "entrance"
>>>>>
>>>>> good luck
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ren�
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
