Re: [PHP-DB] Please help a newbie

2009-04-19 Thread mrfroasty
Thanks Great tip there... Gr mrfroasty Chris wrote: mrfroasty wrote: Hello, May be try something like this: $query1= CREATE TABLE contacts( id int(16) NOT NULL auto_increment, phone varchar(15) NOT NULL, name varchar(15) NOT NULL, address varchar(15) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ); $que

Re: [PHP-DB] Please help a newbie

2009-04-19 Thread Chris
mrfroasty wrote: Hello, May be try something like this: $query1= CREATE TABLE contacts( id int(16) NOT NULL auto_increment, phone varchar(15) NOT NULL, name varchar(15) NOT NULL, address varchar(15) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ); $query2 = "INSERT INTO contacts VALUES ('NULL','$phone', '$name'

Re: [PHP-DB] Please help a newbie: Fixed

2009-04-19 Thread Rij
Ok, figured it out. I was using an int for the field but the value was too large for it. I used bigint instead and life is suddenly so much better. Well it helps that its bright and sunny here too :) On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mrfroasty wrote: > Try using var_export() or var_dump() to debu

Re: [PHP-DB] Please help a newbie

2009-04-19 Thread Daniel Carrera
Rij wrote: I input the values from a HTML form. Here is the partial code. $phone = $_POST['phone']; $name = $_POST['name']; $address = $_POST['address']; $query = "INSERT INTO contacts VALUES ('$phone', '$name', '$address')"; if (mysql_query($query, $con))

Re: [PHP-DB] Please help a newbie

2009-04-19 Thread mrfroasty
Hello, May be try something like this: $query1= CREATE TABLE contacts( id int(16) NOT NULL auto_increment, phone varchar(15) NOT NULL, name varchar(15) NOT NULL, address varchar(15) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ); $query2 = "INSERT INTO contacts VALUES ('NULL','$phone', '$name', '$address')";

[PHP-DB] Please help a newbie

2009-04-19 Thread Rij
Hello, I am new to the world of PHP and MySQL. My objective is to create a table, insert values in it and read it back. Here's the partial code to create a table from a PHP file: if (!$table_exists) { $query="CREATE TABLE contacts (id int(20) NOT NULL, name varchar(15) NOT NULL, address