Updating records

[ginginca]

I have made a page to update records. But when I hit submit, the data doesn't get appended to the record. Can someone help me with this?

<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" name="form1" method="POST">

<input type="text" id="last" name="lastname"> 

<input type="hidden" name="MM_update" value="form1">
</form>

[bongbong]

try reading this tutorial:

http://www.tizag.com/phpT/fileappend.php

[lozza1978]

you need to send your input to another page or if isset submit type of thing,

[ginginca]

I read the tutorial you provided but don't understand how that applies. I'm trying to update records in a database.

Is what I posted above totally barking up the wrong tree? I got this command right out of dreamweaver.

[ginginca]

lozza1978 wrote:

you need to send your input to another page or if isset submit type of thing,

I have it set to go to index.php on the result. It does that when I hit submit. Would that be where my problem lies?

[TheDefender]

I'd be more interested in seeing the actual code you are using to update the record itself, rather than the form code... What you posted so far looks fine.

[ginginca]

Sorry I tried to post as little as possible ... but I guess that I didn't post enough. (oops). Is this what you wanted to see?

<?php
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
  $theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? addslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

  switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;    

    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
  }
  return $theValue;
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}

if ((isset($_POST["MM_update"])) && ($_POST["MM_update"] == "form1")) {
  $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE userid SET emailaddress=%s, password=%s, FirstName=%s, LastName=%s, Street=%s, City=%s, `State`=%s, Zip=%s, Country=%s, Paypalemail=%s, SSN=%s WHERE IDNUM=%s",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Emailaddress'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['password'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['firstname'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['lastname'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['street'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['city'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['state'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['zip'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['country'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['paypalemail'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['SSN'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['IDNUM'], "int"));

  mysql_select_db($database_database, $database);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $database) or die(mysql_error());

  $updateGoTo = "index.php";
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $updateGoTo .= (strpos($updateGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $updateGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $updateGoTo));
}
?>