Loop INsert issue

NZ_Kiwis

$PollAnswers = "<<>>option1<<>>option2<<>>option3";

$Options = split("<<>>", $PollAnswers);

foreach ($Options as $option) {
$result = mysql_query ("INSERT INTO poll_options (`AnswerID`, `PollID`,`PollAnser`) Values ('', '$PollID','$option')");
}

Can somoene tell me what is wrong here, i'm calling this as part of a webservice and the only error i get is that's it's not well formed XML so there is a error here somewhere.

bradgrafelman

Considering that XML doesn't come into play in any of the code you posted, I'd say that the error is coming from some other place.

NZ_Kiwis

Yes it does, as stated this is being used in a webservice (NuSOAP) to be honest!

bradgrafelman

Well like I said, not only is that error message not related to any of the code snippet you posted, but furthermore nothing in the code snippet you posted will even generate any output (assuming you don't have display_errors enabled).

So.. look at the XML that's being outputted (wherever that may be) and figure out why it's not well formed.

NZ_Kiwis

bradgrafelman;10970852 wrote:
Well like I said, not only is that error message not related to any of the code snippet you posted, but furthermore nothing in the code snippet you posted will even generate any output (assuming you don't have display_errors enabled).

So.. look at the XML that's being outputted (wherever that may be) and figure out why it's not well formed.

I've already covered this off in my original post, can you see anything wrong with the code above? if there isn't just say so - perhaps " The code looks fine, your error must be elswhere" or " the error is this...."

NZ_Kiwis

<?php
$PollAnswers = "<<>>option1<<>>option2<<>>option3";

$Options = preg_split("<<>>", $PollAnswers);
		foreach ($Options as $option) {

		echo "Option " . $option . "<br>";

	}

	?>

THis echo's

Option <
Option >option1<
Option >option2<
Option >option3

So only removing one < and > not both

bradgrafelman

Why are you using a regular expression splitting function? Just use [man]explode/man since you don't need regular expressions.