NYCPHP Meetup

[Anthony Wlodarski]

I have been staring at this for about a week and it is turning into a mind
bender.  Here is the code excerpt:

 

// pre: none

// post: displays our controls for .

function displayControls()

{

        if($_POST['editjob'])

        {

                $query = "SELECT * FROM `jobsdb` WHERE `id`
=".$_POST['id']."";

                $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error editing data.");

                $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);

 

                echo "Debug: ".$_POST['id']." - ".$row['id']."\n";

 

                // display all our form data

                echo "<fieldset style='color: #ffffff;'><legend>Edit a
job</legend>\n".

                                "<form action='".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."'
method='post'>\n".

                                "Recruiter: <input name='recruiter'
type='text' value='".$row['recruiter']."'></br>".

                                " Job ID: <input name='jobid' type='text'
value='".$row['jobid']."'></br>".

                                " Position: <input name='position'
type='text' value='".$row['position']."'></br>".

                                " Position Link: <input name='link'
type='text' value='".$row['link']."'></br>".

                                " Additional Info: <input
name='additionalinfo' type='text' value='".$row['additionalinfo']."'></br>".

                                " Salary: <input name='salary' type='text'
value='".$row['salary']."'></br>".

                                " Hiring Manager: <input
name='hiringmanager' type='text' value='".$row['hiringmanager']."''></br>".

                                " Company: <input name='company' type='text'
value='".$row['company']."'></br>".

                                " Status: <input name='status' type='text'
value='".$row['status']."'></br>".

                                " Postings: <input name='postings'
type='text' value='".$row['postings']."'></br>".

                                " Job Color: \n".

                                "<select name='color'>\n".

                                "<option value='#ff0000'>Red</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#ffa500'>Orange</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#ffff00'>Yellow</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#00ff7f'>Spring
Green</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#32cd32'>Lime
Green</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#c0c0c0'>Silver</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#0000cd'>Medium
Blue</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#191970'>Midnight
Blue</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#4169e1'>Royal
Blue</option>\n".

                                "<option value='#c71585'>Medium Violet
Red</option>\n".

                                "<option
value='#ff00ff'>Fuchsia</option>\n".

                                "</select>\n".

                                "<input name='saveedit' type='submit'
value='Save Edit'>".

                                "<input name='cancel' type='submit'
value='Cancel'>".

                                "</form>".

                        "</fieldset>\n";

        }

 

... Rest of application.

 

Now the big problem are the three PHP statements after the "if" statement.
When I click edit job nothing appears even in the debug statement, I am not
returning a valid id from $row['id'] nor does any of the data appear in the
form(which is just an integer).  I have scrutinized the SQL query a million
times, even tried to qualify it with the database name using
`foobar`.`jobsdb` and that still not do anything.  I know the $_POST['id']
variable is passing the right id based on the echo command.  Is this a SQL
issue or a PHP issue?  I have looked at my databases in phpMyAdmin and even
checked them using the command line on our box and they have the right
permissions for the users that can access them.  If this is  a SQL issue can
you guys point me in the right direction?  I was thinking of pulling my data
base handle code and the SQL queries and just throwing them into a bare
script to see what happens.  If anyone needs to see the HTML output I can
get that as well.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Anthony

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