very lame problem

[shirley]

Okay guys Im a bit new in the community and I try to for dynamic navigation via mysql. When I use the code on my local server there are no issues, but when I upload it on my hosting account there is an error.


Here is the code:

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         $model = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM pages WHERE bmenu_id = {$brand["id"]}", $connection);
         if (!$model) {
            die("Database query failed: " . mysql_error());
         }


The message I get from the server is: "Database query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1"

I know this is probably something VERY stupid but I dont know how to handle it. !

Thanks in advance!

[seandisanti]

1) To save yourself some trouble, build your query first, and then execute it like...

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$sql = "SELECT field1,field2 FROM table WHERE field =" . $value;
$blah = mysql_query($sql);
 

because then when it's not performing as expected, you can add 'die($sql)' to get just the query, which usually gives away the issue immediately, or at least gives you a query to run in phpMyAdmin or mysql.
In this case it would show you that using double quotes for your $brand key and your query doesn't work well.

2) mysql_ functions are deprecated and will probably be removed completely from a version in the very near future. PDO is a better way to interact with your database, and it's easy, I promise. check out this short video for a quick crash course http://jream.com/learning/videos/php-oo ... o-examples