help with script

[safety]

Hello. First I'd like to say that I'm a beginner with php and mySQL. I've been learning from scratch with the help of a book called "PHP for absolute beginners". I've made good progress up until now I'm stuck on a chapter because I'm getting errors.

I'm trying to make a fairly basic (not for me) way to display information stored in the SQL database. Here's the code, followed by a few of the errors I'm getting. I'd really appreciate some help as I'm at a dead end.

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http://pastebin.com/zbggBcN9

These are the errors I'm getting

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Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\xampp\htdocs\blues\inc\functions.inc.php on line 29

Notice: Undefined variable: e in C:\xampp\htdocs\blues\inc\functions.inc.php on line 42


Thanks in advance for any help

[NigelRen]

You should always check that a query has executed successfully before you try and use the return value. So depending on what your $db database type is, you may need to check if $db->query($sql) returns false as this may indicate a problem with the query.

Note that this depends entirely on what $db is and you will have to work it out from any information you have, but the main idea is:
Execute some SQL
Did this fail?
Report error and exit
// Must have worked so...
foreach Result Set
Do something with each row