Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Update news script. Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post PiXiE Posted at 8:53 am on June 7, 2006 Here is the problem. I have a news page. The news entries come from a database. I have no problem inserting new news entries. I'm trying to write code that will edit existing entries. Here is the code (minus the database connection/header stuff): Code: <?php if (isset($_POST['submit'])){ $myUpdate = "UPDATE news SET news_title = '$news_title', news_posted_by='$news_posted_by', news_content= '$news_content' WHERE news_id = '".$news_id."'"; $result = mysql_query($myUpdate); if (!$result) { echo "There was a problem. Please try again."; } else { echo "You have updated successfully."; } } else { ?> <div> <form name="form1" method="post" action="news_edithandler2.php?id=<?php echo $news_id ?>"> <div class="label">Title: </div> <div class="input"><input name="news_title" type="text" id="news_title" value="<?php echo $row_myrecord['news_title'] ?>"></div> <div class="label">Posted By: </div> <div class="input"><input name="news_posted_by" type="text" id="news_posted_by" value="<?php echo $row_myrecord['news_posted_by']; ?>"></div> <div class="label">Body: </div> <div class="input"><textarea name="news_content" cols="60" rows="10" id="news_content"><?php echo stripslashes($row_myrecord['news_content']); ?></textarea></div> <div class="input"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /></div> </form> </div> <?php } ?> When you first hit the edit button, the current values in the database show up fine in this form. Once I edit the entries and hit submit, "You have updated successfully" is displayed. The weird part is that the database doesn't get updated, but it erases whatever was there before!! What is going on?

Replies PiXiE Posted at 8:53 am on June 7, 2006 Here is the problem. I have a news page. The news entries come from a database. I have no problem inserting new news entries. I'm trying to write code that will edit existing entries. Here is the code (minus the database connection/header stuff): Code: <?php if (isset($_POST['submit'])){ $myUpdate = "UPDATE news SET news_title = '$news_title', news_posted_by='$news_posted_by', news_content= '$news_content' WHERE news_id = '".$news_id."'"; $result = mysql_query($myUpdate); if (!$result) { echo "There was a problem. Please try again."; } else { echo "You have updated successfully."; } } else { ?> <div> <form name="form1" method="post" action="news_edithandler2.php?id=<?php echo $news_id ?>"> <div class="label">Title: </div> <div class="input"><input name="news_title" type="text" id="news_title" value="<?php echo $row_myrecord['news_title'] ?>"></div> <div class="label">Posted By: </div> <div class="input"><input name="news_posted_by" type="text" id="news_posted_by" value="<?php echo $row_myrecord['news_posted_by']; ?>"></div> <div class="label">Body: </div> <div class="input"><textarea name="news_content" cols="60" rows="10" id="news_content"><?php echo stripslashes($row_myrecord['news_content']); ?></textarea></div> <div class="input"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /></div> </form> </div> <?php } ?> When you first hit the edit button, the current values in the database show up fine in this form. Once I edit the entries and hit submit, "You have updated successfully" is displayed. The weird part is that the database doesn't get updated, but it erases whatever was there before!! What is going on? All 2 previous replies displayed.