> -----Original Message----- > From: Alister Bulman [mailto:abulman@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 04 May 2007 15:07 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Selecting a special row from the database > > > On 04/05/07, Marcelo Wolfgang <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm building a news display page for a website, and since the user has 2 > > ways to arrive there, I want to know if this is possible: > > > > 1) the user arrive at news.php > > > > I will run a query at the db, and get the latest news to be the main one > > (full display) and display the others news in a list > > > > 2) the user arrived from a link to a specific news to news.php?id=10 > > > > It should display the news with id = 10 as the main news and get the > > latest ones to display in a list of other news > > > Here is the code I have so far, I hope it serve as a better explanation > > than mine! > > > <? > > $newsId = $_GET['id']; > > if (isset($newsID)){ > > $whereClause = 'WHERE auto_id ='.$newsId; > > } else { > > $whereClause = ''; > > } > > mysql_connect("localhost",$user,$pass) or die (mysql_error()); > > mysql_select_db ($db_table); > > $SQL = "SELECT * FROM tb_noticias $whereClause ORDER BY auto_id DESC"; > > Yep, thats pretty classic. > One thing I would do - assuming $newsId should always be an integer > > $whereClause = ''; > if (isset($_GET['id']) { > $newsId = intval($_GET['id']); > if ($newsId) // if not 0 > $whereClause = 'WHERE auto_id ='.$newsId; > } > ..... > > > Alister > This doesn't solve the problem. If ID is set, you'll only get one result. Several results are always required, just with a different ordering. See my other reply. Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
