---- Jason Pruim <japruim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > So it's been a nice long weekend, I come in to work and try and mess > with a project that I'm working on to get some new features added. All > was going well until I realized that now my application is breaking... > > Here's the details... > > PHP 5.2 > MySQL 5.2 > > I store the info in the database which is submitted from a HTML form.. > Some of it text boxes, some check boxes, some radio buttons... I > $_POST the info from the form into the processing script. > > The problem I'm running into though, is when a value has not changed > it doesn't get $_POSTed back and my update script erases the info in > the database... I'm trying to avoid using $_GET since it can be quite > a few variables. > > Is there anyway I can do it without comparing the original field to > what I am displaying? Gone for a weekend and we have to retrain, at least I'm not the only one... ;) POSTed variables are ALWAYS posted back, changed or not. More then likely you are forgetting a piece of code, but since you didn't post the offending code, I can't point out where you forgot the $ or to restate a variable. :-P Have you tried echoing the mysql query to verify it is correct? Have you checked the logs? Wolf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
