> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Staples [mailto:sstaples@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:07 AM > To: Ethan Rosenberg > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Questions from a Newbie - Please Help > > <thread has been trimmed to NOTHING> > > i am pretty sure i read it on here already... but your PHP code looks wrong. > > > ORIGNAL CODE: > /* > * Create Database test22 > */ > <html><body> > <?php > $cxn = mysqli_connect("$host",$user,$password); > echo "Create database test22;" > echo "Create table Names2 > ( > RecordNum Int(11) Primary Key Not null default=10000 auto_increment, > FirstName varchar(10), > LastName varchar(10), > Height decimal(4,1), > Weight0 decimal(4,1), > BMI decimal(3,1) > Date0 date > );" > > echo" Create table Visit2 > ( > Indx Int(7) Primary Key Not null auto_increment, > Weight decimal(4,1) not null, > StudyDate date not null, > RecordNum Int(11) > );" > > $sql= "SHOW DATABASES"; > ?> > </body></html> > > FIXED CODE: > > <html><body> > <?php > /* > * Create Database test22 > */ > $cxn = mysqli_connect("$host",$user,$password); > echo "Create database test22"; > echo "Create table Names2 > ( > RecordNum Int(11) Primary Key Not null default=10000 auto_increment, > FirstName varchar(10), > LastName varchar(10), > Height decimal(4,1), > Weight0 decimal(4,1), > BMI decimal(3,1) > Date0 date > );"; > > echo "Create table Visit2 > ( > Indx Int(7) Primary Key Not null auto_increment, > Weight decimal(4,1) not null, > StudyDate date not null, > RecordNum Int(11) > );"; > > $sql= "SHOW DATABASES"; > ?> > </body></html> > > END FIXX > > firstly... you are missing your ending ; AFTER the " on most of your lines... > and i've seen this before, where it wont throw the error. > > secondly, all this is doing, is echoing out lines to either the console, or the > web page... it is not running the queries at all. So, if you're trying to execute > this from a shell script, then the line starting with $cxn that created the > connection to the database, is irrelevant. > > If you are trying to just run from the website, and show what you WANT to > do, then you have to end your statements with the ; character. You should > be able to copy and paste my "FIXED" code, and it should echo out > something... it is helps, before you make the $cnx call, put in > error_reporting(E_ALL); > > lastly, if you want to call the queries from php, then you will have to > remove the echo, and make them function calls to the database... > > here is a VERY quick redo of your code to make the mysqli calls: > > > <html><body> > <?php > /* > * Create Database test22 > */ > $cxn = mysqli_connect("$host",$user,$password); > echo "Create database test22"; The 2 statements below would fail ;) > mysqli_query($cxn, "Create table Names2 > ( > RecordNum Int(11) Primary Key Not null default=10000 auto_increment, > FirstName varchar(10), > LastName varchar(10), > Height decimal(4,1), > Weight0 decimal(4,1), > BMI decimal(3,1) > Date0 date > );"); > > mysqli_query($cxn, "Create table Visit2 > ( > Indx Int(7) Primary Key Not null auto_increment, > Weight decimal(4,1) not null, > StudyDate date not null, > RecordNum Int(11) > );"); > > $sql= "SHOW DATABASES"; > $result = mysqli_query($cxn, $sql); > echo '<pre>'; > print_r($result); > echo '</pre>'; > ?> > </body></html> > > > GOOD LUCK! and just to note, i dont guarantee that this code will work, i am > only taking what you had, and adding a little more to it, and I didn't test it > out... > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
