Hi there Richard It's part of the prepared statements http://php.net/manual/de/pdo.prepared-statements.php ;) 2011/8/31 Richard Riley <rileyrg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > "Jen Rasmussen" <jen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Peet, > > > > Could you do something like this instead? This is using named > placeholders > > and a separate line for your statement > > but I was able to get it to echo the statement in this manner. > > > > $sql = "UPDATE table SET field1=:field1, field2=:field2 WHERE id=:id"; > > $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); > > $sth->execute(array(":field1"=>$field1, > > ": field2"=>$ field2, > > ": id"=>$id)); > > Hi Jen, could you point me to a document/man page for PHP which explains > that : notation in $sql= line please. I'm sure its common to everyone > here but, well, I never saw it before ;( > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >