Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-18 Thread chris
On 17 Jun 2003 09:37:12 -0500, Tom Woody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:09, nabil wrote: A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select * from db where apple = '$_POST['foo']' ; without getting an error ?? should I append it as

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-18 Thread Lars Torben Wilson
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 07:47, Chris Hayes wrote: At 16:37 17-6-03, you wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:09, nabil wrote: A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select * from db where apple = '$_POST['foo']' ; without getting an error

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-18 Thread Philip Olson
print $_POST['foo']; // generates a warning The above is only true in PHP 4.3.0-1 as there was a bug that caused the E_NOTICE there. In all other PHP versions, the above will cause a parse error. Regards, Philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Chris Hayes
At 12:42 17-6-03, you wrote: the first will generate a warning if warnings are enabled. it could mean a constant or a string, if a constant with that name is not available php will use it as a string and show a warning. the second is right as a string. in addition to that. In your example the

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Adam Voigt
$sql = 'select * from db where apple = \'' . $_POST['foo'] . '\';'; Like that? On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 10:09, nabil wrote: A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select * from db where apple = '$_POST['foo']' ; without getting an error ??

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Chris Hayes
At 16:19 17-6-03, you wrote: $sql = 'select * from db where apple = \'' . $_POST['foo'] . '\';'; Like that? you missed some quotes: $sql = 'select * from db where apple = \''' . $_POST['foo'] . '\''; A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Tom Woody
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:09, nabil wrote: A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select * from db where apple = '$_POST['foo']' ; without getting an error ?? should I append it as $var= $_POST['foo']; before??? The rule of thumb I follow with

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Chris Hayes
At 16:37 17-6-03, you wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:09, nabil wrote: A side question along with this ,,, how can I include $_POST['foo'] in the : $sql =select * from db where apple = '$_POST['foo']' ; without getting an error ?? should I append it as $var= $_POST['foo']; before???

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Adam Voigt
Actually I didn't. The code that I gave would result in a string like: select * from db where apple = 'blah'; For your reference: \'' means print one single quote then end the current stream. Then the . $_POST['foo'] appends the value of foo to the stream, then . '\';'; prints one more single

Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
At 16:19 17-6-03, you wrote: $sql = 'select * from db where apple = \'' . $_POST['foo'] . '\';'; Like that? you missed some quotes: $sql = 'select * from db where apple = \''' . $_POST['foo'] . '\''; Go back and count the quotes again. The original post is correct as far as quotes go. Yours

RE: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Ralph
Alternative, using concatenation: $sql = SELECT * FROM db WHERE apple = '. $_POST['foo'] . '; -Original Message- From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chris Hayes Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST

RE: [PHP] Re: Difference between $_POST[foo] and $_POST['foo']?

2003-06-17 Thread Philip Olson
This is explained in the manual with tons of examples: http://www.php.net/types.string http://www.php.net/types.array http://www.php.net/types.array#language.types.array.foo-bar Regards, Philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: