I've tried playing around with it a bit but I'm getting quite confused now. It still doesn't like my declaration of variables and I'm not sure how to declare 'id' either as it isn't used in the form as a field of entry - just an index in the database.
Any help would greatly be appreciated cause I'm using this as an inclusion in a piece of coursework I'm doing and the deadline is looming! :/ thanks slippy "Doug Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:35:22 -0000, Slippyaah wrote: > > >Well basically I think it's a problem with the declaration of variables > >and/or the way they are being processed by the form. > > > >Here is the individual addNews function: > > > >function addNews() { > > global $db; > > > > /* declare variables here? */ > > > > > > > > /* insert the new news entry */ > > $query = "INSERT INTO news" . > > "VALUES('',$id,'{$_POST['postdate']}'," . > > "'{$_POST['title']}',". > > "'{$_POST['newstext']}')"; > > I haven't been following this thread, but you need to do your part to help the parser. > > $query = "INSERT INTO news "; > $query .= "VALUES('',$id,'".$_POST['postdate']."',"; > $query .= "'".$_POST['title']."',"; > $query .= "'".$_POST['newstext']."')"; > > You should also add some db error checking and reporting, then you wouldn't get the erroneous "success" message. > > hth, > Doug -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
