I tried but nothing different happened. I'm still playing though and I'll see if I can make it work. I'm new to all of this...so we'll see how it goes. Thanks for your help.
-jordan Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Strings in your sql query must be quoted. Try this instead: > > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ar > > LEFT JOIN company on ar.company_id=company.company_id > > LEFT JOIN scale on ar.scale_id=scale.scale_id > > WHERE item_number = \"$item[$index]\")"; > > Fred > > Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > here's the situation. I'm making a shopping cart, when an item is added > > it's item number is added into an array. I then want this array's items > to > > be compared agains the database. Unfortunately I haven't been able to use > a > > variable in the query string of MySQL. something along the lines of.... > > > > > > <?PHP > > > > include ('connect.php'); > > > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ar > > LEFT JOIN company on ar.company_id=company.company_id > > LEFT JOIN scale on ar.scale_id=scale.scale_id > > WHERE item_number =" . $item[$index]); > > > > ?> > > > > where $item is the array of item numbers and $index is an auto > incrementing > > number that increments at the end of the loop. Please help if you know of > > anyway to use this variable. Also, I can post my whole script if > needed...I > > just didn't want unneeded info posted. Thanks in advance. > > > > -Jordan > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
