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I am trying to create a dynamic WHERE clause where depending on which options are chosen from the drop down menus, it will compile the correct WHERE clause. But I do not think I am doing it correctly.
First of all there should be a default WHERE clause, no matter which option is selected from the drop down menus there should be a WHERE clause checking for selected SessionId
so this should be SessionId = ?
Then depending on the options chosen from the drop down menus it will compile the other fields in the WHERE clause. There are two drop down menus which are for Students
and Questions
. The possible outcomes are:
Student selected != 'All'
: Add StudentId
= ? in WHERE clause Student selected == 'All'
: Remove StudentId
= ? from WHERE clause Question selected != 'All'
: Add QuestionId
= ? in WHERE clause Question selected == 'All'
: Remove QuestionId
= ? from WHERE clause
My question is that how can I set this up?
Below is what I have currently:
if(isset($_POST['answerSubmit'])) // we have subbmited the third form
{
$selectedstudentanswerqry = "
SELECT
StudentAlias, StudentForename, StudentSurname, q.SessionId, QuestionNo, QuestionContent, o.OptionType, q.NoofAnswers, GROUP_CONCAT( DISTINCT Answer
ORDER BY Answer SEPARATOR ',' ) AS Answer, r.ReplyType, QuestionMarks,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT StudentAnswer ORDER BY StudentAnswer SEPARATOR ',') AS StudentAnswer, ResponseTime, MouseClick, StudentMark
FROM Student s
INNER JOIN Student_Answer sa ON (s.StudentId = sa.StudentId)
INNER JOIN Student_Response sr ON (sa.StudentId = sr.StudentId)
INNER JOIN Question q ON (sa.QuestionId = q.QuestionId)
INNER JOIN Answer an ON q.QuestionId = an.QuestionId
LEFT JOIN Reply r ON q.ReplyId = r.ReplyId
LEFT JOIN Option_Table o ON q.OptionId = o.OptionId
";
if ($_POST['student'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
WHERE (SessionId = ? AND StudentId = ?)
";
}
if ($_POST['question'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
WHERE (SessionId = ? AND QuestionId = ?)
";
}
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
GROUP BY sa.StudentId, q.QuestionId
ORDER BY StudentAlias, q.SessionId, QuestionNo
";
global $mysqli;
$selectedstudentanswerstmt=$mysqli->prepare($selectedstudentanswerqry);
if ($_POST['student'] != 'All'){
// You only need to call bind_param once
$selectedstudentanswerstmt->bind_param("ii",$_POST["session"],$_POST["student"]);
}
if ($_POST['question'] != 'All'){
// You only need to call bind_param once
$selectedstudentanswerstmt->bind_param("ii",$_POST["session"],$_POST["question"]);
}
// get result and assign variables (prefix with db)
$selectedstudentanswerstmt->execute();
$selectedstudentanswerstmt->bind_result($detailsStudentAlias,$detailsStudentForename,$detailsStudentSurname,$detailsSessionId,$detailsQuestionNo,
$detailsQuestonContent,$detailsOptionType,$detailsNoofAnswers,$detailsAnswer,$detailsReplyType,$detailsQuestionMarks,$detailsStudentAnswer,$detailsResponseTime,
$detailsMouseClick,$detailsStudentMark);
$selectedstudentanswerstmt->store_result();
$selectedstudentanswernum = $selectedstudentanswerstmt->num_rows();
}
?>
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Your cases:
- Student selected != 'All' : Add StudentId = ? in WHERE clause
- Student selected == 'All' : Remove StudentId = ? from WHERE clause
- Question selected != 'All' : Add QuestionId = ? in WHERE clause
- Question selected == 'All' : Remove QuestionId = ? from WHERE clause
<?php
$selectedstudentanswerqry = "WHERE SessionId = ? ";
if ($_POST['student'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= " and StudentId = ? ";
}
else{
/*
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
//what is condition for if student == all ?
";
*/
}
if ($_POST['question'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= " and QuestionId = ? ";
}
else{
}
?>
consider that
student = 1 then:
if student != All = true
if question != AA = true
student = All
if student != All = false
if question != AA = true
question = 1
if student != All = true
if question != AA = true
question = All
if student != All = true
if question != AA = false
//case1
if ($_POST['student'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
WHERE (SessionId = ? AND StudentId = ?)
";
}
//case2
if ($_POST['question'] != 'All'){
//case 2.1
if ($_POST['student'] != 'All'){
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
and (QuestionId = ?)
";
}
//case 2.2
else{
$selectedstudentanswerqry .= "
WHERE (SessionId = ? AND QuestionId = ?)
";
}
}
/*
testing
1- student != All, question != All
case1: true
case1: result: $selectedstudentanswerqry = WHERE (SessionId = ? AND StudentId = ?)
case2 : true
case 2.1: true
case2.1 result: $selectedstudentanswerqry .= and (QuestionId = ?)
2- student != All question = All
case1: true
case1: result: $selectedstudentanswerqry = WHERE (SessionId = ? AND StudentId = ?)
case2: false
3- student = All question != All
case1: false
case2: true
case2.1: false
case2.2: true
case2.2 result: $selectedstudentanswerqry = WHERE (SessionId = ? AND QuestionId = ?)
4- student = All question = All
case1: false
case2: false
*/
Try to build where array
$where = array();
if ((int) $studentID >0) {
$where[] = " studentID = '{$studentID}' ";
}
if ((int) $QuestionId >0) {
$where[] = " QuestionId = '{$QuestionId }' ";
}
and at end implode $where by AND statment
if (!empty($where))
$query['where'] = ' WHERE '. implode(' AND ', $where);
It's only a way. I did not debug this code.