UPDATE: NOW RESOLVED - Thanks everyone!
Fix: I had a column named "referred_by" and in my code it's called "referred_by_id" - so it was trying to INSERT to a column that didn't exist -- once I fixed this, it decided to work!
I have limited time left to work on this project. The clock is ticking.
I'm trying to INSERT $php_variables into a TABLE called "clients".
I've been trying for hours to get this script to work, and I got it to work once, but then I realized I forgot a field, so I had to add another column to the TABLE and when I updated the script it stopped working. I reverted by but now it's still not working and I'm just frustrating myself too much.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1);
if (!isset($_COOKIE["user"]))
{
header ("Location: ./login.php");
}
else
{
include ("./source.php");
echo $doctype;
}
$birthday = $birth_year . "-" . $birth_month . "-" . $birth_day;
$join_date = date("Y-m-d");
$error_type = 0;
$link = mysql_connect("SERVER", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD");
if (!$link)
{
$error = "Cannot connect to MySQL.";
$error_type = 1;
}
$select_db = mysql_select_db("DATABASE", $link);
if (!$select_db)
{
$error = "Cannot connect to Database.";
$error_type = 2;
}
if ($referred_by != "")
{
$result = mysql_query("
SELECT id FROM clients WHERE referral_code = $referred_by
");
if (!$result)
{
$error = "Cannot find referral.";
$error_type = 3;
}
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$referred_by_id = $row['id'];
}
}
else
{
$referred_by_id = 0;
}
$first_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['first_name']);
$last_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['last_name']);
$birth_month = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['birth_month']);
$birth_day = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['birth_day']);
$birth_year = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['birth_year']);
$email = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);
$address = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['address']);
$city = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['city']);
$state = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['state']);
$zip_code = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['zip_code']);
$phone_home = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['phone_home']);
$phone_cell = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['phone_cell']);
$referral_code = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['referral_code']);
$referred_by = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['referred_by']);
$organization = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['organization']);
$gov_type = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['gov_type']);
$gov_code = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['gov_code']);
$test_query = mysql_query
("
INSERT INTO clients (first_name, last_name, birthday, join_date, email, address, city, state, zip_code,
phone_home, phone_cell, referral_code, referred_by_id, organization, gov_type, gov_code)
VALUES ('".$first_name."', '".$last_name."', '".$birthday."', '".$join_date."', '".$email."', '".$address."', '".$city."', '".$state."', '".$zip_code."',
'".$phone_home."', '".$phone_cell."', '".$referral_code."', '".$referred_by_id."', '".$organization."', '".$gov_type."', '".$gov_code."')
");
if (!$test_query)
{
die(mysql_error($link));
}
if ($error_type > 0)
{
$title_name = "Error";
}
if ($error_type == 0)
{
$title_name = "Success";
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $title . " - " . $title_name; ?></title>
<?php echo $meta; ?>
<?php echo $style; ?>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $logo; ?>
<?php echo $sublogo; ?>
<?php echo $nav; ?>
<div id="content">
<div id="main">
<span class="event_title"><?php echo $title_name; ?></span><br><br>
<?php
if ($error_type == 0)
{
echo "Client was added to the database successfully.";
}
else
{
echo $error;
}
?>
</div>
<?php echo $copyright ?>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You've an error on line 81:
else
{
$referred_by_id = 0;
}
I don't see an IF construct before that, make the appropriate correction and run the script again.
Without looking at the table structure to make sure all the fields are there, I'm going to assume it's something with the data.
Any quotes in the data will lead to problems (including SQL injection security holes). You should wrap each $_POST[] with mysql_real_escape_string(), such as:
$first_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['first_name']);
EDIT: Further debugging...
As someone suggested (sorry, can't find the comment), try:
$sql = "
INSERT INTO clients (first_name, last_name, birthday, join_date, email, address, city, state, zip_code,
phone_home, phone_cell, referral_code, referred_by_id, organization, gov_type, gov_code)
VALUES ('".$first_name."', '".$last_name."', '".$birthday."', '".$join_date."', '".$email."', '".$address."', '".$city."', '".$state."', '".$zip_code."',
'".$phone_home."', '".$phone_cell."', '".$referral_code."', '".$referred_by_id."', '".$organization."', '".$gov_type."', '".$gov_code."'
)";
// Debug:
print "<pre>". $sql ."</pre>";
mysql_query($sql);
The SQL statement should be printed out when submitting the form. Take that SQL statement and try to execute it directly in MySQL to see if it works, or if it generates an error.
Definitely not working as is. Looks you have a 500 error, since you have an else with a missing if:
else
{
$referred_by_id = 0;
}
Otherwise, you'll need to post your DB schema.
Also, note that you're really taking the long way around with this code, which makes it difficult to read & maintain. You're also missing any sort of checks for SQL injection... you really need to pass things through mysql_real_escape_string (and really, you should use mysqli, since the mysql interface was basically deprecated years ago).
$keys = array('first_name',
'last_name',
'birthday',
'join_date',
'email',
'address',
'city',
'state',
'zip_code',
'phone_home',
'phone_cell',
'referral_code',
'referred_by_id',
'organization',
'gov_type',
'gov_code');
$_REQUEST['birthdate'] = $_REQUEST['birth_year'].'-'.$_REQUEST['birth_month'].'-'.$_REQUEST['birth_day'];
$_REQUEST['join_date'] = date('Y-m-d',time());
$params = array();
foreach ($keys as $key)
{
$params[] = mysql_real_escape_string($request[$key]);
}
$sql = 'INSERT INTO clients ('.implode(',', $keys).') ';
$sql .= ' VALUES (\''.implode('\',\'', $params).'\') ';