This is my table in my database. It should only contain one row.
I have this code, that checks if there is no data , if there is not.. The data is inserted, else it's updated. The problem is, that if i update only Brevet, the value of Baccalaureabt will disappear from my database. Any help?
Code:
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{ $brevet = $_POST['Brevet'];
$baccalaureatbt = $_POST['Baccalaureatbt'];
$sql1="SELECT Brevet,Baccalaureatbt FROM university";
if ($result=mysqli_query($con,$sql1))
{
$rowcount=mysqli_num_rows($result);
}
if($rowcount==0)
{
$sql="INSERT INTO university(Brevet,Baccalaureatbt) VALUES('$brevet','$baccalaureatbt')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}
else
{
$sql2 = "UPDATE university SET Brevet = '$brevet' , Baccalaureatbt = '$baccalaureatbt'";
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);
}
To update the values dynamically, use the following code. Just add the values you want in the values array.
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$brevet = $_POST['Brevet'];
$baccalaureatbt = $_POST['Baccalaureatbt'];
$sql1="SELECT Brevet,Baccalaureatbt FROM university";
$result=mysqli_query($con,$sql1);
if ($result)
{
$rowcount=mysqli_num_rows($result);
}
if($rowcount==0)
{
$sql="INSERT INTO university(Brevet,Baccalaureatbt) VALUES('$brevet','$baccalaureatbt')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}
else
{
$values = array("brevet","baccalaureatbt");
$sql2 = "UPDATE university ";
$n = 0;
foreach($_POST as $key => $val) {
if(in_array($key, $values)) {
$sql2 += ($n !== 0 ? ", " : 0);
$sql2 += "SET".$key." = ".$val;
$n++;
}
if($n > 0) {
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);
}
}
}
}
The issue is that you are setting both values, if however either $baccalaureatbt
or $brevet
is empty, it will be updated with a empty value, i.e the original value will be deleted.
There are multiple ways to avoid this, but one way to do it is like so:
$sql2 = "UPDATE university SET ";
if(!empty($brevet)){
$sql2 .= "Brevet = '$brevet'";
$first = 1;
}
if(!empty($baccalaureatbt)){
$sql2 .= isset($first) ? ", Baccalaureatbt = '$baccalaureatbt'" : "Baccalaureatbt = '$baccalaureatbt' " ;
}
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);