$quantity=$_POST['quantity'];
do{
$request="SELECT id, name, type, price FROM `corro`.`food`";
$result=mysql_query($request);
}while(quantity>0)
Based on your comment I assume it's this:
$quantity=$_POST['quantity'];
$request="SELECT id, name, type, price FROM `corro`.`food` WHERE quantity>0";
$result=mysql_query($request);
$quantity=$_POST['quantity'];
if($quantity>0){
$request="SELECT id, name, type, price FROM `corro`.`food`";
$result=mysql_query($request);
}
First, you have a syntax error :
while (quantity > 0)
should be :
while ($quantity > 0)
But If you execute your code, you'll have an infinite loop if $quantity is actually greater than 0 : this will only execute your query over and over again because you never decrement $quantity.
I'm guessing that you have a quantity column in your table so what you should do is put the condition in your SQL query. Using PDO that would give you :
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT id, name, type, price FROM food WHERE quantity > ?");
$stmt->execute(array($_POST['quantity']));
$results = $stmt->fetchAll();
EDIT (following the latest answers)
Note that mysql_* are deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0. You should use mysqli or PDO.
Just do it in your mysql_query
Please note that mysql_*
functions are now deprecated, and should not be used. Use mysqli instead. The query for mysql would be SELECT id, name, type, price FROM corro.food WHERE quantity>0
Your while loop is running unlimited times try giving condition to your code as in below demo code
$quantity=$_POST['quantity'];
$quantity_count = 0;
do{
$request="SELECT id, name, type, price FROM `corro`.`food`";
$result=mysql_query($request);
$quantity_count++;
}while($quantity>0 && $quantity_count < 10); //This is demo code