Repeating the same query

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by Boofo

schema=scheme?

Whoops! Schema is german, sorry for that

[Lionel]

ok thanks. I am putting only a few, because I have hundreds of data

PHP Code:

CREATE TABLE `soundtracks` (
`songid` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`title` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`url` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`plays` smallint(5) default '0',
`active` int(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`userid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`username` varchar(225) NOT NULL default '',
`rated_qty` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`rating` int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`announce` int(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`genre` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`songid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=68 ;
-- 
-- Dumping data for table `soundtracks`
-- 
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (3, 'Chov', 'Chov.mp3', 22, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 1, 5, 1, 'Carimi');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (2, 'Solda Jah', '09 - Solda Jah.mp3', 36, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 3, 15, 0, 'Jah Nesta');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (4, 'Kidnapping', 'Kidnapping.mp3', 17, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 1, 5, 1, 'Carimi');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (5, 'Mwen sou', 'Mwen sou.mp3', 14, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 0, 0, 0, 'Carimi');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (6, 'Pitit sa', 'Pitit sa.mp3', 23, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 1, 3, 0, 'Carimi');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (7, 'Por favor', 'CARIMI -por favor.mp3', 42, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 1, 5, 0, 'Carimi');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (8, 'Two ta', 'Two ta - 06.mp3', 8, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 0, 0, 0, 'Jah Nesta');
INSERT INTO `soundtracks` VALUES (9, 'Chasse ? l''enfant', 'Chasseenfant- 03.mp3', 15, 1, 4, 'haitiwebs', 0, 0, 0, 'Jah Nesta'); 


And the crazy thing I am doing:

PHP Code:

  $extra1songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra1' AND active=1");
 while($extra1songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra1songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip1=$extra1songrow['title'];
    $clip1id=$extra1songrow['songid'];
    $clip1url=$extra1songrow['url'];
    $extra1="<a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip1id\">$clip1</a>"; 
        } 
 $extra2songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra2' AND active=1");
 while($extra2songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra2songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip2=$extra2songrow['title'];
    $clip2id=$extra2songrow['songid'];
    $clip2url=$extra2songrow['url'];
    $extra2=" &middot; <a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip2id\">$clip2</a>"; 
        } 
 $extra3songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra3' AND active=1");
 while($extra3songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra3songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip3=$extra3songrow['title'];
    $clip3id=$extra3songrow['songid'];
    $clip3url=$extra3songrow['url'];
    $extra3=" &middot; <a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip3id\">$clip3</a>"; 
        } 
 $extra4songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra4' AND active=1");
 while($extra4songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra4songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip4=$extra4songrow['title'];
    $clip4id=$extra4songrow['songid'];
    $clip4url=$extra4songrow['url'];
    $extra4=" &middot; <a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip4id\">$clip4</a>"; 
        } 
 $extra5songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra5' AND active=1");
 while($extra5songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra5songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip5=$extra5songrow['title'];
    $clip5id=$extra5songrow['songid'];
    $clip5url=$extra5songrow['url'];
    $extra5=" &middot; <a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip5id\">$clip5</a>"; 
        } 
 $extra6songsquery = $DB_site->query("SELECT songid, title, url FROM soundtracks WHERE title='$extra6' AND active=1");
 while($extra6songrow = $DB_site->fetch_array($extra6songsquery)) 
        {    
           $clip6=$extra6songrow['title'];
    $clip6id=$extra6songrow['songid'];
    $clip6url=$extra6songrow['url'];
    $extra6=" &middot; <a href=\"showproduct.php?product=$product&do=main&mysong=$clip6id\">$clip6</a>"; 
        } 


how I am displaying it now:

<span class="smallfont">$extra1$extra2$extra3$extra4$ext ra5$extra6</span>

and the result attached (I have 2 now, still testing)

Thanks.

[Andreas]

OK. Now if you could also post example Values for extra1, etc. and what should be the output then, I might be able to help you

[Lionel]

Values for extras are exactly the same as in title.
we put in a different song title in each one of the 6 extras textboxes. Then we query db. If title matches any extra, then we grab the info for that title.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Please read post #5 again (mind that '=' is changed to '.='), i think that is your solution.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Please read post #5 again (mind that '=' is changed to '.='), i think that is your solution.

Phew! Thanks Marco. I would have never figured out that one. As a rule, when do we put a dot? LOL, looks like I will have to go back to some other scripts I made and start putting dots all over.

[Andreas]

= is an assignment, .= is a concatenation
$foo = 'bar';
$foo = 'bar';
results is $foo being 'bar';

$foo = 'bar'
$foo .= 'bar'
results in $foo being 'barbar'

[Lionel]

Got it. Thanks. Not bad after 6 hours for just one dot :-)

[Andreas]

Hmm ... lol.
SCNR

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Examples:

PHP Code:

$line = '';
foreach (array('line1\n', 'line2\n') AS $text)
{
 $line = $text;
} 


$line will now contain

line2

, since that was the last assignment.

2nd example:

PHP Code:

$line = '';
foreach (array('line1\n', 'line2\n') AS $text)
{
 $line .= $text;
} 


$line will now contain:

line1
line2