Question

As per

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `pages`
                      WHERE parent_id = '0'
                            AND menu_location NOT IN (main,footer)");

I’m trying to select all pages from database table where the parent id is 0 and the page is not in the main menu or footer menu, so I want to select all apart from if these pages are set to either of these menus.

There are multiple menu_location types so I don’t believe I can use NOT NULL for example.

I’ve got a feeling I’m probably use the NOT IN statement out of context, but if anyone could kindly point me in the right direction on how to query the database properly, I would be very grateful.

EDIT.

Table: 'pages'
Table Columns: 'active', 'page_id', 'parent_id', 'order', 'site_id',
               'page_name', 'page_display_name', 'page_location', 'page_type',
               'menu_location' 
               (there are other columns but mainly for content, metadata etc).

I just simply want to select all pages from table apart from those which have main and footer in the menu_location column. Thanks

Answer 1

Just surround main ad footer values with '':

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `pages`
                      WHERE parent_id = '0'
                            AND menu_location NOT IN ('main','footer')");