Question

I am using the JQuery .post method to get data using an AJAX call. The PHP file that is rendering the data has the following code that inputs information into a database:

$query = "INSERT INTO  questions(question, added_by) VALUES ('$question', '$user_id')";   

 $result = mysql_result($query); 

        //If db error
        if(!$result )
        {
            $error = str_replace("'", "*", mysql_error());
            $method = __METHOD__.'line: '.__LINE__; 
            return Error::db_error($method, $error, $this->ip, 'An internal error has occurred.  Your question can not be added at this time.');
         }

According to this code, a database error is occurring, yet mysql_error() is blank. When I use die($query), and copy and paste the literal query string into my mysql gui window (sqlyog) and run the query, it inserts just fine with no warnings or errors.

I have this general set-up for some other PHP functions and it works just fine.

I am really stumped by this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Execute the query using mysql_query before Retrieving the contents of cells from a MySQL result set using mysql_result.

   $result = mysql_query($query); 
   echo mysql_result($result);