Question

I have an insert statement I am querying to the DB.

$notes_sql = 'INSERT into notes SET
              order_id = "'.$_GET['order_id'].'",
              date_added = "'.$date_added.'",
              note_message = "'.$_SESSION['note_message'].'"';

$notes_result = $conn->query($notes_sql) or die(mysqli_error($conn));

I know the sql statement is correct, because when I try to echo it out and run that echo’d statement in phpMyadmin, it inserts it fine.

When I try to run the insert statement, I get the following error:

INSERT command denied to user ‘ideapale_amquery’@’localhost’ for table ‘notes’

Line 74 is the line line of code that queries the statement.

I also know that I am correctly connecting to the DB through an included connection.php file, since I am using variables from that included file on the page I am working on.

I’m guessing I am somehow not correctly connecting to the DB, but I am not sure what it is. I copied the code for this page from another page that works fine, so I don’t understand why it is not working.

Why is my insert not working in php?

***** UPDATE *****

This is my connection script:

function dbConnect($type) {
    if($type == 'query'){
        $user = 'ideapale_amquery';
        $pwd = 'xxxxxxxxxxx';
    } else if($type == 'admin') {
        $user = 'ideapale_amadmin';
        $pwd = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx';
    } else {
        exit('Unrecognized connection type');   
    }

$conn = new mysqli('localhost', $user, $pwd, 'ideapale_offorders') or die('Cannot open database');
return $conn;
}

This is how I am connecting to the connection script from the page I am on:

$conn = dbConnect('admin');

I am connecting to the DB using the admin privileges, so I don’t understand why it thinks I want to use the ‘amquery’ username.

Answer 1

Try

$notes_result = $conn->query($notes_sql) or die(mysqli_error($conn)); 

To get an updated error.

If the echoed SQL works fine you have to guess it’s a connection or permissions issue. Are you doing an insert anywhere else?

Edit: So it’s a permissions issue, run this:

GRANT INSERT PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'ideapale_amquery'@'localhost' 

However, if you don’t believe you need to, try this first:

SHOW GRANTS FOR 'ideapale_amquery'@'localhost'