Question

I have one table which contains events and dates, and another which contains the guestlist for each of these nights. I can print the nights like so:

$day = date("l");
$date = getFullDateString($day);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nights WHERE day = '$day' AND promoter = 'blah'") or die(mysql_error);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    echo "<h2>";
    echo $row[name];
    echo " (";
    echo getFullDateString($row[day]);
    echo ")</h2>";
}

The problem is that for each of these events I want the guestlist to be printed below it. I’ve tried putting another while loop inside, but even the test echo doesn’t work.

$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT guest FROM guestlists WHERE night = '$row[name]' AND date = 'getFullDateString($row[day])'") or die(mysql_error ());

    while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) {
        echo $row2[0];
        echo "test";
        echo "<br />";
}

Essentially I want the following:

Event 1

Name 1

Name 2

Name 3

Event 2

Name 1

Name 2

Name 3

Answer 1

You have a method inside the query string which won’t be run.

Try:

$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT guest FROM guestlists WHERE night = '".$row['name']."' AND `date` = '".getFullDateString($row['day'])."'"

Also, date is a reserved word in MySQL and should be encapsulated within backticks or changed to something else.

Additionally, the mysql_ functions are being deprecated and it is recommended to replace them with PDO or MySQLi.