Question

I have the following code:

$radate = date('Y-d-m h:i:s');
echo $radate;
foreach($_POST['member'] as $member)
{
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO attend (UserName, rDate) values('$member', '$radate')");
    mysql_query("UPDATE users set rAttend=(rAttend+1) where UserName='$member'");
}
mysql_query("INSERT INTO raids (rDate) value('$radate')");
mysql_query("UPDATE users SET rTotal=(rTotal+1)");

    mysql_close();
?>

At present the echo is printing:
2011-14-08 09:47:17

But when I do a diagnostic like this:

$result_id = mysql_query('SELECT * from raids');
if($result_id)
    {
    $results = array();
    while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result_id))
    {
$results[] = $row;
}
echo '<pre>';
print_r($results);
echo '</pre>';
}
else
echo mysql_error();

I get this as an output:

Array
(
[0] => Array
    (
        [raidID] => 1
        [rDate] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
    )

[1] => Array
    (
        [raidID] => 2
        [rDate] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
    )

[2] => Array
    (
        [raidID] => 3
        [rDate] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
    )

[3] => Array
    (
        [raidID] => 4
        [rDate] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00
    )

)

So, in a more succinct fashion, what am I doing wrong when it comes to inserting the time?

Answer 1

MySQL’s date format is Y-m-d H:i:s, not Y-d-m h:i:s 🙂
It should work with $radate = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

BTW, don’t forget to escape anything you put in a query:

mysql_query("INSERT INTO attend (UserName, rDate) values('" . mysql_real_escape_string($member). "', '" . mysql_real_escape_string($radate) . "')");