Question

I’m doing a project which has an ability of a user to approve or revoke application (like scholarship). But I can’t seem to find out why it’s not doing what I wanted to do. Please do check my code below:

$try = mysql_query("UPDATE new_applicants SET ApplicantStatusId='$status', DateManaged = NOW() WHERE ApplicantId='$id'") or die(mysql_error()); 

$try1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($try);

$status1 = $try1["ApplicantStatusId"];

if( $status1 == 2 ){
header('location: ../employeepage.php');
exit();
}

else{

$sql1 = "INSERT INTO scholar_profile (Firstname, Middlename, Lastname, Address, EmailAddress,  BirthDate, BirthPlace, Religion, Age, Gender, ContactNo, Skill, Talent, LevelId, GWA, CategoryId, StatusId, SchoolId, BarangayId) SELECT Firstname, Middlename, Lastname, Address, EmailAddress, BirthDate, BirthPlace, Religion, Age, Gender, ContactNo, Skill, Talent, LevelId, GWA, CategoryId, StatusId, SchoolId, BarangayId
FROM new_applicants
WHERE new_applicants.ApplicantId = '$id'" or die(mysql_error()); 

}

When the applicantstatus becomes 2 = revoked, it should not copy the data to scholar_profile. But when I tried this, it still copies. What’s wrong with this? thanks.

Answer 1

You could just change the where clause of the SQL statement:

WHERE new_applicants.ApplicantId = '$id' and new_Applicants.ApplicantStatusId <> 2"

Then you don’t have to worry about the logic in php.