Question

I’m using Dreamweaver as I’m still learning PHP.

I have an insert form and I want it to direct me to the detail page for the record just inserted. I have done this in the past but, have forgotten how I did it, I passed a url parameter with the record ID and picked it up on the detail page.

Here’s my insert code, any help would be great.

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form")) {
  $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO tl_courses (course_name, course_type, course_category, price_option, price, start_date, duration, location_option, country, region, town, postcode, results, awarding, content, requirements, additional, qualification) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['course_name'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['course_type'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['course_category'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['price_option'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['price'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['start_date'], "date"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['duration'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['location_option'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['country'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['region'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['town'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['postcode'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['results'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['awarding'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['content'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['requirements'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['additional'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['qualification'], "text"));

  mysql_select_db($database_dbconnect, $dbconnect);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $dbconnect) or die(mysql_error());

  $insertGoTo = "dates_adder.php";
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
}

Answer 1

Do you know the ID of the record you’ve just inserted? If not, you’ll need to write a SELECT query to get the ID then just use:

To get the ID, either use mysql_insert_id() or write a query such as:

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM tl_courses WHERE course_name = "'.$_POST['course_name'].'"';
$res = mysql_query($sql);
$num = mysql_num_rows($res);

if($num == 1){
    // We've got a record.

    $row = mysql_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC);

    $id  = $row['YOUR_ID_FIELD'];

}

header('Location: view.php?id='.$id);
exit;