Question

Ive been trying to solve some issues for implementing google maps with the api using this guidehttp://code.google.com/intl/no-NO/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlajax_v3.html.

Im stuck at this part: modifying the query with a variable set in another document or in the same document with processing of server basename like this:

*(this is the php file that generates the xml file:http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/articles/phpsqlajax/phpsqlajax_genxml3.php)*

$mapid = str_replace(".php","",basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
$query = "SELECT * FROM markers WHERE type='".$mapid."'";

This doesnt work…

Also it doesn’t work if i set the variable in the main webpage.php file that displays the map eighter… it works if i set the variable in the same file (xmlgenerate.php) like this:

$mapid = "mymap";
$query = "SELECT * FROM markers WHERE type='".$mapid."'";

Hope someone can tell me what im doing wrong here.

edit: Heres a link to the live files btw. xmlgenerate=> http://www.pinnedmap.com/mapdata.php and mappage=> http://www.pinnedmap.com/test.php NB. a valid query example is: wondersoftheworld

to pass the variable from test.php would be ideal.

Answer 1

I don’t understand what you’re trying to do here:

$mapid = str_replace(".php","",basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));

Instead try this:

$mapid = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['mapid']);

(The mysql_real_escape_string part prevents a SQL injection)

Now just request your file like file.php?mapid=something and everything should work…