Question

I’ve been using this for a long time and now it stopped working. I just don’t get why PHP changes on you. Someone help.

The problem is with these two lines:

$res = mysql_query("SELECT num FROM ywsite WHERE item='sitehits'", $db);
$num = mysql_result($res,0,"num");

Here’s the rest of the script:

<?php
    $res = mysql_query("SELECT num FROM ywsite WHERE item='sitehits'", $db);
    $num = mysql_result($res,0,"num");
    $equals = $num + 1;
    mysql_query("UPDATE ywsite SET num='$equals' WHERE item='sitehits'");
?>

Answer 1

That seems like a rather complicated way to increment a number. Just do this instead:

UPDATE ywsite SET num = num + 1 WHERE item = 'sitehits'

If it fails use mysql_error to see the error. The most likely cause of error is an incorrect table or column name.