Question

just having some trouble with an SQL update in PHP. Listed below is an extract of the function:

    $captain = $this->getUserName();
    $member = $textParts[1];
    $memberNo = 'member1';

    $sqlUpdate = 'UPDATE ajax_chat_draft_teams SET '.$memberNo.'='.$member.' WHERE captain='.$captain.'';

    $result = $this->db->sqlQuery($sqlUpdate); 

When the Query is reached it throws the following error:

Query: UPDATE ajax_chat_draft_teams SET member1=user WHERE captain=Oolius
Error-Report: Unknown column 'Oolius' in 'where clause'
Error-Code: 1054 error occured!

The table ajax_chat_draft_teams has 5 fields: captain, member1, member2, member3, member4
(Note: There is a record in the table where the captain is Oolius and all members are NULL).

I’m failing to see what is wrong with my SQL statement. Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

Try this:

$sqlUpdate = 'UPDATE ajax_chat_draft_teams SET '.$memberNo.' = "'.$member.'" WHERE captain = "'.$captain.'"';