Question

Not sure what is causing this, but I have two ints, like and dislike.
They’re updated by the mysql query:

    if ($like == "like"){
    mysql_query("UPDATE updates set like = like + 1 WHERE id='$id'");
    echo $like;
} else if ($like == "dislike") {
    mysql_query("UPDATE updates set dislike = dislike + 1 WHERE id = '$id'");
    echo $like;
}   

The echo comes out, but, the actual query does not update the value. I’m baffled as to why this happens. Any reason as to why this happens? Thanks, Chris

Answer 1

Maybe because like is a reserved word in most SQL dialects. You may need to put the like in double quotes.

Refer to this list of reserved words for MySQL:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/reserved-words.html