Question

Please help me, I’m new to mySql. I’m trying to update the database, and it doesn’t work. I’ve checked the code, and it seems to be correct, but nothing gets updated.

<?php
$host="localhost"; // Host name
$username=""; // Mysql username
$password=""; // Mysql password
$db_name="test"; // Database name
$tbl_name="test_mysql"; // Table name

// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

// update data in mysql database
$sql="UPDATE $tbl_name SET name='$name', lastname='$lastname', email='$email' WHERE id='$id'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

// if successfully updated.
if($result){
    echo "Successful";
    echo "<BR>";
    echo "<a href='list_records.php'>View result</a>";
}

else {
    echo "ERROR";
}

?>

Thank you

Answer 1

@Tamara: You’re not getting / setting $name, $lastname, $email or $id…