Question

This query is not executing, and I’m sure its going over the code, it just doesn’t update the row.

$statement = $db->prepare("UPDATE users SET data=:data WHERE id=:id");
$statement->execute(array(':data' => $data, ':id' =>     $_REQUEST['user_id']));

What could be the problem? I am 100% that the $_REQUEST['user_id'] is valid and exists in the DB, and that data contains something as well. I’m really clueless why it wont execute.

Answer 1

Try binding your params first:

$statement = $db->prepare("UPDATE users SET data=:data WHERE id=:id");

$statement->bindValue(':data', $data, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$statement->bindValue(':id',  $_REQUEST['user_id'], PDO::PARAM_INT);

$statement->execute();