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8.2

Value is not added

Asked by jvuz in PHP Scripting Language, PHP and Databases, Web Languages/Standards

Tags: mysql_error

In the following script, I want that the value for category, 2, will be sent to the database, but it doesn't. Can someone help me find the problem?

<?php
// if the form isn't filled in yet
                  if(!isset($_POST['submit'])) {
                  ?>
                                    <form action="addarticle.php" method="post">
                                    <table>
                                          <tr>
                                                <td>Title</td>
                                                <td><input type="text" name="title" size="133" maxlength="50"  /></td>
                                          </tr>
                                          <tr>
                                                <td>Article</td>
                                                <td><textarea name="article" cols="100" rows="15"></textarea></td>
                                          </tr>
                                    </table>
                                    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
                                    </form>
                 
                  <?php

                  // form is posted, check whether all fields are filled in
                  }

                  elseif(trim($_POST['title']) <> "" && trim($_POST['article']) <> "") {

                        // form filled in - check if the title already exists
                        $title = $_POST['title'];
                        $article = $_POST['article'];
                                                $category = '2';
                        $res = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE title='".$title."'") or die(mysql_error());
                        if(mysql_num_rows($res) == 0) {
                              // no results - that's what we want
                              mysql_query("INSERT INTO articles (title, article, category, author) VALUES ('".$title."','".$article."','".$category."','".($_SESSION['suser'])."')") or die(mysql_error());
                              echo("The data is saved");
                        } else {
                              // title already exists
                              echo("The title already exists<br />Hit the \"back\" button of your browser and fill in another title.<br />");
                        }
                  } else {
                        // some fields are empty
                        echo("All fields need to be filled in.<br />");
                        echo("Hit the \"back\" button of your browser en fill in all the fields.<br />");
                  }
?>
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