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i am checking if the table is existed or not.

// this is in 2.php
1) if table does not exists then create the table and show the form with blank record as there is no record yet inserted in the table.

2) if table exists then don't create it , check if there is any record in the table.
1) if yes then show the record
2) if no then simply blank record.

// this is in 3.php
3) now if there is no record in the database then insert the record in the database else update the record in the table.

1.php
<form method="post" action="2.php" name="form">
<table border="1">
	<tr><td>Table Name</td><td><input type="text" name="tname" id="tname" /></td></tr>
	<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit"/></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
 
2.php
<?php
$db_host="localhost";
$db_name="newlogin";
$username="root";
$password="";
$db_con=mysql_connect($db_host,$username,$password) or die("connection not build".mysql_error());
$db=mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("database not build".mysql_error());
 
echo $tname = $_REQUEST['tname'];
 
$res = mysql_query(" show tables like '$tname' ");
if(!$res){
        echo $sql= "create table `$tname`(username varchar(255))";
        $qid=mysql_query($sql) or die("could not create".mysql_error());
}else{
        $sql="select count(*) from $tname";
        $qid = mysql_query($sql);
        if($qid > 0) {
		  while($rec = mysql_fetch_array($qid))
				$username_value = $rec['username'];
        }
		else
        	$username_value = '';
}
?>
 
<form action="3.php?tname='".$tname."'" method="post">
<table border="1">
	<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><h2>Form</h2></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Username</td><td><input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="<?php echo $username_value; ?>" /></td></tr>
	<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
 
3.php
<?php
$db_host="localhost";
$db_name="newlogin";
$username="root";
$password="";
$db_con=mysql_connect($db_host,$username,$password) or die("connection not build".mysql_error());
$db=mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("database not build".mysql_error());
 
$username=$_REQUEST['username'];
$tname=$_REQUEST['tname'];
 
$sql = "select * from '$tname'";
$qid = mysql_query($sql) or die("could not execute".mysql_error());
 
if(!qid){
	echo $sql = "insert into `$tname`(username) values('$username') ";
	$qid = mysql_query($sql) or die("could not insert".mysql_error());
}
else{
	$sql = "update `$tname` set username = '".$username."'";
	$qid = mysql_query($sql) or die("could not update".mysql_error());
}
?>

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designersx

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1.php and 2.php are correct but there are errors in 3.php.

it says could not execute in line 57.

lines upto 43 are correct. after wards there is a problem.

BrianMM

Why not use...

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tbl_name

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designersx

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i have solved this question. please don't respond this

Roger Baklund

Line 21: $res will only be false if there is an error in the SQL statement. The fact that there are no tables with that name is not an error. Replace line 21 with these three lines:

if(!$res) die(mysql_error());
$row = mysql_fetch_row($res);
if(!$row) { # no table with name $tname was found

Lines 26-27:

$qid = mysql_query($sql);
if($qid > 0) {

$qid is a resource (resultset) handle, it does no contain the number of rows found. Change it into this:

$res = mysql_query($sql);
if(!$res) die(mysql_error());
$qid = mysql_result($res,0);
if($qid > 0) {

Line 59:

if(!qid){

Same problem here, $qid is only false if the SQL statement had an error. You have also forgot the $ character. Change it into this:

$count = mysql_num_rows($qid);
if(!$count){

I'm not sure what you are trying to do with these scripts, but in general, it is better to insert all users in one table named "users" or similar. The approach you are using here prevents you from doing usefull things with your data, for example listing users.

Roger Baklund

>> please don't respond

Sorry, too late!

Roger Baklund

Btw, the accepted solution is wrong. You can not have quotes around the table name in a select statement.

BrianMM

damn... i did mean to type the ` ` type quotes :)

BrianMM

or indeed remove altogether.