php

WHERE startperiod <= '$start_ts' AND endperiod >= '$start_ts'

Where is the test data for this query?

Dear,

What you mean by syntax error ? Does you have a error message from php ?

If you get no result, maybe the error is there :

AND endperiod >= '$start_ts'")

to :

AND endperiod >= '$end_ts'")

Regards

Here are some of the things you need to consider when using queries and external data.  Please read the code example over and see if it helps you find out how to get some diagnostic information from PHP and MySQL.  MySQL is not a black box.  It can and will fail for reasons that are outside of your control, and your programming must account for this.  You must also filter the external input, and escape it properly before it is used in a query.

A good design pattern for queries is to construct the query in a variable and then pass the variable to mysql_query().  If your script does that, it is easy to visualize the query.  But if the script constructs the query string inside the function call, you cannot see what the fully resolved query string contained.  That is an unnecessary handicap that will hinder your debugging process.

<?php // RAY_mysql_example.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);


// THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM YOU MUST UNDERSTAND TO USE PHP AND MYSQL
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/mysql.installation.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-select-db.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-errno.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-error.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-num-rows.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-assoc.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-array.php
// MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-insert-id.php



// CONNECTION AND SELECTION VARIABLES FOR THE DATABASE
$db_host = "localhost"; // PROBABLY THIS IS OK
$db_name = "??";        // GET THESE FROM YOUR HOSTING COMPANY
$db_user = "??";
$db_word = "??";


// OPEN A CONNECTION TO THE DATA BASE SERVER
if (!$db_connection = mysql_connect("$db_host", "$db_user", "$db_word"))
{
    $errmsg = mysql_errno() . ' ' . mysql_error();
    echo "<br/>NO DB CONNECTION: ";
    echo "<br/> $errmsg <br/>";
}

// SELECT THE MYSQL DATA BASE
if (!$db_sel = mysql_select_db($db_name, $db_connection))
{
    $errmsg = mysql_errno() . ' ' . mysql_error();
    echo "<br/>NO DB SELECTION: ";
    echo "<br/> $errmsg <br/>";
    die('NO DATA BASE');
}
// IF THE SCRIPT GETS THIS FAR IT CAN DO QUERIES




// ESCAPE AN EXTERNAL DATA FIELD FOR USE IN MYSQL QUERIES
$safe_username = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["username"]);




// CREATE AND SEND A SELECT QUERY AND TEST THE RESULTS
$sql = "SELECT id FROM my_table WHERE username='$safe_username'";
$res = mysql_query($sql);

// IF mysql_query() RETURNS FALSE, SHOW THE ERROR
if (!$res)
{
    $errmsg = mysql_errno() . ' ' . mysql_error();
    echo "<br/>QUERY FAIL: ";
    echo "<br/>$sql <br/>";
    die($errmsg);
}
// IF WE GET THIS FAR, THE QUERY SUCCEEDED AND WE HAVE A RESOURCE-ID IN $res SO WE CAN NOW USE $res IN OTHER MYSQL FUNCTIONS




// DETERMINE HOW MANY ROWS OF RESULTS WE GOT
$num = mysql_num_rows($res);
if (!$num)
{
    echo "<br/>QUERY FOUND NO DATA: ";
    echo "<br/>$sql <br/>";
}
else
{
    echo "<br/>QUERY FOUND $num ROWS OF DATA ";
    echo "<br/>$sql <br/>";
}




// ITERATE OVER THE RESULTS SET TO SHOW WHAT WE FOUND
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res))
{
    var_dump($row);
}




// A WAY OF DETERMINING HOW MANY ROWS WE HAVE IN A TABLE
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM my_table";
$res = mysql_query($sql);

// IF mysql_query() RETURNS FALSE, GET THE ERROR REASONS
if (!$res)
{
    $errmsg = mysql_errno() . ' ' . mysql_error();
    echo "<br/>QUERY FAIL: ";
    echo "<br/>$sql <br/>";
    die($errmsg);
}
// GET THE RESULTS SET ROW IN AN ARRAY WITH A NUMERIC INDEX - POSITION ZERO IS THE COUNT
$row = mysql_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_NUM);
$num = $row[0];
$fmt = number_format($num);
echo "<br/>THERE ARE $fmt ROWS IN THE TABLE";




// MAKING AN INSERT QUERY AND TESTING THE RESULTS
$sql = "INSERT INTO my_table (username) VALUES ('$safe_username')";
$res = mysql_query($sql);

// IF mysql_query() RETURNS FALSE, GET THE ERROR REASONS
if (!$res)
{
    $errmsg = mysql_errno() . ' ' . mysql_error();
    echo "<br/>QUERY FAIL: ";
    echo "<br/>$sql <br/>";
    die($errmsg);
}
// GET THE AUTO_INCREMENT ID OF THE RECORD JUST INSERTED - PER THE DB CONNECTION
$id  = mysql_insert_id($db_connection);
echo "<br/>YOU JUST INSERTED A RECORD WITH AUTO_INCREMENT ID = $id";

Select allOpen in new window

Please consider using DATETIME definitions for your columns that deal with date and time information.  It will be easier that way, I promise!
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_201-Handling-date-and-time-in-PHP-and-MySQL.html

HTH, ~Ray

Data is like this, and actual table is in attachment.


id    startperiod    endperiod    daysperiod    interest    daysyear
1    2004-07-01    2004-12-31    184    0.1550    366
2    2005-01-01    2005-12-31    365    0.1550    365
3    2006-01-01    2006-06-30    181    0.1350    365
4    2006-07-01    2006-12-31    184    0.1250    365
5    2007-01-01    2007-06-30    181    0.1150    365
6    2007-07-01    2007-12-31    184    0.1200    365
7    2008-01-01    2008-12-31    366    0.1200    366
8    2009-01-01    2009-06-30    181    0.1050    365
9    2009-07-01    2009-12-31    184    0.0900    365
10    2010-01-01    2010-12-31    365    0.0900    365
11    2011-01-01    2011-06-30    181    0.0900    365
12    2011-07-01    2011-12-31    184    0.0925    365
13    2012-01-01    2012-06-30    182    0.0900    366
obresti1.sql

To Madshiva:

Well the code as it is actually doesn't output date.  But if I input date like 2007-01-01 instead of $start_ts it gives out the correct answer.

It should be same date both times.

Are startperiod and endperiod columns defined as DATETIME?

Ahh, just saw the SQL definitions.  These are DATE columns.  Here is a general way to handle a comparison.  BETWEEN is inclusive.  Not sure this is exactly what you are after and it is obviously untested code, but it's probably a place to start.

$alpha = date('c', strtotime($_POST["start"]));
$omega = date('c', strtotime($_POST['end']));
$sql = "SELECT thing FROM table WHERE ( '$alpha' BETWEEN startperiod AND endperiod ) AND ( '$omega' BETWEEN startperiod AND endperiod ) ";

Select allOpen in new window

I've made it work.  The problem was that I didn't include AS parameter, and that way I didn't know how to call the result.

Also the problem was with date. And I would like to thank  ray and madshiva to make me check that part of the code. I was sure that was correct way.


The code is like this:

$start = $_POST["start"];
$end = $_POST["end"];
$sqlid2=mysql_query("SELECT id AS ident2 from obresti WHERE startperiod <= '$end' AND endperiod >= '$end'");
$rowid2=mysql_fetch_array($sqlid2);
	
 $ident2=$rowid2['ident2'];
 echo $ident2;

Select allOpen in new window