Posted by shimmyshack on 06/28/07 17:16

On Jun 28, 6:14 pm, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 28, 2:53 pm, desmond <desm...@zeouane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > .. by 'works', I mean that thera are no errors. Unfortunately, there's no
> > output either. :-(
>
> > Here is the HTML that I have in 'test.php' ...
>
> >http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=649529794&size=o
>
> > Here is the php code in the file select.php ...
>
> >http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=649529810&size=o
>
> > When i call up test.php' from my webbrowser, I enter say 'tom' and I get no
> > results. $dbname _is_ populated and there _is_ a user in there called
> > 'tom'.
>
> > Can someone advise..? Thanks
>
> > [1] I hope this is the right forum..
>
> your markup is incorrect you need
> name="first_name" rather than
> id=....
> same goes for them all
>
> also you have {['country']} rather than {$row['country']}
>
> also where are you getting $first_name from in the query?
> do you set it to
>
> $first_name = mysql_string_real_escape( $_GET['first_name'] );
>
> you know the form uses GET if you dont specify otherwise.
>
> your code is shall we say not quite all there yet, I would look at
> some examples online and then adjst them to suit your needs.

sorry should have been:
mysql_real_escape_string

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