I have 3 columns in my DB: email (primary), unique_code, timestamp Users enter their email address and it is added to the DB, including an alphanumeric 5 digit unique code in the 'unique_code' column and a timestamp in the 'timestamp' column. 1. The email address is being added, but not the unique code? What is the issue here and what can I should I specifically do to fix it? 2. The next thing is that I need to display that code to the user in where it says <?php echo $unique_code;?>. How can I do that? DB is as follows: Field Type Collation Attributes Null Default Extra Action email varchar(64) utf8_unicode_ci No None unique_code varchar(64) utf8_unicode_ci No None timestamp timestamp on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP No CURRENT_TIMESTAMP INDEXES PRIMARY BTREE Yes No email 7 A Full code <?php require "includes/connect.php"; $msg = ''; if($_POST['email']){ // Requested with AJAX: $ajax = ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] == 'XMLHttpRequest'); try{ if(!filter_input(INPUT_POST,'email',FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){ throw new Exception('Invalid Email!'); } $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO coming_soon_emails SET email='".$mysqli->real_escape_string($_POST['email'])."'"); if($mysqli->affected_rows != 1){ throw new Exception('This email already exists in the database.'); } if($ajax){ die('{"status":1}'); } $msg = "Thank you!"; $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO coming_soon_emails VALUES('email', SUBSTRING(MD5(UUID()),FLOOR(RAND()*25),5), UNIX_TIMESTAMP())"); echo "Something went wrong:" . $mysqli->error; } catch (Exception $e){ if($ajax){ die(json_encode(array('error'=>$e->getMessage()))); } $msg = $e->getMessage(); } } ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>example</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/styles.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <form id="form" method="post" action=""> <input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="<?php echo $msg?>" /> <input type="submit" value="Submit" id="submitButton" /> </form> <div id="thankyou"> Thank you! <?php echo $unique_code;?></p> </div> </div> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="js/script.js"></script> </body> </html> PHP: Thank you!
Use a select query just after the insert is done. You select the unique code by the email. because I have seen that you are not entering duplicate emails. or you can store the unique value to a variable first then you insert the variable into the table and echo the variable later for the user. Hope it will help you.
<?php require "includes/connect.php"; $msg = ''; //code by JOY $email=$_POST['email']; //code end if($_POST['email']){ // Requested with AJAX: $ajax = ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] == 'XMLHttpRequest'); try{ if(!filter_input(INPUT_POST,'email',FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){ throw new Exception('Invalid Email!'); } $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO coming_soon_emails SET email='".$mysqli->real_escape_string($_POST['email'])."'"); if($mysqli->affected_rows != 1){ throw new Exception('This email already exists in the database.'); } if($ajax){ die('{"status":1}'); } $msg = "Thank you!"; $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO coming_soon_emails VALUES('email', SUBSTRING(MD5(UUID()),FLOOR(RAND()*25),5), UNIX_TIMESTAMP())"); echo "Something went wrong:" . $mysqli->error; } catch (Exception $e){ if($ajax){ die(json_encode(array('error'=>$e->getMessage()))); } $msg = $e->getMessage(); } } //code by JOY $query="select uniquecode form coming_soon_emails where email='$email'"; $result=mysql_query($query); //echo the result to the user //code end ?> PHP: check the "//code by JOY" blocks.
Thanks! Just an issue before I test.. Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in .../index.php on line 45 Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in .../index.php on line 45 line 44 $query="select uniquecode form coming_soon_emails where email='$email'"; line 45 $result=mysql_query($query);
Dear it is your connection problem in your connect.php file. You are giving wrong user name or password. That is why it can not establish the connection. Check it.