combining two vars that has text in them (instead of numbers)

what is commented out im trying to attempt, but its wrong:

$body=stripped($_POST[post]);
$edited="<i>This was edited by $user on $date</i>";


//$body=$body+$edited;
		
$sql="update table set field='$body' where id ='$variable'" or die(mysql_error());
$query=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

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Silly question, however i never attempted this before haha. thanks <3

 

resolved, im just being slow today

$body=$body.$edited;

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DUH....thanks anyway = )

 

One thing you may want to consider is that this script is completely open to SQL injection.

At the very least you should do this:

$sql="update table set field='".mysql_real_escape_string($body)."' where id ='$variable'" or die(mysql_error());

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You should also make sure to do it on any user entered fields when you initially insert the record.

 

you can also do this:

$body .= $edited;

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