an odd mysql_num_rows() and mysql_fetch_array() error

General PHP Help
#1

Have have similar code to below on multiple pages on my site. This code was referenced from php.net and other site and tutorials as a way of looking through a mysql table. This code has worked then not worked then worked again… with no changing of the code.

The code

[php]
$sql_len1 = mysql_num_rows($result);
for ($i = 0; $i <= $sql_len1; $i++) {
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
if (stripslashes($row[‘photo_num’]) > $photo_num) {
$photo_num = stripslashes($row[‘photo_num’]);
}
}
[/php]

The code for $result is as follows:

[php]
$db = mysql_connect(“localhost”, “user”, “pass”);
mysql_select_db(“user_photoalbum”, $db);
$result = mysql_query(“SELECT * from photo”, $db);
[/php]

Now when I run this I will get an error like this

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource

Can you help for why this works then doesn’t and how to get around that?

Thank you for your help.

#2

Firstly, make sure that your photo table exists. :slight_smile:

#3

So i tried that and the mysql_fetch_array() error went away, but the other remains. Any thoughts?

Also can you explain why you had me do those steps; I would really like to learn this language.

Thank you again

#4

If the mysql_num_rows error remains, then there is an error in your syntax.

Change:

$result = mysql_query(“SELECT * from photo”);

to:

$result = mysql_query(“SELECT * from photo”) or die(mysql_error());

See if that gives you an error message.

As for changing what I did, well firstly, you are making the connection in the first part of your code, so there is no need to add the $db variable to the query. The mysql_query() function is just that, the query.

mysql_fetch_array() returns your result set as an associative array. This you display always using a while() loop. Its the easiest way.

If you are only fetching one row of data, you would use mysql_fetch_row or the one I always use mysql_fetch_object.

There are other ways of getting data from a database, but these are the most common.

:)
#5

Well you are being very helpful, so I have another question.

I am using this function

[php]
ftp_put($conn_id, $file_name, $new_file, FTP_ASCII)
[/php]

And it keeps returning FALSE. Any idea why or any idea how I could test for why?

Thank you again

#6

That I`m afraid I cant help you with, its something I very rarely use.

Sorry.

#7

Just use fopen() in write mode and specify the path to the file with full FTP connection string/credentials and you can write the file in place. I used FTP functions before but they are a little too complex for such a simple task. I would only use them if I had to list files or something like that.

#8

I have made some code with fopen() but am getting an error

Warning: fopen(H:\Pictures\San Juan.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/user/public_html/editalbum/script/add_event.php on line 65

What I am trying to do is have a user upload files to the server. Can I open a file on the users box to have that copied over?

My code:

[php]
…
if ( !($out = fopen($file_name, r)) ) {
echo “File “. $file_name.” could not be opened”;
} // end if
if ( !($in = fopen($new_file, w) ) ) {
echo “File “.$new_file.” could not be opened”;
} // end if
else {
for ($inchar = fgetc($out); $inchar != EOF; $inchar = fgetc($out) ) {
if ( !(fwrite($in, $inchar) ) ) {
echo “Unable to upload
”;
} // end if
}// end for
} // end else
…
[/php]

$file_name is the entire extension. Like in this example as shown in the error above.

Thank you for your help

#9

carella

I did what you suggested with the mysql_num_rows() and mysql_fetch_array() on a different page and the error is not going away.

There is also no mysql_error() error.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you again for all your help

#10

The only way the user can send files to the server using PHP is by using the file form element.

http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php

There is no way your script can access your user’s informations. It would be way too much of a security hole. If you are dealing with a restrained set of users and know exactly what you want to do, you could use a shared network drive to do the transfers.

#11

So I created the upload code similar to that on php.net and other tutorials out there. I am currently getting an error though.

Upload failed /tmp/phpr8YV4v
Array ( [file] => Array ( [name] => Array ( [0] => San Juan.jpg [1] => [2] => [3] => [4] => [5] => [6] => [7] => [8] => [9] => [10] => [11] => [12] => [13] => [14] => [15] => [16] => [17] => [18] => [19] => [20] => [21] => [22] => [23] => [24] => ) [type] => Array ( [0] => image/pjpeg [1] => [2] => [3] => [4] => [5] => [6] => [7] => [8] => [9] => [10] => [11] => [12] => [13] => [14] => [15] => [16] => [17] => [18] => [19] => [20] => [21] => [22] => [23] => [24] => ) [tmp_name] => Array ( [0] => /tmp/phpr8YV4v [1] => [2] => [3] => [4] => [5] => [6] => [7] => [8] => [9] => [10] => [11] => [12] => [13] => [14] => [15] => [16] => [17] => [18] => [19] => [20] => [21] => [22] => [23] => [24] => ) [error] => Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => 4 [2] => 4 [3] => 4 [4] => 4 [5] => 4 [6] => 4 [7] => 4 [8] => 4 [9] => 4 [10] => 4 [11] => 4 [12] => 4 [13] => 4 [14] => 4 [15] => 4 [16] => 4 [17] => 4 [18] => 4 [19] => 4 [20] => 4 [21] => 4 [22] => 4 [23] => 4 [24] => 4 ) [size] => Array ( [0] => 259423 [1] => 0 [2] => 0 [3] => 0 [4] => 0 [5] => 0 [6] => 0 [7] => 0 [8] => 0 [9] => 0 [10] => 0 [11] => 0 [12] => 0 [13] => 0 [14] => 0 [15] => 0 [16] => 0 [17] => 0 [18] => 0 [19] => 0 [20] => 0 [21] => 0 [22] => 0 [23] => 0 [24] => 0 ) ) ) Debugging 1
Upload complete

Now the first and last line are outputs I made. Can anybody help me with this issue?

Thanks

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