mySQL breaks when adding a var - mysql

I'm attempting to modify a mySQL query (that works) to return a more specific result. I've added a variable to the statement so that it looks for jobID AND UserName. Adding the $userName to the statement breaks it.
I've included the code below with the three variations of the SQL statement for comparison. I'm sure it's something obvious - to everyone but me...
Thanks in advance!
DB
// get all applicants from a User
public function GetAllMyApplications($from=false, $to=false, $user_name)
{
global $db;
$applicants = array();
if ($from >= 0 && $to > 0)
{
$sql_limit = ' LIMIT ' . $from .', ' . $to;
}
else
{
$sql_limit = '';
}
$user_name = "Bob Bobberton"; // reset this var for testing
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM '.DB_PREFIX.'job_applications WHERE job_id = '. $this->mJobId . ' ORDER BY name ASC ' . $sql_limit; // This was the original SQL that worked
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM '.DB_PREFIX.'job_applications WHERE job_id = '. $this->mJobId . ' AND name = ' . $user_name . ' ORDER BY name ASC ' . $sql_limit; // Added "and" $user_name - it breaks
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM '.DB_PREFIX.'job_applications WHERE job_id = '. $this->mJobId . ' AND name = "Bob Bobberton" ORDER BY name ASC ' . $sql_limit; // Replace var with value "Bob Bobberton" and it works
$result = $db->query($sql);
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc())
{
$applicants[] = array('id' => $row['id'],
'job_id' => $row['job_id'],
'name' => $row['name'],
'email_address' => $row['email_address'],
'message' => str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), "<br />", $row['message']),
'resume_path' => base64_encode($row['resume_path']),
'created_on' => $row['created_on'],
'ip' => $row['ip']);
}
if (isset($applicants))
{
return $applicants;
}else{
return("");
}
}

change this
' AND name = ' . $user_name . ' ORDER BY name ASC '
to
" AND name = '" . $user_name . "' ORDER BY name ASC "
and it will work

The solution provided by Satya is not enough. You should escape your inputs properly.
Assume your $username contains a " character. That will break your SQL statement. So you should use prepared statements or, at least, use the function mysql_real_string_escape().

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mysql_fetch_array convert into mysqli_

Im trying to rewrite mysql_ into mysqli_, but got 2 errors
mysqli_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, boolean given
and
mysqli_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result,
why? Ive fixed mysql_query("SELECT...) into mysqli_query($db, "SELECT..) and all others
<?php
ob_start();
session_start();
include('config/configuration.php');
if($_POST['Login'])
{
$UserName=$_POST['username'];
$Password=md5($_POST['password']);
$UserQuery=mysqli_query($db, "SELECT Id, UserName, FirstName, LastName, Level FROM users WHERE UserName='$UserName' AND Password='$Password' AND IsActive=1 and level >= 3");
$UserDetails=mysqli_fetch_array($UserQuery);
if(mysqli_num_rows($UserQuery))
{
$_SESSION['UserName'] = $UserDetails['UserName'] . ' (' . $UserDetails['FirstName'] . ' ' . $UserDetails['LastName'] . ')';
$_SESSION['UserId'] = $UserDetails['Id'];
$_SESSION['Level'] = $UserDetails['Level'];
mysqli_query("UPDATE users SET NumberOfLogin = NumberOfLogin + 1, LastLoginDate = NOW() WHERE Id = " . $_SESSION['UserId'] . " ");
Your query is failing.
Try this to see the issue:
if (!$UserQuery) {
echo "MySQLi Error: " . mysqli_error($con);
die();
}

SQL search multiple values in same field

I'm building a simple search algorithm and I want to break my string with spaces, and search my database on it, like so:
$search = "Sony TV with FullHD support";
$search = explode( ' ', $search );
SELECT name FROM Products WHERE name LIKE %$search[1]% AND name LIKE %$search[2]% LIMIT 6
Is this possible?
Yes, you can use SQL IN operator to search multiple absolute values:
SELECT name FROM products WHERE name IN ( 'Value1', 'Value2', ... );
If you want to use LIKE you will need to use OR instead:
SELECT name FROM products WHERE name LIKE '%Value1' OR name LIKE '%Value2';
Using AND (as you tried) requires ALL conditions to be true, using OR requires at least one to be true.
Try this
Using UNION
$sql = '';
$count = 0;
foreach($search as $text)
{
if($count > 0)
$sql = $sql."UNION Select name From myTable WHERE Name LIKE '%$text%'";
else
$sql = $sql."Select name From myTable WHERE Name LIKE '%$text%'";
$count++;
}
Using WHERE IN
$comma_separated = "('" . implode("','", $search) . "')"; // ('1','2','3')
$sql = "Select name From myTable WHERE name IN ".$comma_separated ;
This will works perfectly in both cases, one or multiple fields searching multiple words.
Hope this will help someone. Thanks
declare #searchTrm varchar(MAX)='one two three four';
--select value from STRING_SPLIT(#searchTrm, ' ') where trim(value)<>''
select * from Bols
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT value
FROM STRING_SPLIT(#searchTrm, ' ')
WHERE
trim(value)<>''
and(
BolNumber like '%'+ value+'%'
or UserComment like '%'+ value+'%'
or RequesterId like '%'+ value+'%' )
)
This has been partially answered here:
MySQL Like multiple values
I advise against
$search = explode( ' ', $search );
and input them directly into the SQL query as this makes prone to SQL inject via the search bar. You will have to escape the characters first in case they try something funny like: "--; DROP TABLE name;
$search = str_replace('"', "''", search );
But even that is not completely safe. You must try to use SQL prepared statements to be safer. Using the regular expression is much easier to build a function to prepare and create what you want.
function makeSQL_search_pattern($search) {
search_pattern = false;
//escape the special regex chars
$search = str_replace('"', "''", $search);
$search = str_replace('^', "\\^", $search);
$search = str_replace('$', "\\$", $search);
$search = str_replace('.', "\\.", $search);
$search = str_replace('[', "\\[", $search);
$search = str_replace(']', "\\]", $search);
$search = str_replace('|', "\\|", $search);
$search = str_replace('*', "\\*", $search);
$search = str_replace('+', "\\+", $search);
$search = str_replace('{', "\\{", $search);
$search = str_replace('}', "\\}", $search);
$search = explode(" ", $search);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($search); $i++) {
if ($i > 0 && $i < count($search) ) {
$search_pattern .= "|";
}
$search_pattern .= $search[$i];
}
return search_pattern;
}
$search_pattern = makeSQL_search_pattern($search);
$sql_query = "SELECT name FROM Products WHERE name REGEXP :search LIMIT 6"
$stmt = pdo->prepare($sql_query);
$stmt->bindParam(":search", $search_pattern, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->execute();
I have not tested this code, but this is what I would do in your case.
I hope this helps.
You can try and execute below query:
SELECT name FROM Products WHERE REGEXP '.*Value1|.*Value2';
Pls note that there should not be a space before or after the pipe symbol
(|).
I know this is long time ago, but I have a solution. It can solved like this:
#intial query
query = 'SELECT var1, var2 FROM dbo.db_name WHERE'
if status :
query = query + " AND status='" + status + "'"
if type :
query = query + " AND Type='" + type + "'"
if number :
query = query + " AND Number='" + number + "'"
if cancel_request:
query = query + " AND CancelRequest='" + cancel_request + "'"
query = query + ' ORDER BY transid DESC'
cur.execute(query)

MySQL Update Not Updating Certain Rows

Here is my double-minded query:
$Quest = "SELECT * FROM TOAWorkorders";
$FindTechResult = mysql_query($Quest, $cxn)
or die ('The easter bunny is watching you' . mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($FindTechResult))
{
if (strpos($BBT, 0, 3) != 'Sys')
{
$IdNum = $row['IdNum'];
$BBT = $row['BBT'];
$BBTArray = explode("-", $BBT);
$TechNum = $BBTArray["0"];
$Title = $BBTArray["2"];
$Name = explode(" ", $BBTArray['1']);
$FirstName = $Name["0"];
$LastName = $Name["1"];
}
echo $TechNum . ' !! ' . $FirstName . ' !! ' . $LastName . ' !! ' . $Title . '<br>';
$Quest = "UPDATE TOAWorkorders SET TechNum = '$TechNum', FirstName = '$FirstName', LastName = '$LastName', Title = '$Title' WHERE IdNum = '$IdNum'";
$result = mysql_query($Quest, $cxn) or die(mysql_error());
}
Everything works for about 2/3s of the database. That leaves 33,000 rows that are not updated. I cannot find any difference between the data that works and the data that doesn't.
Since you're doing an UPDATE, and you say the rest of the code works (meaning, I hope, that you get 109,112 echo'ed results), it must be that the ID isn't being found (WHERE IdNum = '$IdNum').
Try preceding that command with "SELECT COUNT(*) from TOAWorkorders WHERE IdNum = '$IdNum'" and see if you get 33,000 zeros when the program runs. If you do, then you have missing IdNum values in your table.
If you don't, please provide details and I'll let you know.

MySql LIKE returns false if search term is same as entire string in the column, why is that?

So I have following as part of my query
SELECT * FROM $table WHERE columname LIKE '%$searchterm%'
I have tried taking out leading and/or ending wildcards meaning
SELECT * FROM $table WHERE columname LIKE '$searchterm%'
AND
SELECT * FROM $table WHERE columname LIKE '%$searchterm'
AND
SELECT * FROM $table WHERE columname LIKE '%$searchterm%' OR columname LIKE '$searchterm'
and also tried adding following to the query with no luck
OR columname = '$searchterm'
So when my search term is "myval" and if column has whole string "myval", I would like to have that selected. But ALL of my queries above, return false/return nothing where myval is searchterm and column value as full.
I can not use MATCH because this is not Full-Text index.
EDIT:
PHP Code:
$sterm = NULL;
$table = 'mytable';
if(isset($_GET['s'])) { $sterm = explode(" ", mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['s'])); }
if(isset($_POST['s'])) { $sterm = explode(" ", mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['s'])); }
if(!empty($sterm)){
$getdata = "SELECT * FROM $table WHERE termsi != 'Special' ";
foreach ($sterm as $value){
$getdata .= "AND netid_all LIKE '%$value%' OR netid_all = '$value' ";
} //End foreach
$getdata .= "LIMIT 10";
$result = mysql_query($getdata) or die(mysql_error());
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
echo <<<PRINTALL
{$row[0]}, {$row[1]}, {$row[2]}, {$row[3]}, {$row[4]}, {$row[5]}, {$row[6]}, {$row[7]}, ' <br />'
PRINTALL;
} //End While
} //End If search exists
Okay So As you guys suggested, i tried PHPMyAdmin sql console and it works fine, so it would have to be by PHP!? so here it is.
I'd suggest writing your query building like this:
$fullvalues = array();
$partials = array();
foreach ($sterm as $value){
$partials[] = "(netid_all LIKE '%" . mysql_real_escape_string($value) . "%')";
$fullvalues[] = "'" . mysql_real_escape_string($value) . "'";
}
$partials = implode(' OR ', $partials);
$fullvalues = implode(', ', $fullvalues);
$sql = <<<EOL
SELECT *
FROM $table
WHERE (termsi != 'Special')
AND (($partials) OR (netid_all IN ($fullvalues));
EOL;
Assuming your search string is a b c, you'd get this query:
SELECT *
FROM yourtable
WHERE (termsi != 'Special')
AND (((netid_all LIKE '%a%') OR (netid_all LIKE '%b%') OR (netid_all LIKE '%C%')) OR (netid_all IN ('a', 'b', 'c')))
If your search requires that all terms be present, then change the 'OR' to 'AND' in the implode.
Well found it,
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
Was the problem, earlier when I was testing things, anyhow, it should have been the following
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);
while($row)

Using Joomla module and getting error "No valid database connection You have > an error in your SQL syntax"

I am using a Joomla module (ArogaRousel) that was made to display images of another module (AdsManager), and the module displays the following error:
No valid database connection You have
an error in your SQL syntax; check the
manual that corresponds to your MySQL
server version for the right syntax to
use near ')) ORDER BY views DESC, id
LIMIT 0, 9' at line 1 SQL=SELECT
*,concat('/images/com_adsmanager/ads/',id,'a.jpg')
as imgUrl FROM root_adsmanager_ads ,
root_adsmanager_adcat as ac WHERE
published=1 AND (ac.adid=id and
ac.catid IN ()) ORDER BY views DESC,
id LIMIT 0, 9
I am not proficient in mysql, but I have found the file where the query is being made.
This is the code where the query is being made
$query = "SELECT *,concat('/images/com_adsmanager/ads/',id,'a.jpg') as imgUrl FROM #__adsmanager_ads "
. $table
. " WHERE published=1 "
. $where
. $ordering
. $limit;
Could any of you, oh knowledgeable humans, indicate the error and the solution?
In response to Bemace here I add the whole function
// Get list of banners
function getAds(&$paramslist){
$where = array();
if ($paramslist['ads'] != '') $where[] = 'id IN (' . modArogarouselAdsmanagerHelper::cleanIds($paramslist['ads']) . ')';
if ($paramslist['categories'] != '') {
$where[] = 'ac.adid=id and ac.catid IN (' . modArogarouselAdsmanagerHelper::cleanIds($paramslist['categories']) . ')';
$table = ' , #__adsmanager_adcat as ac';
}
$where = (count($where) > 0) ? ' AND (' . implode(' OR ', $where) . ')' : '';
if ($paramslist['ordering'] == 1) {
$ordering = ' ORDER BY views DESC, id';
} else if ($paramslist['ordering'] == 2) {
$ordering = ' ORDER BY views ASC';
} else if ($paramslist['ordering'] == 3) {
$ordering = ' ORDER BY id';
} else if ($paramslist['ordering'] == 4) {
$ordering = ' ORDER BY RAND()';
}
$limit = ($paramslist['limit'] != '') ? ' LIMIT 0, ' . ($paramslist['limit']) : '';
$query = "SELECT *,concat('/images/com_adsmanager/ads/',id,'a.jpg') as imgUrl FROM #__adsmanager_ads "
. $table
. " WHERE published=1 "
. $where
. $ordering
. $limit;
$db = &JFactory::getDBO();
$db->setQuery($query);
$adslist = $db->loadObjectList();
$adslist = ($paramslist['mode_dir'] == 'bottom') ? array_reverse($adslist, true) : $adslist;
//print_r($adslist);
return $adslist;
}
The empty IN () right before the ORDER BY is the problem. You'll need to check the code that is setting the $where variable. It appears to be expecting at least one category to be selected but none appear to have been.