So, I'm using a database to store ship data.
As I load data into the database, I am checking whether the ship already exists. Sometimes, more than one ship has the same name. This code tries to go through the array, pull out all the ships with the same name, and then ask, in turn if that is the right one- if not, then it's yet another with the same name.
$sql = "SELECT Ship_Primary_Key, ship_original_rate, Ship_Launch_Year from Ships WHERE Ship_Name = '" . $shipname . "'";
$result = $conn->query ($sql);
if ($result-> num_rows > 0) //Does the ship name already exist in the DB? {
$ships_in_db = mysqli_fetch_all ($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
foreach ($ships_in_db as $row) {
echo "new record is " . $shipname . " as a " . $shiprate . ". Records already include " . $shipname . ", launched " . $row["Ship_Launch_Year"] . " as a " . $row ['ship_original_ra
$yesno = trim(fread(STDIN,5));
if ($yesno == "y" || $yesno == "yes") {
//ship already exists in the DB. Get the Key
echo $shipname . " is not new to the database and the key is " . $row["Ship_Primary_Key"] . "
";
$shipkey = $row["Ship_Primary_Key"];
break 1;
}
}
//if you get through the loop of ships without assigning a primary key, ship is new
if (empty($shipkey)) {
$shipkey = write_ship_to_DB($shipname,$shiprate,$launchyear,$launchname,$conn);
}
}
So the problem is, I know that I have at least three ships with the same name in the first set of data (that are different). The problem is, it only ever asks about the first one. When I put 'n', it just goes on, and never asks about the second ship with the same name that already exists.
I think it's a problem with the Foreach loop and the break statement. I'd appreciate any help with this
