I'm having a strange problem while trying to get some data out of a MySQL database using PHP. Not sure if it matters, but encoding on database, connection and PHP file are all UTF-8. Heres my code:
$testcode = "Unique12345 & TestName";
$sql="
Select
dw_test.testID,
dw_test.testText
From
dw_test
Where
dw_test.testCode = '".$testcode."'
";
if(!$qry = mysqli_query($link, $sql)) reporterror(mysqli_error($link), $sql, $_SERVER['SCRIPT_URL'], __FILE__, __LINE__);
if(mysqli_num_rows($qry)>0){
$test_array = mysqli_fetch_assoc($qry);
$resultTest = $test_array['testID'];
$testText = $test_array['testText'];
}else{
echo "Nothing found";
}
If I run that using PHP, it will say "Nothing found", but if I run it using Windows MySQL Workbench, it returns 1 record (the correct one). I suspect that it is the ampersand (&), because changing the query to something else that exists works fine.
I have tried escaping the & with a slash:
$testcode = str_replace("&","\&",$testcode);
and I have tried playing around with single and double quote combinations, but everything I try produces the same result
What am I doing wrong in my PHP? How come the Workbench tool works fine when using the same query?
