I need to store a hexadecimal value (values posted from my <options>
) to my mysql database without transforming it (stay as is in string form) so that I can compare that value to my select options in string form. I've tried a lot of things, like base_convert(), (string), hex2bin(), but unfortunately. I don't know how to do this.
The image shows the stored value.
This is what I have done so far.
login.php:
$q = mysqli_query($con, "select * from users where email = '$email' and password = '$password'");
if (mysqli_num_rows($q) == 0)
{
$response['message'] = "Account not found.";
}
else
{
$_SESSION['user_currency'] = (string)$f['user_currency'];
}
dasboard.php:
<form id="form_setting_currency">
<select name="select_currency_symbol" class="form-control">
<option value="$" <?php echo $_SESSION['user_currency'] == "$" ? "selected" : ""; ?> >$ Dollar</option>
<option value="¢" <?php echo $_SESSION['user_currency'] == "¢" ? "selected" : ""; ?> >¢ Cent</option>
<option value="£" <?php echo $_SESSION['user_currency'] == "£" ? "selected" : ""; ?> >£ Pound Sterling</option>
<option value="¥" <?php echo $_SESSION['user_currency'] == "¥" ? "selected" : ""; ?> >¥ Yen</option>
</select>
</form>
SUBMIT_change_currency.php
<?php
include "includes/connection.php";
require_once("includes/encryption.class.php");
$response['success'] = false;
$response['message'] = "An error has occurred.";
if(isset($_POST['select_currency_symbol']) && trim($_POST['select_currency_symbol']) != "")
{
$currencyIcon = mysqli_real_escape_string($con,$_POST['select_currency_symbol']);
// $currencyIcon = mysqli_real_escape_string($con,hex2bin($_POST['select_currency_symbol']));
// $currencyIcon = mysqli_real_escape_string($con,(string)$_POST['select_currency_symbol']);
$query ="UPDATE users SET user_currency = '$currencyIcon' WHERE user_id = $_SESSION[user_id]";
mysqli_query($con,$query);
if(mysqli_affected_rows($con)>0)
{
$response['success'] = true;
$response['message'] = "Successfully changed currency symbol.";
$_SESSION['user_currency'] = (string)$currencyIcon;
}
else
{
$response['message'] = "You have not made changes.";
}
}
die(json_encode($response));
?> `