I have a MySQL database and I need a PHP to pull a random row. I have successfully created
$query = "SELECT * FROM $usertable
WHERE region='UK'
ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1";
This successfully randomly pulls a row; however, it is not limited to where region=2.
I need to be able to:
- pull randomly when
region=UK - pull randomly when
region=UKor ##
(where ## is actually another region, for example, YK = Yorkshire)
Basically I need it to select rows randomly but ONLY when region=UK.
region is a label for one of my fields/collumns, and UK is the content of the VARCHAR in that for a number of rows.
I have the rest of the code sorted.
I have a simple database and the php as follows:
<?php
//Sample Database Connection Syntax for PHP and MySQL.
//Connect To Database
$hostname="carbonmarketing.db.9606426.hostedresource.com";
$username="MarketReadOnly";
$password="Read0nly1";
$dbname="carbonmarketing";
$usertable="ClientList";
$advertfooter = "advertfooter";
mysql_connect($hostname,$username, $password) or die ("<html>%MINIFYHTML4333ddb1f6ba50276851b9f9854a5c817%</html>");
mysql_select_db($dbname);
# Check If Record Exists
$query = "SELECT * FROM $usertable
WHERE region='UK'
ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if($result)
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$advertfooter = $row["$advertfooter"];
echo "$advertfooter";
}
}
?>
But, it's just pulling randomly for all values of the region column
Let me know if it would help for you to see the database.
