i am trying to write a simple chat script using php and mysql and i think i am returning the actual values of "Sender" and "Message" without ever getting the values of those columns. below is my index page where i am trying to display the queried results.
<?php
require('/includes/core.inc.php');
if (isset($_POST['send'])){
if(send_msg($_POST['sender'], $_POST['message'])){
echo "Message Sent";
}
else{
echo "message not sent";
}
}
?>
<div id ="messages">
<?php
$messages = get_msg();
$i = 0;
foreach($messages as $message){
$i = $i + 1;
echo '<strong>'.$message['sender'][$i].'Sent</strong><br/>';
echo $message['message'][$i].'<br /><br />';
}
?>
</div><!---Messages-->
<form action ="index.php" method="post">
<lable>Enter Name:<input type="text" name="sender"/></label>
<lable>Enter Message:<input type='text' name="message"></label>
<input type = "submit" name="send" value="send message">
</form>
and then here is my actual chat function. i know i am getting the values into and out of the database as i can check it through phpmyadmin but why isn't it displaying ont he page? thanks so much for any answer you may have for me ! sorry for bad english.
<?php
function get_msg(){
$query = "SELECT 'Sender', 'Message' FROM chat";
$run = mysql_query($query);
$messages = array();
while($message = mysql_fetch_assoc($run)){
$messages[] = array('sender'=>$message['Sender'],
'message'=>$message['Message']);
}
return $messages;
}
function send_msg($sender, $message){
if(!empty($sender) && !empty($message)){
$sender = mysql_real_escape_string($sender);
$message = mysql_real_escape_string($message);
$query = "INSERT INTO chat VALUES (null, '{$sender}','{$message}')";
if($run = mysql_query($query)){
return true;
}
else{
return false;
}
}
else{
return false;
}
}
?>
