This script is supposed to get the current popularity from Mysql, add one digit to that number then update it. But this isnt happening and it only returns '6' Any idea why?
Source:
<?php
include_once("../scripts/config.php");
$url = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['url']);
preg_match("/id=(\\d+)/", $url, $matches);
$like = $matches[1];
$current_pop = mysql_query("SELECT pop FROM likes WHERE id=$like") or die ("Query failed: " . mysql_error());
$one = '1';
$pop = $current_pop + $one;
print $pop;
$update = mysql_query("UPDATE likes SET pop = ".$pop." WHERE id = ".$like."") or die ("Query failed: " . mysql_error());
?>