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I'm currently creating a quiz program that radomly generates questions from a table in mysql........right now I have to php forms.

takeTest.php.....

<html>
<head>
<title>Test Week 13 CIS32</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor = "yellow">
<center>

<?

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "web26", "web9660!", "sere1")
or die("Error ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br>\nThe SQL sent was: $sql");
print("Connected successfully");
mysql_select_db("sere1", $link);

$sql = "Select * from quiz1 order by rand() limit 0,1";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
$num_results= mysql_num_rows($result);
echo "<form method=post action='grade.php'>";
echo "<table border=1>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$id = $row;
$question = $row["question"];
$ans1 = $row["ans1"];
$ans2 = $row["ans2"];
$answer = $row["answer"];


echo "<tr><td colspan=3><br><b>$question</b></td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>$ans1 <input type=radio name='$id' value='$ans1'></td><td>$ans2 <input type=radio name='$id' value='$ans2'></td></tr>";

}
echo "</table>";

echo "<input type='submit' value='Get Grade' name='submit'>";

echo "</form>";

?>
</center>
</body>
</html>


grade.php....

<?
$id = $_POST;
$score = 0;
while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$answer = $result["answer"];
$id = $result["id"];

if ($$id == $answer)
{
$score = $score + 10;
}
}

echo "$score";

?>


I can't for the life of me figure out why I'm getting this error....any help would be a godsend.

BTW...There's only one question in the table right now...

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Member Avatar for pritaeas

LIMIT 0,1 should be LIMIT 1,1

Edited by pritaeas
Member Avatar for SethR

thanks, but limit 0,1 is correct. If I change it to limit 1,1 it won't display the questions. Right now I have three questions in my table so limit is now limit 0,3. All three questions get displayed randomly, the problem is with my grade.php file.

Member Avatar for digital-ether

thanks, but limit 0,1 is correct. If I change it to limit 1,1 it won't display the questions. Right now I have three questions in my table so limit is now limit 0,3. All three questions get displayed randomly, the problem is with my grade.php file.

I dont think you're connected to the database in grade.php unless you're including that file from somewhere?
YOu need to create a valid mysql connection.

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it's telling me that I'm connected....

Member Avatar for pritaeas

Overlooked this, but he's right. As you submit your form to grade.php, your connection is lost. You need to reconnect to the database

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I altered the grade.php page so If I get a valid connection it print connected sucessfully....so I grade.php is connecting properly. Any other suggestions?


<?
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "web26", "web9660!", "sere1")
or die("Error ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br>\nThe SQL sent was: $sql");
print("Connected successfully");
?>
<?

$score = 0;

$num_results= mysql_num_rows($result);
while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

if ($id == $answer)
{
$score = $score + 10;
}

echo "$score";
}


?>

Member Avatar for digital-ether

Hello SethR,

Are you including grade.php into takeTest.php?

Assuming that you arent:

You have to have the mysql_query() and mysql_fetch_array() on the same page since mysql_fetch_array() takes the mysql_query() result as an argument.
The mysql_fetch_array() result resource does not exist in your case since this is a new mysql database link.

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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ok....I have two pages. takeTest.php and grade.php.....when I click submit to get a grade it tells me that I connected successfully but I have no database selected. Here's takeTest.php.

<html>
<head>
<title>Test Week 13 CIS32</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor = "yellow">
<center>

<?

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "web26", "web9660!", "sere1")
or die("Error ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br>\nThe SQL sent was: $sql");
print("Connected successfully");
mysql_select_db("sere1", $link);

$result = "Select * from quiz1 order by rand() limit 0,3";
$result = mysql_query($result) or die(mysql_error());
$num_results= mysql_num_rows($result);
echo "<form method=post action='grade.php'>";
echo "<table border=1 bgcolor=lime>";

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$id = $row;
$question = $row["question"];
$ans1 = $row["ans1"];
$ans2 = $row["ans2"];
$answer = $row["answer"];


echo "<tr><td colspan=3><br><b>$question</b></td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>$ans1 <input type=radio name='$id' value='$ans1'></td><td>$ans2 <input type=radio name='$id' value='$ans2'></td></tr>";

}
echo "</table>";

echo "<input type='submit' value='Get Grade' name='submit'>";

echo "</form>";

?>


</center>
</body>
</html>


Here's grade.php.....


<?

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "web26", "web9660!", "sere1")
or die("Error ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br>\nThe SQL sent was: $sql");
print("Connected successfully");

$result = "Select * from quiz1 order by rand() limit 0,3";
$result = mysql_query($result) or die(mysql_error());
$mysql_select_db("sere1", $link);


$score = 0;

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){


if ($id == $answer)
{
$score = $score + 10;
}

echo "$score";

}

?>

Here's the link to takeTest.php

http://cisweb.bristol.mass.edu/~web26/week13assignment/takeTest.php

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