MYSQL, PHP Problems

Question

I am trying to connect Authorware to my mysql database. Both
are online and I want to write test answers to my database
and also read them back out and display them in my authorware
piece.
In a plain authorware page i have in a calculation:
Result := ReadURL
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/.../example/authorware2.php")
And then {Result} on the authorware page.
What returns is the source code for the php page plus
whatever is printed to the screen by that .php page. I want
what is printed to the screen as it is the contents of the
variable needed, but not the rest of the stuff. How do I
simple pass just that variable back to authorware and not all
the rest of the stuff.
I also have an issue with writing to the database using:
action := "?data="
query := ActivityAnswer1a
db_loc := "
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/..../"
URLstring := db_loc^"authorware.php"^action^query
queryString := ReadURL(URLstring)
It seems to sometimes write 2 entries and not the required
one. Not sure why.

Answer 1

There are some other things that must be done to connect to
the database
(such as passing the usernamee, password, and host info to
mysql_connect()
and storing the connection resource), and those might be in
the include
files. I generally place all of the connection parameters in
a separate file
that is located in a folder that can't be accessed by a
browser, for
security purposes.
Paul Swanson
Portland, Oregon, USA
"Amy Blankenship *AdobeCommunityExpert*"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message news:edk6ui$69c$[email protected]..
> What's in the include(s)?
>
> "83Dons" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:edk5s5$4uk$[email protected]..
> > Here is the php code for the 'read' and 'write'
parts:
> >
> >
> >
> > <?php
> > include '......';
> > mysql_select_db('clinskills') or die("UNABLE TO
CONNECT TO
DATABASE");
> > $sql = "select A1Answer from authorware where id =
'13'";
> > $result = mysql_query($sql);
> > $answer1 = mysql_result($result,0,"A1Answer");
> > print $answer1;
> > ?>
> >
> > <?php
> > include '............';
> > mysql_select_db('clinskills') or die("UNABLE TO
CONNECT TO
DATABASE");
> > $newdata = $_GET['data'];
> > mysql_query("insert into authorware (A1Answer)
values('$newdata')")
or
> > die(mysql_error());
> > mysql_close(); ?>
> >
>
>