Learning PHP and MySQL

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Example 16-10 The posts.php script displays a listing of posts and their subjects

<?php
session_start
();
require_once(
'config.php');
require_once(
'db_login.php');
require_once(
"DB.php");
//  Display  the  page  header
$smarty->assign('blog_title',$blog_title);
$smarty->display('header.tpl');
//  Check  for  valid  login
if  (!isset($_SESSION['username']))  {
echo  'Please  <a  href="login.php">login</a>.';
exit;
}
//  Connect  to  the  database
$connection  =  DB::connect("mysql://$db_username:$db_password@$db_host/$db_database");

if  (
DB::isError($connection)){
die  ("Could  not  connect  to  the  database:  <br  />".  DB::errorMessage($connection));
}
//  Query  the  posts  with  catagories  and  user  information
$query  =  "SELECT  *  FROM  `users`  NATURAL  JOIN  `posts`  NATURAL  JOIN  `categories`
ORDER  BY  `posted`  DESC"
;
//  Execute  the  database  query
$result  =  $connection->query($query);
if  (
DB::isError($result)){
die("Could  not  query  the  database:  <br  />".$query."  ".DB::errorMessage($result));
}
//  Place  the  query  results  into  an  array
while  ($result_row  =  $result->fetchRow(DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC))  {
$test[]  
=  $result_row;
}
//  Send  the  data  to  the  template
$smarty->assign('posts',  $test);
//  Display  the  template  with  the  data  plugged  in
$smarty->display('posts.tpl');
//  Close  the  database  connection
$connection->disconnect();
//  Display  the  page  footer
$smarty->display('footer.tpl');
?>

Posted by krautgrrl on 09/27 at 11:43 AM
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