Move MySQL table row to another table using PDO - php

Question

i tried to follow this mysql - move rows from one table to another with action to perform a "move to archive" function using PDO and i am failing miserably.
So i have created a job card system, and to cut it short, when a job is complete, i have a "ARCHIVE" button that essentially needs to move the selected job card from table "repairs" into table "archived_repairs". The 2 tables are exactly the same, it just needs to be deleted from repairs table and moved to archived_repairs table in case we need to come back to it at a later stage.
This is the button/link i am using on my CRUD table:
<td>Archive</td>
The above is fine and dandy and goes to a page i named "archive_repair.php" with the following php code:
<?php
require_once "connection.php";
if (isset($_REQUEST['archive_id']))
{
try
{
$job_number = $_REQUEST['archive_id'];
$select_stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM repairs WHERE job_number =:job_number');
$select_stmt->bindParam(':job_number', $job_number);
$select_stmt->execute();
$row = $select_stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
extract($row);
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
$e->getMessage();
}
}
if (isset($_REQUEST['btn_archive']))
{
$job_number = $_REQUEST['job_number'];
$date = $_REQUEST['date'];
$client_full_name = $_REQUEST['client_full_name'];
$client_email = $_REQUEST['client_email'];
$client_phone = $_REQUEST['client_phone'];
$item_for_repair = $_REQUEST['item_for_repair'];
$repair_description = $_REQUEST['repair_description'];
$hardware_details = $_REQUEST['hardware_details'];
$diagnostic_fee = $_REQUEST['diagnostic_fee'];
$tech_assigned = $_REQUEST['tech_assigned'];
$current_status = $_REQUEST['current_status'];
$technician_notes = $_REQUEST['technician_notes'];
$admin_notes = $_REQUEST['admin_notes'];
$invoice_status = $_REQUEST['invoice_status'];
$invoice_number = $_REQUEST['invoice_number'];
if (empty($invoice_status))
{
$errorMsg = "Please change Invoice Status Before Archiving this Job Card";
}
else if (empty($invoice_number))
{
$errorMsg = "Please Enter a SAGE Invoice Reference Before Archiving this Job Card";
}
else
{
try
{
if (!isset($errorMsg))
{
$archive_stmt = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO archived_repairs job_number=:job_number, date=:date, client_full_name=:client_full_name, client_email=:client_email, client_phone=:client_phone, item_for_repair=:item_for_repair, repair_description=:repair_description, hardware_details=:hardware_details, diagnostic_fee=:diagnostic_fee, tech_assigned=:tech_assigned, current_status=:current_status, technician_notes=:technician_notes, admin_notes=:admin_notes, invoice_status=:invoice_status, invoice_number=:invoice_number');
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':job_number', $job_number);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':date', $date);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':client_full_name', $client_full_name);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':client_email', $client_email);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':client_phone', $client_phone);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':item_for_repair', $item_for_repair);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':repair_description', $repair_description);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':hardware_details', $hardware_details);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':diagnostic_fee', $diagnostic_fee);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':tech_assigned', $tech_assigned);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':current_status', $current_status);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':technician_notes', $technician_notes);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':admin_notes', $admin_notes);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':invoice_status', $invoice_status);
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':invoice_number', $invoice_number);
if ($archive_stmt->execute())
{
$delete_stmt = $db->prepare('DELETE FROM repairs WHERE job_number =:job_number');
$delete_stmt->bindParam(':job_number', $job_number);
$delete_stmt->execute();
header("refresh:1;repairs.php");
}
}
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
}
}
?>
This is my connection.php file:
<?php
$db_host="localhost"; //localhost server
$db_user="ecemscoz_ecemsapp"; //database username
$db_password="C3m3t3ry!#"; //database password
$db_name="ecemscoz_ecemsapp"; //database name
try
{
$db=new PDO("mysql:host={$db_host};dbname={$db_name}",$db_user,$db_password);
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch(PDOEXCEPTION $e)
{
$e->getMessage();
}
?>
When i click on the ARCHIVE button/link, the page is just blank (white screen), no errors show, nothing is moved to the other database and nothing is deleted. Ive only been coding PHP since 2020 so still new at this, but from my understanding this should of worked... Am i missing something in my code that i am not seeing?

Answer 1

You'll have a much easier time doing this directly in MySQL.
Something like the following should be essentially all you need.
$archive_stmt = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO archived_repairs (
job_number,
date,
client_full_name,
client_email,
client_phone,
item_for_repair,
repair_description,
hardware_details,
diagnostic_fee,
tech_assigned,
current_status,
technician_notes,
admin_notes,
invoice_status,
invoice_number
) (
SELECT
job_number,
date,
client_full_name,
client_email,
client_phone,
item_for_repair,
repair_description,
hardware_details,
diagnostic_fee,
tech_assigned,
current_status,
technician_notes,
admin_notes,
invoice_status,
invoice_number
FROM
repairs
WHERE
job_number =:job_number )");
$archive_stmt->bindParam(':job_number', $job_number);
if ($archive_stmt->execute())
{
$delete_stmt = $db->prepare('DELETE FROM repairs WHERE job_number =:job_number');
$delete_stmt->bindParam(':job_number', $job_number);
$delete_stmt->execute();
header("refresh:1;repairs.php");
}