Displaying SELECT query results using oop php - php

Question

I am a total noob with performing OOP, and am currently looking to refactor a procedural PHP project. Currently, I am having issues trying to simply display my results from a SELECT query--ironically doing an INSERT query made sense instead. This is my Class file:
<?php
class MadLibs {
private $noun;
private $verb;
private $adverb;
private $adjective;
private $story;
// Getters
public function getNoun() {
return $this->noun;
}
public function getVerb() {
return $this->verb;
}
public function getAdverb() {
return $this->adverb;
}
public function getAdjective() {
return $this->adjective;
}
public function getStory() {
return $this->story;
}
// Setters
public function setNoun($noun) {
$this->noun = $noun;
}
public function setVerb($verb) {
$this->verb = $verb;
}
public function setAdverb($adverb) {
$this->adverb = $adverb;
}
public function setAdjective($adjective) {
$this->adjective = $adjective;
}
public function setStory($story) {
$this->story = $story;
}
// Figured this one out
public function insertStoryToDatabase() {
date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
$submit_date = date('Y-m-d' . " " . 'H:i:s');
$dbc = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','','mad_libs')
or die('Error establishing connection');
$query = "INSERT INTO storyTime (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, createdDate, fullStory) " .
"VALUES ('$this->noun','$this->verb','$this->adjective','$this->adverb','$submit_date','$this->story')";
mysqli_query($dbc,$query)
or die('Error querying database');
mysqli_close($dbc);
}
// method I am having trouble setting up
public function displayAllStories() {
$dbc = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','','mad_libs')
or die('Error establishing connection');
$result = "SELECT fullStory, createdDate FROM storyTime ORDER BY createdDate DESC";
$display = mysqli_query($dbc,$result)
or die('Error gathering data!');
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($display)) {
echo $row['story'] . '<br/>';
}
return $display;
}
}
?>
And this is what I am doing in my other php file:
<?php
require_once('MadLibs.php');
// Instantiating instance of MadLibs()
$foo = new MadLibs();
// Playing around to see ensure getters/setters were correct
$foo->setNoun('Bob');
$foo->setVerb('jumps');
$foo->setAdverb('quietly');
$foo->setAdjective('ugly');
$foo->setStory("The " . $foo->getNoun() . " always " . $foo->getVerb() . " at the "
. $foo->getAdjective() . " strangers " . $foo->getAdverb() . ".");
echo $foo->getNoun();
echo '<br />';
echo $foo->getVerb();
echo '<br />';
echo $foo->getAdverb();
echo '<br />';
echo $foo->getAdjective();
echo '<br />';
echo $foo->getStory();
$foo->insertStoryToDatabase();
$foo->displayAllStories();
?>
I'm sure it's something simple, but for the life of me I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Any and all feedback is most appreciated!

Answer 1

You trying to display wrong variable in displayAllStories() function .
'echo $row['story']should be change to$row['fullStory'];` or change your query to
SELECT fullStory as story, createdDate FROM storyTime ORDER BY createdDate DESC