Having trouble getting two fields to concatenate - php

Question

hostSo i know how to get the two fields to concatenate from directly inside of MYSQL, but having trouble getting it to work with my PHP.
Directly from MYSQL = SELECT CONCAT(ConfigurationItem, ' - ', ,Buzzword) FROM Buzz;
But how do i incorporate it into this PHP below, I have researched to no end. I want to combine the two fields ConfigurationItem and Buzzword into a field named shortdescription, without having to do it manually through MYSQL everytime the PHP is submitted.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("host","username","password");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("buzz_feed", $con);
$sql = "INSERT INTO Buzz (BuzzID, ConfigurationItem, Buzzword, OccurrenceDate, PostingDate, TierStatus, MasterTicket)
VALUES
('$_POST[BuzzID]','$_POST[ConfigurationItem]','$_POST[Buzzword]','$_POST[OccurrenceDate]','$_POST[PostingDate]','$_POST[TierStatus]','$_POST[MasterTicket]')";
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Buzz Phrase information updated";
mysql_close($con)
?>

Answer 1

I've concatenated them together in php as the insert.
Although there is nothing wrong with catting them in your select statement.
In fact I'd opt for that because it is redundnant-y, you are inserting the same data twice in essence.
But this should do what you are asking for.
I have also corrected your quotation marks in the query.
Also google sql injection
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("host","username","password");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("buzz_feed", $con);
$sql = "INSERT INTO Buzz (BuzzID, ConfigurationItem, Buzzword,
OccurrenceDate, PostingDate,
TierStatus, MasterTicket, shortdescription)
VALUES
('".$_POST['BuzzID']."','".$_POST['ConfigurationItem']."',
'".$_POST['Buzzword']."','".$_POST['OccurrenceDate']."','".$_POST['PostingDate']."',
'".$_POST['TierStatus']."','".$_POST['MasterTicket']."',
'".$_POST['ConfigurationItem']."' - '". $_POST['Buzzword']."')";
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Buzz Phrase information updated";
mysql_close($con)
?>

Answer 2

I ended up resolving my issue by inserting "ShortDescription" in the INSERT INTO line and then just telling it to insert the two fields I wanted together in the field "ShortDescription" and by using double spaces between my hyphen, I was able to get the desired effect I was looking for which turns out like this "Example - Example" See my code below
$sql = "INSERT INTO Buzz (BuzzID, ConfigurationItem, Buzzword, OccurrenceDate, PostingDate, TierStatus, MasterTicket, ShortDescription)
VALUES
('$_POST[BuzzID]','$_POST[ConfigurationItem]','$_POST[Buzzword]','$_POST[OccurrenceDate]','$_POST[PostingDate]',
'$_POST[TierStatus]','$_POST[MasterTicket]','$_POST[ConfigurationItem]' ' - ' '$_POST[Buzzword]')";