Update a SQL table field when a variable is empty using PHP - php

Question

I have a table, with columns _photo(string) and f1(int)(this is users sex).
If _photo is empty I want to populate it with a string based on what column f1 contains.
I have this working fine for when a new user joins up, by doing this -
$sex = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT `f1` FROM `{$dbtable_prefix}user_profiles` WHERE `fk_user_id`='".$_SESSION[_LICENSE_KEY_]['user']['reg_id']."' "),0);
And then
if ($sex =='1') {
$no_photo = "no_photo_male.png";
}
if ($sex =='2') {
$no_photo = "no_photo_female.png";
}
if ($sex =='3') {
$no_photo = "no_photo_couple_ff.png";
}
if ($sex =='4') {
$no_photo = "no_photo_couple_mm.png";
}
if ($sex =='5') {
$no_photo = "no_photo_couple_mf.png";
}
$insertphoto= "UPDATE dsb_user_profiles SET _photo = '$no_photo' Where `fk_user_id` = '".$_SESSION[_LICENSE_KEY_]['user']['reg_id']. "' "; // note the use of reg_id and not user_id
if (!($res=#mysql_query($insertphoto))) {trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);}
I am trying to make a script that I can run on the database to update all the records to assign the correct string to all the records where _photo is empty.
I am new to mysql and php and can't work out how to cycle through each record and check f1, run the code to set the no_photo variable than insert it into the _photo column.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

Answer 1

You could loop trough records like this:
$userResult = mysql_query("SELECT `f1` FROM `{$dbtable_prefix}user_profiles` WHERE");
while($user = mysql_fetch_array($userResult)) {
if($user['f1'] == '1'){
$no_photo = "no_photo_male.png";
}
else if($user['f1'] == '2'){
//more else ifs
}
//your update query
}

Answer 2

Please try below update query:-
UPDATE Table_Name
SET _photo =
CASE
WHEN f1 = '1'
THEN "no_photo_male.png"
WHEN f1 = '2'
THEN "no_photo_female.png"
WHEN f1 = '3'
THEN "no_photo_couple_ff.png"
WHEN f1 = '4'
THEN "no_photo_couple_mm.png"
WHEN f1 = '5'
THEN "no_photo_couple_mf.png"
ELSE NULL
END
WHERE _photo = ''

Answer 3

You can update the database directly w/o PHP using nested MySQL IF() statements:
UPDATE user_profiles
SET _photo = IF(sex = 1, 'photo_1', IF(sex = 2, 'photo_2', IF(sex = 3, 'photo_3', IF(sex = 4, 'photo_4', NULL ) ) ) )
WHERE photo IS NULL;