PHP if and while Statements not working properly - php

Question

I have php code with two queries. One is in an Oracle database, with the result being about 100 rows of data (within the data there are SKU numbers). The other is in a mysql database with about 30 rows of data (with the data there are also SKU numbers).
I need to compare each SKU in the first query to the second query, line by line. If the SKU in the first query also appears in the second query, then I need it to echo the SKU.
All SKUs in the second query are in the first query, so I would expect the result to echo all 30 SKUs, but it does not. Depending on how I change the syntax, it echos 17 rows, 100 rows, or no rows at all.
It's worth noting that both queries work fine. The Oracle query is insanely long and has a lot of sub-queries in it, so I will not include that full query below. The Oracle query returns the results perfectly in SQL Developer, and the MySQL query returns the results perfectly in HeidiSQL. Both queries have been tested and echoed as tables in other php files to make sure that they were working fine.
Below is what the php file that I am trying to fix looks like so far;
<?php
$conn = oci_connect($user, $pswd, $hst);
$sql = oci_parse($conn,"[Really long Oracle Query]");
while ($row = oci_fetch_assoc($sql))
{
$sku = $row['SKU'];
$con = mysql_connect("[database host]", "[database user]", "[database password]");
mysql_select_db("[database_name]");
$sqls = "SELECT * FROM [table_name] WHERE [this_date_column] BETWEEN
DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 14 DAY) AND NOW()";
$result = mysql_query($sqls);
$mailer = NULL;
while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$m_sku = $rows['sku'];
if ($m_sku == $sku)
{
$mailer == 'false';
}
}
if ($mailer == 'false')
{
echo $m_sku;
echo "<br>";
}
}
?>
Again; there are only 30 SKUs in the MySQL query, but over 100 SKUs in the Oracle query. All SKUs in the MySQL query are definitely in the Oracle query.
Anyone see what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
-Anthony

Answer 1

You have basic sintacsis errors:
= is used to assign values
== compares 2 variables (not counsidering there type *)
=== compares 2 variables including there types.
your code should look something like this:
while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$m_sku = $rows['sku'];
if ($m_sku == $sku)
{
$mailer = false; // == is for comparison, = is for assign
}
}
if ($mailer === false)
{
echo $m_sku;
echo "<br>";
}
if($member == 'false'){...}
when 'false' is compared with == to a falsefull value (0, null, false, array(), '') .. it will NOT be mach it as it is parsed as a "not empty string" so it is not falsefull .

Answer 2

Here is your code with the MySQL connect moved outside the loop and the == assignment fixed.
<?php
//Connect to databases
$oracle = oci_connect($user, $pswd, $hst);
$mysql = mysql_connect("[database host]", "[database user]", "[database password]");
mysql_select_db("[database_name]");
//Get rows from Oracle
$oracle_result = oci_parse($oracle, "[Really long Oracle Query]");
$oracle_rows = array();
while ($row = oci_fetch_assoc($oracle_result)) $oracle_rows[] = $row;
//Get rows from MySQL
$mysql_sql = "SELECT * FROM [database_name] WHERE this_date_column BETWEEN
DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 14 DAY) AND NOW()";
$mysql_result = mysql_query($mysql_sql);
$mysql_rows = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($mysql_result)) $mysql_rows[] = $row;
foreach ($oracle_rows as $oracle_row) {
$oracle_sku = $oracle_row['SKU'];
foreach ($mysql_rows as $mysql_row) {
$mysql_sku = $mysql_row['sku'];
$mailer = null;
if ($mysql_sku == $oracle_sku) {
$mailer = false;
echo $mysql_sku . "<br>";
}
}
}