MySQL won't update with URL variable - php

Question

I'm having troubles getting my code to work properly. If I type it into phpMyAdmin it works, but when I try it in the code, it doesn't update the database.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("SERVER","USER","PASSWORD");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("DATABASE", $con);
$sp=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['file']);
$query = "UPDATE TDB SET WEIGHT=100000 WHERE PATH='$sp'";
mysql_close($con);
?>

Answer 1

Try out this code snippet and see how you get on.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("SERVER","USER","PASSWORD");
if (!$con) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
} else {
mysql_select_db("DATABASE", $con);
$sp=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['file']);
$query = "UPDATE TDB SET WEIGHT=100000 WHERE PATH='$sp'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
mysql_close($con);
}
?>
I would recommend doing it this way as mysql is no longer supported by PHP.
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if (!$mysqli) {
die('Could not connect: ' . $mysqli->connect_error);
} else {
$sp = $mysqli->real_escape_string($_GET['file']);
$query = "UPDATE TDB SET WEIGHT=100000 WHERE PATH='$sp'";
$mysqli->query(query);
$mysqli->close();
}
?>

Answer 2

You're not EXECUTING your query. You're just defining a string that happens to contain some SQL, e.g.
$sql = "blah blah blah";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); <--forgot this

Answer 3

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("SERVER","USER","PASSWORD");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("DATABASE", $con);
$sp=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['file']);
$sql = "UPDATE TRACKDB SET WEIGHT=100000 WHERE PATH='$sp'";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_close($con);
?>