Endless Query/Loop in PHP? - php

Question

Hello I'm querying a database of names by the first letter of the last name. However when I excute the query and print the results, the first name prints over and over again when in reality theres more than one name to print out. here is what I have so far. the data passed in is a letter in which it supppose to gather all the last names with that beginning letter. what I'm I doing wrong that can cause this infinite loop?
function displayprofs()
{
print"<div>";
print "<p><a href = '$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>return to start</a>\n";
$abc=($_POST['abc']);
print"$abc";
$db = adodbConnect();
$query="Select * FROM Category WHERE Description LIKE '$abc%'";
$result=$db->Execute($query);
$row=$result->FetchRow();
while($row)
{
$name= $row['Description'];
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>\n";
print"<input type='hidden' name='profy' value='$name'>";
print"<p>$name<input type='submit' name='add' value ='Submit'/></p>\n"; //submit button
print"</form>\n";
//break;
}
print"</div>";
}

Answer 1

You fetch $row once and then start while loop with its condition always true. Missing $row=$result->FetchRow(); inside the while block.

Answer 2

Replace while($row) with while($row=$result->FetchRow())
and remove $row=$result->FetchRow(); you've written before starting while

Answer 3

Since you have while($row) you will iterate over the same row over and over again. Change to while($row=$result->FetchRow()) instead and remove the previous fetch or keep as is and put $row=$result->FetchRow(); in the end of the while block.
Solution 1:
while($row=$result->FetchRow())
{
$name= $row['Description'];
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>\n";
print"<input type='hidden' name='profy' value='$name'>";
print"<p>$name<input type='submit' name='add' value ='Submit'/></p>\n"; //submit button
print"</form>\n";
}
Solution 2:
$row=$result->FetchRow();
while($row)
{
$name= $row['Description'];
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>\n";
print"<input type='hidden' name='profy' value='$name'>";
print"<p>$name<input type='submit' name='add' value ='Submit'/></p>\n"; //submit button
print"</form>\n";
$row=$result->FetchRow();
}

Answer 4

By now, you know the while($row) bit is probably a mistake. Just to avoid you having to post a second question in a minute: This isn't the best of ideas:
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>\n";
Perhaps consider writing this as either:
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}'>\n";
or:
print "<form method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' action='".$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]."'>\n";