simple sql query needed for php code - php

Question

I am using PHPMaker. It has the ability to do custom things with it's code.... This is from the documentation: "This event will be called after updating a record. The arguments of the event are the arrays of the old and new record updated. Note: This event is a table class member."
This is the code to be edited for this event:
// Row Updated event
function Row_Updated($rsold, &$rsnew) {
//echo "Row Updated";
}
When I edit a record I want the old data to be inserted into another table for historical purposes. The "historical" table will have the same fields plus an ID field that will auto increment and will be the primary key. So I'll have a full history of changes available.
Table layout is like this;
(Information)
ip (primary key), status, hostname, last_scanned, mac, ManualHost, Reservation
They have some sample code to insert a record but I'm no guru and don't know the MySQL/PHP lingo to get data out of the $rsold array.
// Insert record
// NOTE: Modify your SQL here, replace the table name, field name and field values
$sInsertSql = "INSERT INTO MyTable (Field1, Field2, Field3) VALUES (Value1, Value2, Value3)";
$GLOBALS["conn"]->Execute($sInsertSql);
Can someone help/get me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Assuming they are returning the row you can simply fetch the fields as if it's an array. Just use the variable and mention the field between square brackets, e.g.: $row['field'].
$sInsertSql = "INSERT INTO information (status, hostname, last_scanned, mac, ManualHost, Reservation)
VALUES ('" . $rsold['status'] . "', '" . $rsold['hostname'] . "', '" . $rsold['last_scanned'] . "', '" . $rsold['mac'] . "',
'" . $rsold['ManualHost'] . "',
'". $rsold['Reservation'] . "')";
$GLOBALS["conn"]->Execute($sInsertSql);
As for your question about "all the spacing and periods" I do this to keep my variables separated from the String. A good (bad) example to show you a possible reason is the following:
$juice = "apple";
echo "He drank some $juice juice.";
//Now imagine I want to write "He drank some juice made of apples
echo "He drank some juice made of $juices.";
//^^^ Is invalid. "s" is a valid character for a variable name, but the variable is $juice.
//So it'd be better to
echo "He drank some juice made of " . $juice . "s.";