Keeping a counter - php

Question

*Here is what I am trying to acheive: *
Basically I have a form where people can submit events to our database. In the CMS I have a page which displays a record of the number of events.
*Here is what I have: *
After the button is clicked, this script is called:
if($subject_type == 'Event') {
$query = "SELECT town, update_id, event_validex ";
$query .= "FROM dev_town ";
$query .= "LEFT JOIN updates ON dev_town.town_id = updates.town ";
$query .= " WHERE sitename = '".SITENAME."'";
$query .= " AND month = " .date('m')." AND year =" .date('Y');
$querys = $this->tep_db_query($query);
$rows = $this->tep_db_fetch_array($querys);
extract($rows); //extract rows, so you don't need to use array
$eventid = $event_validex + 1;
$sql_data_array = array('event_validex' => $eventid);
$submit_to_database = $this->tep_db_perform('updates', $sql_data_array, 'update', "town='".$town."'");
This works fine, however I cant seem to solve the next bit
This is the Problem
As you can see, it checks the database for the current month and adds it, this is providing that the sitename and that month are there, not a site and another month.
How would I get it to add the row in IF the sitename and month are not there?
I have been manually adding the months in now so that it works, and I am sure you can agree that's a ball ache.
Cheers peeps

Answer 1

if you want to check if site A + Month 11 exists do a select query against it and store the number of rows returned in a variable. ( $exists = mysql_num_rows("your query here"); )
then do an if statement against the $exists variable and proceed as you wish
if($exists) {
// update
} else {
// add
}

Answer 2

$insert = "INSERT INTO updates ('town','month','year','event_validex') VALUES ('".$town."','". date('m')."','". date('Y')."','1')";
$eventid = 1;
$sql_data_array = array('event_validex' => $eventid);
$submit_to_database = $this->tep_db_perform('updates', $sql_data_array, 'update', "town='".$town."'");
}
}
this is what I have for the else statement there, however it will add one to the value if its there but will not add a new entry if its isnt.. ?

Answer 3

I don't see exactly how your method "checks the database for the current month and adds it "; I'll just assume that the tep_db_perform() method of your class handles this somehow.
(uhk! n00bed it; rest of the post was somehow chopped off?) Since you're already hitting the database with the select with the intent of using the data if a record is found, then you could use the resultset assigned to $rows as a means of checking if a record exists with SITENAME and Month.
See below:
if($subject_type == 'Event') {
// build query to check the database for sitename, month and year.
$query = "SELECT town, update_id, event_validex ";
$query .= "FROM dev_town ";
$query .= "LEFT JOIN updates ON dev_town.town_id = updates.town ";
$query .= " WHERE sitename = '".SITENAME."'";
$query .= " AND month = " .date('m')." AND year =" .date('Y');
// Execute Query(wrapper for $result = mysql_query I guess?)
$querys = $this->tep_db_query($query);
// Get a resultset from database. --> you could merge this into one method with $this->tep_db_query
$rows = $this->tep_db_fetch_array($querys);
if(count($rows) > 0) {
extract($rows); //extract rows, so you don't need to use array --> I try to stay away from extract() as it makes for random variables being created.
$eventid = $event_validex + 1;
$sql_data_array = array('event_validex' => $eventid);
$submit_to_database = $this->tep_db_perform('updates', $sql_data_array, 'update', "town='".$town."'");
} else {
// insert new record into database
// updated with code to execute insert SQL query.
$insert = "INSERT INTO updates ('town','month','year','event_validex') VALUES ('".$town."','". date('m')."','". date('Y')."','1')";
$result = $this->tep_db_query($query);
}
....
}
If I've misunderstood something, please let me know, happy to work through it with you.
Hope this helps. :)