PHP - Prepared statements error, what's wrong? - php

So here's the codeblock:
$query = "UPDATE users SET ?=? WHERE ?=?";
$type = "s";
$type .= substr(gettype($valname), 0, 1);
$type .= 'i';
if ( $smtp = $this->conn->prepare($query) )
{
$smtp->bind_param($type, $colname, $valname, 'id', 40);
$smtp->execute();
$smtp->close();
}else
{
return $this->conn->error;
}
For some reason it refuses to bind the parameters, and it gives me this error:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '?=? WHERE ?=?' at line 1
If i add backticks ( ` ) or singlequotes ( ' ) around the questionmarks i get this error instead:
Unknown column '?' in 'where clause'
Any ideas what's gone wrong? I've been sitting here for hours playing with it, god it's frustrating!!
Thanks a bunch!

As far as I know, you can only use ? placeholders for the condition, not for table/field names.
See: http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.prepared-statements.php

I do not think you can define the column dynamically in a prepared statement, only values, as these are escaped etc. You will need to put the column name in the $query string, if it comes from an unknown source make sure you filter it and validate it.

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Mistake in SQL syntax.. (bindValue?)

I am trying to create an update query and I am looping in some set stuff to a var called $str and I cant seem to get it to work.
if (is_numeric($id)) {
if (!empty($values) && !empty($table_name)) {
$str = '';
$sql = "UPDATE `$table_name` SET :update_values WHERE `$column_name` = :id";
// Its one because we dont use ID like that
$i = 1;
foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
if ($key != $column_name) {
// Exclude the last one from having a comma at the end
if ($i == count($values) - 1) {
$str .= "$key='" . $value . "'";
} else {
$str .= "$key='" . $value . "', ";
$i++;
}
}
}
$query = $this->dbh->prepare($sql);
$query->bindValue('update_values', $str, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$query->bindValue(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$query->execute();
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} else{
return false;
}
}
Output:
Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or
access violation: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the
manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right
syntax to use near ''note_name=\'yeet\', note_date=\'2020-02-20\',
note_desc=\'asdasdasdasdadsasdads' at line 1
Am I making any obvious mistakes?
Also for the life of me I don't know what the backslashes in front of the values mean.
In MySQL, identifiers cannot be provided as values.
References to columns must appear in the text of the SQL statement, they cannot be provided through bind parameters. This holds true for table names, column names, function names.
There is no workaround; this is a by-design restriction. There's several reasons for this. One of the most straightforward reasons is understanding how a SQL statement gets prepared, the information that is needed to come up with an execution plan, the tables and columns have to be known at prepare time (for the semantic check and privilege check. The actual values can be deferred to execution time.
Bind placeholders are for providing values, not identifiers.
With the code given, what MySQL is seeing something along the lines of
UPDATE `mytable` SET 'a string value' WHERE `id_col` = 42
And MySQL is balking at the 'a string value'.
We can (and should) use bind parameters for values.
We could dynamically generate SQL text that looks like this:
UPDATE `mytable`
SET `col_one` = :val1
, `col_two` = :val2
WHERE `id_col` = :id
and after the SQL text is prepared into statement, we can bind values:
$sth->bindValue(':val1', $value_one , PDO::PARAM_STR );
$sth->bindValue(':val2', $value_two , PDO::PARAM_STR );
$sth->bindValue(':id' , $id , PDO::PARAM_INT );
and then execute

keep getting a syntax error (php / mysql)

php/mysql
I keep getting this error: "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '1' at line 1".
I'm trying hard to make this query to happen. It works, it inserts into the mysql database but this error appears every time. I've tried to use everything in the same line, changed double quotes to single quotes, removed all the whitespaces inserting everything in the samen line, changing the way I pass the variables({$variable} to '.$variable.') and everything else. I've seen a couple of stackoverflow questions related to this but with different solutions.
I know that we can't pass '' in a numeric fields.
I think I'm out of options now. Need help!
This error keeps showing but the data is correctly inserted in my table
here is the code:
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$prescription_name = $_POST['prescription_name'];
$date_created = date('Y-m-d');
$last_updated = date('Y-m-d');
$right_eye_sphere = $_POST['right_eye_sphere'];
$left_eye_sphere = $_POST['left_eye_sphere'];
$right_eye_cylinder = $_POST['right_eye_cylinder'];
$left_eye_cylinder = $_POST['left_eye_cylinder'];
$right_eye_axis = $_POST['right_eye_axis'];
$left_eye_axis = $_POST['left_eye_axis'];
$pd = $_POST['pd'];
$date_of_birth = $_POST['date_of_birth'];
$file_path = $_POST['file_path'];
$add_query = "INSERT INTO wew_prescription (
prescription_id,
user_id,
prescription_name,
date_created,
last_updated,
right_eye_sphere,
left_eye_sphere,
right_eye_cylinder,
left_eye_cylinder,
right_eye_axis,
left_eye_axis,
pd,
date_of_birth,
file_path
) Values (
NULL,
{$user_id},
'{$prescription_name}',
'{$date_created}',
'{$last_updated}',
'{$right_eye_sphere}',
'{$left_eye_sphere}',
'{$right_eye_cylinder}',
'{$left_eye_cylinder}',
'{$right_eye_axis}',
'{$left_eye_axis}',
'{$pd}',
'{$date_of_birth}',
'{$file_path}'
)";
$sql = $dbCon->query($add_query);
if (!mysqli_query($dbCon,$sql)){
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($dbCon));
}else{
mysqli_query($dbCon,$sql);
echo "dados atualizados!";
}
The error is coming from this line:
if (!mysqli_query($dbCon,$sql)){
$sql contains the result of
$dbCon->query($add_query);
Since that query was successful, $sql contains TRUE. mysqli_query() requires the second argument to be a string, so TRUE becomes "1", so you're effectively doing:
if (!mysqli_query($dbCon, "1")) {
That's not a valid query, so you get an error.
I think what you really meant to do was:
if (!$sql) {
die('Error: ' . $dbCon->error);
} else {
echo "dados atualizados!";
}
You don't need to keep calling mysqli_query() repeatedly.
You should also learn to code using prepared statements instead of substituting variables into the query, to prevent SQL injection.

Post data to mysql DB

I'am trying to send data from android as JSON to PHP in order to parse it and save in MySQL DB
this is the part of the PHP CODE
$JsonString = $_POST["DATA"];
$JsonData = json_decode($JsonString, TRUE);
$Add_First_Only = 0;
foreach ($JsonData['items'] as $item)
{
$Order_ID = $item['Order_ID'];
$Order_Row_Number = $item['Order_Row_Number'];
$Order_Item_ID = $item['Order_Item_ID'];
$Order_Course_ID = $item['Order_Course_ID'];
$Order_Seat_No = $item['Order_Seat_No'];
$Order_Row_Value_wo_Options = $item['Order_Row_Value_wo_Options'];
$Order_Row_Value_with_options = $item['Order_Row_Value_with_options'];
if ($Add_First_Only == 0)
{
$result = mysqli_query($con,
"INSERT INTO order_items (Order_ID,Order_Row_Number,Order_Item_ID,Order_Course_ID,Order_Seat_No,Order_Row_Value_wo_Options, Order_Row_Value_with_options)
VALUES
(['$Order_ID'],['$Order_Row_Number'],['$Order_Item_ID'],['$Order_Course_ID'],
['$Order_Seat_No'],['$Order_Row_Value_wo_Options'],['$Order_Row_Value_with_options'])"
);
$Add_First_Only = 1;
}
}
and this is the error I get on the Eclipse LogCAT
12-16 02:00:01.800: V/TAG(1841): Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '['26'],['1'],['1'],['1'],['1'],['0'],['1'])' at line 4
As you can see from the error it self that I have values for the variables so non of them is a null value
The Question is what should I change or add to my sql syntax to fix this error ?
Remove the brackets around ['$Order_ID'] and the others
Use '$Order_ID' instead of ['$Order_ID'] etc. for your VALUES
if ($Add_First_Only == 0)
{
$result = mysqli_query($con,
"INSERT INTO order_items (Order_ID,Order_Row_Number,Order_Item_ID,Order_Course_ID,Order_Seat_No,Order_Row_Value_wo_Options, Order_Row_Value_with_options)
VALUES
('$Order_ID','$Order_Row_Number','$Order_Item_ID','$Order_Course_ID',
'$Order_Seat_No','$Order_Row_Value_wo_Options','$Order_Row_Value_with_options')"
);
$Add_First_Only = 1;
}
Don't wrap the parameters in the SQL statemenst with square brackets (example: ['$Order_ID']).
I often find it helpful to echo or error_log the SQL statement that is created and try running it in a SQL tool. This should give you better error messages, and reveal syntax errors (if the tool has syntax highlighting).
Also, look at what php.net has to say about prepared statements. SQL-statements of this type are vulnerable to SQL-injection attacks which are one of the most common ways to attack systems.
When you use Single quotes '' around the data you want to INSERT into DB you tell PHP that this data is string type and your database probably expects INTEGER data.

PHP - MySQL Transaction execution error

$tran = "START TRANSACTION;";
$tran_res = mysql_query($tran);
$qry_1 = "INSERT INTO docList (doc_ip , doc_country , doc_ref) VALUES ('$ip' , '$country' , '$http_ref');";
$res_1 = mysql_query($qry_1);
if(!$res_1)
die ("qry1 fail " . mysql_error() );
$ins_id = mysql_insert_id();
if(!$ins_id)
die ("ins id fail " . mysql_error() );
echo "<b>$ins_id</b>";
$qry_2 = "INSERT INTO docContent (doc_id , cont_date , cont_title , cont_aim , cont_obj , cont_theory , cont_sw , cont_code) VALUES ('$ins_id' , '$dt' , '$title' , '$aim' , '$obj' , '$th' , '$sw' , '$code');";
$res_2 = mysql_query($qry_2);
if(!$res_2)
die("qry2 fail " . mysql_error() ); `
The execution of above is returning the following error:
2 qry fail You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'login'); if($query->num_rows()>0) return $query->result_array(); } ' at line 1
In effect the execution of $qry_2 is failing, but I am perplexed by the error it is showing (there is no such code on line 1 as mentioned in the error note). Moreover, the query ($qry_2) executes properly in the MySql console.
Output the contents of $qry_2 to see the actual SQL statement be executed. Most likely you've got SQL injection vulnerabilities, and one of the variables you're inserting contains at least ' somewhere, causing the syntax error.
e.g. if you have
$var = "O'Reilly";
$sql = "INSERT INTO names (name) VALUES ('$var')";
you'll end up with
INSERT INTO names (name) VALUES ('O'Reilly');
which will be interpreted as:
'O' - string containing the letter "O"
Reilly - a field named "Reilly", with no operator between this "field" and the "O" previous
'); - a weird unterminated string, also with no operator between this and the previous field.
To get around this, you MUST pass your variables through mysql_real_escape_string(), which will prevent such errors from occuring. It'll turn O'Reilly into O\'Reilly, which is "safe" to use in your query.
You haven't posted the real query as received by the MySQL server, but I'd dare say you haven't used mysql_real_escape_string() to inject your data into your SQL.
(Are you trying to insert PHP code in the database?)

SQL Query Error Near ''

UPDATE ".$tablename." SET stock=%s WHERE itemname=".$itemname."
SQL Query throwing this error:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use
near '' at line 1
Can't find what it is talking about as it only gives me '' and not any text in the query. Thanks!
The string concatenation above looks really messy!
I would go for something simple:
$sql = "UPDATE $tablename SET stock='$stock' WHERE itemname='$itemname'";
If this doesn't work, you should debug the values of : $tablename, $stock and $itemname
ps. I've already given +1 to Nick :)
The example looking incomplete.
Is it possible that variables $tablename or $itemname to be empty?
you are mixing sprintf and string concatenation. The best way is to use the only one method. i.e.:
$sql = "UPDATE %s SET stock='%s' WHERE itemname='%s'";
sprintf($sql, $tablename, $stock, $itemname); //use this in mysql_query
But agree with Parker that you don't quote your string
Try, it doesn't look like you're quoting your strings.
UPDATE ".$tablename." SET stock='%s' WHERE itemname='".$itemname."'

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