I'm using the following to insert company data into a mysql table. Is is possible to check if the company is already in the database first before it tries to enter it in again? The php variable $company
is what I want to check against.
<?php
require("database.php");
// Opens a connection to a MySQL server
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password);
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("medicom_wp", $con);
$pages = get_posts(array(
'orderby' => 'title',
'post_type' => 'members',
'numberposts' => 300,
'post_status' => 'any'
));
foreach($pages as $post) {
setup_postdata($post);
$company = get_field('company_name');
$address = get_field('address');
$city = get_field('city');
$post_code = get_field('post_code');
mysql_query("INSERT INTO markers (`name`, `address`, `lat`, `lng`, `type`) VALUES ('".$company."', '".$address.", ".$city.", ".$post_code."', '0.0', '0.0', '')");
}
wp_reset_query();
mysql_close($con);
?>
Do a select statement to see if they are in there before doing the insert
(Not recommended) make the name field (or any other field that idnentifies a company, a unique key so when you try to enter it again it is rejected
Try the following. Basically, sending another query to check for a duplicate row with the same company name and if the query returns 0 rows then only run the insert command.
<?php
require("database.php");
// Opens a connection to a MySQL server
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password);
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("medicom_wp", $con);
$pages = get_posts(array(
'orderby' => 'title',
'post_type' => 'members',
'numberposts' => 300,
'post_status' => 'any'
));
foreach($pages as $post) {
setup_postdata($post);
$company = get_field('company_name');
$address = get_field('address');
$city = get_field('city');
$post_code = get_field('post_code');
// prepare query to check for duplicate company
$sql = sprintf("select count('x') as cnt from markers where `name` = '%s'", mysql_real_escape_string($company));
// run query
$row_dup = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query($sql,$conn));
// if no row exist
if ($row_dup['cnt'] == 0) {
// insert new company
// consider preparing this query using sprintf() and mysql_real_escape_string() as above
mysql_query("INSERT INTO markers (`name`, `address`, `lat`, `lng`, `type`) VALUES ('".$company."', '".$address.", ".$city.", ".$post_code."', '0.0', '0.0', '')");
}
}
wp_reset_query();
mysql_close($con);
?>
The natural solution would be to run another query prior (eg select count()) to check if the marker exists, and branch your conditional logic from there.
A more interesting solution would be to use the concept of an UPSERT (Update + Insert). An upsert inserts the row if it doesn't exist, and updates it if it does exists. So effectively there will be only 1 row in the end regardless, but this is assuming you don't mind overwriting the data. Here's a sample SO question about that.
Another technique involves creating a primary key column and taking advantage of mysql's integrity checks to forcefully keep 1 row per record. So the first insert for each primary key would be successful, but all other would fail.
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