Im trying to swap the values if taken already but its not working

heres the code:

<?php 

ob_start();

require_once("../session.php");
require_once("../functions.php");
require_once("../../includes/connection.php");
include_once("../../includes/header.php");

confirm_logged_in();

if(isset($_GET['cat_id']))
{
	$category_id = $_GET['cat_id'];

	$result = get_specific_category($category_id);

	while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
	{
		$category_name = $row['category_name'];
		$position = $row['position'];
		$visible = $row['visible'];
	}
}

if(isset($_POST['Submit']))
{
	$errors = verify_null_values(array('Name', 'Position'));
	
	if(empty($errors))
	{
		$category_id = $_POST['cat_id'];
		$category_name = mysql_prep($_POST['Name']);
		$position = $_POST['Position'];
		$visible = $_POST['Visible'];
		
		
	$want_position = $_POST['Position']; //1
	
	$query = "SELECT *
					FROM categories
					WHERE position='{$category_id}'";
	
	$result = mysql_query($query);
	
	while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
	{
		$category_name = $row['category_name'];
		$orig_position = $row['position'];
		$visible = $row['visible'];
	}
	
	// as init value
	$new_position = $orig_position; //4
	
	
	//error
	$move_position_of_this = ($new_position - 1);
	
	echo $new_position;
	if($orig_position > $want_position)
	{
		// data has been preserved above
		// as in temp = data
		//$move_position_of_this = ($orig_position - 1); //2
		
		//move existing categories position down
		while($move_position_of_this >= $want_position) 
		{
			//take the new position
			$query_move_positions = "UPDATE categories
												SET position='{$new_position}'
												WHERE position='{$move_position_of_this}'";
			$result = mysql_query($query_move_positions);
			
			$new_position--; //2
			$move_position_of_this--; //1
		}
	}
		//correct
		$query = "UPDATE categories 
					SET 
					category_name='{$category_name}', 
					position='{$position}', 
					visible='{$visible}' 
					WHERE 
					category_id='{$category_id}'";
					
		$result = mysql_query($query);
		
		
		//redirect_to("category_view.php");
	}
	
	else
	{
		output_errors($errors);
	}
}
?>

<h1>Edit Category</h1>
	<form action="category_edit.php" method="post">
		Category Name:&nbsp;<input name="Name" type="text" value="<?php echo $category_name ?>" /> <br />
		Position:&nbsp;<select name="Position">
		<?php
				
			$result_category = get_categories();
			
			$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result_category);
			
			for ($count = 1; $count <= $num_rows; $count++)
			{
				echo "<option value=\"{$count}\"";
				if($position == $count)
				{
					echo " selected";
				}
				echo ">{$count}</options>";
			}
		?>
		</select>
		<br />
		Visible:&nbsp;<input name="Visible" type="radio" value="1"	
		<?php if($visible == 1){echo " checked";}?>	/> Yes
		&nbsp;<input name="Visible" type="radio" value="0" 
		<?php if($visible == 0){echo " checked";}?>/> No<br />
		<input name="cat_id" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $category_id ?>" />
		<input name="Reset" type="reset" value="Reset" />
		<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Update" />
	</form>
	
<?php 

include_once("../../includes/footer.php"); 
ob_flush();
mysql_close();

?>

any reason why its not working so far?

thanks!

Member Avatar for iamthwee

Not working?

What is not working... You need to be more specific.

I noticed that if condition is not being utilized if say:

current position is 4

and i want to move that into position 1

i want to update set the data

from 3 to 4

from 2 to 3

from 1 to 2

and then update the data that i want to move to the position 1

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.