<div id="side-bar" style="padding: 0 25px; width: 200px;"> <form class="form" method="POST" action="" style="margin-top: 65%;"> <label>Student Number:</label> <input class="input-box focused-input" type="text" name="studentNumber" maxlength="11" required autofocus> <input class="input-button" type="submit" value="Register"> </form> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="msg"> <?php if (isset($_POST['studentNumber'])) { $mods->startConnection(); $studentNumber = $mods->escapeString($_POST['studentNumber']); $mods->setQuery("SELECT * FROM voters WHERE Voter_ID='{$studentNumber}'"); if ($mods->getCount() == 1) { $row = $mods->getResults('array'); if ($row['Status'] == 0) { // update status here $mods->setQuery("UPDATE voters SET Status=1 WHERE Voter_ID='{$studentNumber}'"); if ($mods->getCount() > 0) { echo '<img class="icon" src="" alt="icon"> <span>Voter has been registered.</span>'; } else { echo '<img class="icon" src="" alt="icon"> <span>Failed to register voter.</span>'; } } else { if ($row['Status'] == 1) { echo '<img class="icon" src="" alt="icon"> <span>Voter is already registered.</span>'; } else { if ($row['Status'] == 2) { echo '<img class="icon" src="" alt="icon"> <span>Voter has already voted.</span>'; } else {