private function sanitize_input($astring)
{
$astring = trim($astring);
$astring = stripslashes($astring);
$astring = htmlspecialchars($astring);
$astring = parent::getDbConnection()->real_escape_string($astring);
return $astring;
}
public function multiFieldChangeToArrayAssociative($aQuery)
{
$tempKeys = array();
$tempValue = array();
$fetchFields = array();
// run SQL query using database connection
if ($result = parent::getDbConnection()->query($aQuery)) {
$fetchFields = $result->fetch_fields();
foreach ($fetchFields as $val) {
$tempKeys[] = $val->name;
}
/*
echo "<br />";
print_r($tempKeys);
echo "<br />Count Keys before flip: ".count($tempKeys);
*/
// flip the values to keys
$tempKeys = array_flip($tempKeys);
// strip values
$tempKeys = array_keys($tempKeys);
// Returns true or false, true if there is a row
// Creates a numeric array for each value that was fetched from database
while ($row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM)) {
// Iterate through array and place in temporary array.
foreach ($row as $key => &$field) {
$tempValue[$key] = $field;
}
}
/*
echo "<br />";
print_r($tempValue);
echo "<br />Count values before flip: ".count($tempValue);
*/
// strip keys
$tempValue = array_values($tempValue);
//echo count($tempValue);
if (count($tempValue) == 0) {
return array("REQUEST_TICKET_NUMBER" => '');
}
// strip keys
$tempValue = array_values($tempValue);
// Double the keys to make the same number of elements in each array on next combine.
//$tempKeys = array_combine( $tempKeys, $tempKeys);
// combine
$tempValue = array_combine($tempKeys, $tempValue);
/* free result set <-- memory*/
$result->free();
// return the array
return $tempValue;
} else {
echo "No results from database, check your sql statement.";
}
}
public function updateFirstName($oldName, $newName)
{
$stmt = parent::getDbConnection()->prepare("UPDATE TB_TESTMATT SET FIRST_NAME = ? WHERE FIRST_NAME LIKE ? LIMIT 1");
// added % to string for the wild card LIKE and sanitized the string
$tempOne = $this->sanitizeStringForSQL('%' . $oldName . '%');
$tempTwo = $this->sanitizeStringForSQL($newName);
$stmt->bind_param('ss', $tempTwo, $tempOne);
// Save to Database
$stmt->execute();
}
private static function setDbConnection($host, $user, $password, $database)
{
self::$DATABASE_CONNECTION = new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $database);
}