Update record using an HTML form

[Barabajagal]

Because it's text based? If they were going for efficiency, HTML files would be complied like applications.

[MyndFyre]

w3c can go and die. i wish ietf ran the web.

Or even IEEE.

[warz]

I know it sounds petty, but why take up more room in a file for something that totally is useless to have?

So it won't validate.  I'm pretty sure that browsers (something that isn't made by the W3C) are still going to run the page correctly.

hopefully neither of you two are web developers.

[Barabajagal]

Wow... Warz and I agree on something?

[Dale]

I know it sounds petty, but why take up more room in a file for something that totally is useless to have?

So it won't validate.  I'm pretty sure that browsers (something that isn't made by the W3C) are still going to run the page correctly.

hopefully neither of you two are web developers.

Haha, cute.

Too bad I am though.

[warz]

then please, write standards-compliant markup. myndfyre, go read about W3C.

[Dale]

then please, write standards-compliant markup. myndfyre, go read about W3C.

Personally, when I do a professional website for companies, I do write "standard-compliant markup"... I never said I didin't.

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

Because it's text based? If they were going for efficiency, HTML files would be complied like applications.

yeah, and we don't need comments in our source code, either

[Barabajagal]

Comments are useless to the application, but let's not get too far off topic, now!

[MyndFyre]

Comments are useless to the application, but let's not get too far off topic, now!

You mean, the topic of how to update a database using PHP?

[Barabajagal]

Ya... Personally I think Echo would be the better use here, as per the description of the differences outlined in this page.

[K]

Just to get back on topic, I'm surprised no one has mentioned using the mysqli functions instead of the mysql functions.  It lets you do prepared statements with parameter binding instead of worrying about escaping strings, magic quotes, and what not.

http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/686