[APuppyDog]

I have a page that works fine in php5 but the same code does not work in php4. Due to the circumstances, i have to make it work in php4 for the time being... can you gurus suggest how I can resolve this to work with php4?

PHP Code:

$sql="select distinct car_auctions.leading_bidder from car_auctions where car_auctions.auction_closed=1 and car_auctions.buyer_fees>0 and car_auctions.buyer_fees_charged_status<>1 and car_auctions.leading_bidder in (SELECT user_master.user_name from user_details,user_master where user_master.user_id=user_details.user_id and user_details.user_status=2)";

$rec=mysql_query($sql);  
$rs=mysql_fetch_array($rec); 


i get the following error

You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SELECT user_master.user_name from user_details,user_master wher

[wirehopper]

First see if you can rename the file to .php5. Many hosting companies install both PHP4 & PHP5 - and let you get to PHP5 using .php5. If that's not an option ....

It looks like it might be an SQL error, or an SQL error related to the PHP version - with the (SELECT ...) causing a problem. Try breaking the SQL into two statements or rewriting it.

[APuppyDog]

hi wirehopper, thanks for your feedback. I tried .php5 (hosted with godaddy) and even though they have php5 installed, it didn't seem to work for me.

as for rewriting it.. i found a solution online but not sure how to apply it to my code..

here is what i found:

the code was

SELECT books.idbook, books.title 
FROM books
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM out_of_stock WHERE out_of_stock.city =  'london' 
AND out_of_stock.idbook = books.idbook)

SELECT books.idbook, books.title
FROM books LEFT OUTER JOIN out_of_stock
ON out_of_stock.city = 'london'
AND books.idbook = out_of_stock.idbook
WHERE out_of_stock.idbook IS NULL;

now i need to know how to get

SELECT distinct car_auctions.leading_bidder 
FROM car_auctions 
WHERE car_auctions.auction_closed=1 
AND car_auctions.buyer_fees>0 
AND car_auctions.buyer_fees_charged_status<>1 
AND car_auctions.leading_bidder 
 in (SELECT user_master.user_name 
      FROM user_details,user_master 
      WHERE user_master.user_id=user_details.user_id 
      AND user_details.user_status=2)

to the way they wrote it in the second set of codes..