Multiple columns after a WHERE in PHP?

Question

Hey all, just a quick question (should be an easy fix I think). In a WHERE statement in a query, is there a way to have multiple columns contained inside? Here is my code:

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass'";

What I want to do is add another column after the WHERE (called priv_level = '$privlevel'). I wasn't sure of the syntax on how to do that however.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Read up on SQL. But anyways, to do it just add AND priv_level = '$privlevel' to the end of the SQL.

This might be a pretty big step if you're new to PHP, but I think you should read up on the mysqli class in PHP too. It allows much safer execution of queries.

Otherwise, here's a safer way:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE " .
       "username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($myusername) . "' AND " .
       "pwd = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($pass) . "' AND " .
       "priv_level = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($privlevel) . "'";

Answer 2

Wrapped for legibility:

$sql="
  SELECT * 
  FROM $tbl_name 
  WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass' and priv_level = '$privlevel'
";

Someone else will warn you about how dangerous the statement is. :-) Think SQL injection.

Answer 3

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass' and priv_level = '$privlevel'";

If you prefer to not use ", try this:

$sql='SELECT * FROM '.$tbl_name.' WHERE username=\''.$myusername.'\' and pwd=\''.$pass.'\' and priv_level=\''.$privlevel.'\'';

Answer 4

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass' AND priv_level = '$privlevel'";

On a side note: what you appear to be doing here is quite bad practice.

Answer 5

I think you need to add it (may be with AND) to the WHERE-clause:

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass' and priv_level = '$privlevel'";

Answer 6

Uhm, your query already uses multiple columns in the WHERE clause :)

SQL injection issues aside (be careful):

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername' and pwd='$pass' and priv_level='$privlevel'";

Answer 7

The WHERE clause can AND any number of checks, so you can easily have three where you not have two, just add and priv_level='$priv_level' at the very end.

Edit: as @thorarin's answer mention, this is a risky way to build up SQL queries, and parameter binding would be safer -- but that's orthogonal to using two vs three columns in the WHERE clause.