Reply To: RE: CID Lookup

Posted by: Steve

Any offers for an example using http/https?

 

Would it be possible in a future release to “It would be nice if you could add field for direct SQL query.”

Ah i see what you are trying to do now (from the comment you left on my question).

Here’s a very quick example assuming you have a database on the same server as the php file, that contains nothing but names and numbers…. and we’ll call that database phonebook, with a table in it called numbers. In that table are 2 fields called contactName and telNumber I’m not going to clense the query or anything, so not suggested for use on a web facing server 😉

<?php
//simple script that looks for a variable called query, connects to a local database and returns a value with no realy error checking.

//first grab the query into a quick simple variable we can use ie; this.php?query=0123456789,
$number = $_REQUEST['query'];

//connect to a database
mysql_connect("localhost","dbusername","dbpassword") or die("Error Connecting to DB");
//select the database we want to use
mysql_select_db("phonebook");

//build a simple query that returns the first matching record for the number we supplied
$q = mysql_query("select * from `numbers` where `telNumber`='$number' LIMIT 1");
//If you have found a result return the Name of the Person
if(mysql_num_rows($q) > 0){
//create an associative array of the feilds in the table for that record (ie it returns 'name' and 'telNumber' for the record in an array called a)
$a = mysql_fetch_assoc($q); 
//output the contactName field for that record to the page
echo $a['contactName'];
}
//If there was Less than 1 result (ie 0), just return the number sent to the output
else
{
echo $number;
}
//close the connection to the database... You dont really need to do this, as when the page stops, it will close anyway. but on a busy server this will keep load down
mysql_close();

?>

This is by no means the Best and most secure way to do it, But if you're doing this lookup locally and not on a web facing server then it will get you started. If it is web facing, this is a good starting point to learn from
I can knock up a script that will work from CSV if working that way is better.
Hope this helps :)

Mike.