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PHP

anomalousc0d3r
anomalousc0d3r
1,432 Points

Database creating duplicate entries in MySQL and PHP.

My database is creating duplicate entries for some reason while running this code in the table "steam users" and column "steamid". I would appreciate some help. Thanks!

<?php
    include("settings.php");
    if (empty($_SESSION['steam_uptodate']) or $_SESSION['steam_uptodate'] == false or empty($_SESSION['steam_personaname'])) {
        $url = file_get_contents("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=".$steamauth['apikey']."&steamids=".$_SESSION['steamid']); 
        $content = json_decode($url, true);
        $_SESSION['steam_steamid'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['steamid'];
        $_SESSION['steam_communityvisibilitystate'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['communityvisibilitystate'];
        $_SESSION['steam_profilestate'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['profilestate'];
        $_SESSION['steam_personaname'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['personaname'];
        $_SESSION['steam_lastlogoff'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['lastlogoff'];
        $_SESSION['steam_profileurl'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['profileurl'];
        $_SESSION['steam_avatar'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['avatar'];
        $_SESSION['steam_avatarmedium'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['avatarmedium'];
        $_SESSION['steam_avatarfull'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['avatarfull'];
        $_SESSION['steam_personastate'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['personastate'];
        $_SESSION['steam_realname'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['realname'];
        $_SESSION['steam_primaryclanid'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['primaryclanid'];
        $_SESSION['steam_timecreated'] = $content['response']['players'][0]['timecreated'];
        $_SESSION['steam_uptodate'] = true;
    }

    $steamprofile['steamid'] = $_SESSION['steam_steamid'];
    $steamprofile['communityvisibilitystate'] = $_SESSION['steam_communityvisibilitystate'];
    $steamprofile['profilestate'] = $_SESSION['steam_profilestate'];
    $steamprofile['personaname'] = $_SESSION['steam_personaname'];
    $steamprofile['lastlogoff'] = $_SESSION['steam_lastlogoff'];
    $steamprofile['profileurl'] = $_SESSION['steam_profileurl'];
    $steamprofile['avatar'] = $_SESSION['steam_avatar'];
    $steamprofile['avatarmedium'] = $_SESSION['steam_avatarmedium'];
    $steamprofile['avatarfull'] = $_SESSION['steam_avatarfull'];
    $steamprofile['personastate'] = $_SESSION['steam_personastate'];
    $steamprofile['realname'] = $_SESSION['steam_realname'];
    $steamprofile['primaryclanid'] = $_SESSION['steam_primaryclanid'];
    $steamprofile['timecreated'] = $_SESSION['steam_timecreated'];


DEFINE('DB_USER', 'root');
DEFINE('DB_PASSWORD', '');
DEFINE('DB_HOST','localhost');
DEFINE('DB_NAME','codeforage');

$con = new PDO( 'mysql:host='.DB_HOST.';dbname='.DB_NAME.';charset=utf8',DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD );
$con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

try {
    $query = $con->prepare( "SELECT steamid FROM steam_users WHERE steamid = ?" );
    $query->bindValue( 1, $steamprofile['steamid'], PDO::PARAM_STR );
    $query->execute();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "oh noes!! there's an error...";
}

if( $query->rowCount() > 0 ) { # If rows are found for query
     echo "Email found!";
}
else {
    echo "Email not found!";
    $statement = $con->prepare("INSERT INTO steam_users(steamid) VALUES(' " . $steamprofile['steamid'] . " ')");
    $statement->execute();
}

?>

2 Answers

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Is it duplicating during the "Email not found" echo? If so, is that echo statement being output more than once?

I didn't find any errors (though I may have missed somehting), however I'm wondering if this file/script is able to be ran twice or consecutively somehow from a parent file?

anomalousc0d3r
anomalousc0d3r
1,432 Points

Thanks for the help, but I have fixed the problem by installing a temporary/permanent solution into the MySQL database by adding the command that doesn't allow duplicates.