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PHP PHP & Databases with PDO PDO Queries & Results Query by ID

Trevor Richie
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Trevor Richie
Courses Plus Student 4,902 Points
Posted by Trevor Richie
Trevor Richie
Courses Plus Student 4,902 Points

404 Error

After following the example in Workspaces, I am still getting a "404 Error" when I click on a movie hyperlink. I can't figure out where my code data is off, I went back through the videos and looked at the final examples that were on screen and I am still getting the error.

<?php

require_once('database.php');

try {
    $results = $db->query('select * from film');
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
    die();
}

$films = $results->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>PHP Data Objects</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

</head>

<body id="home">

  <h1>Sakila Sample Database</h1>

  <h2>Films by Title</h2>

  <ol>
  <?php
    foreach($films as $film){
      echo '<li><i class="lens"></i><a href="films.php?id='.$film["film_id"].'">'.$film["title"].'</li>';
    }

  ?>
  </ol>

</body>

</html>

1 Answer

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

If you inspect the link that's on the page, does it look how you'd expect?

Also try adding a slash to make sure you're starting at the root of your site:

href="/films....
Trevor Richie
Trevor Richie
Courses Plus Student 4,902 Points
Trevor Richie
Trevor Richie
Courses Plus Student 4,902 Points

I found the error after about 30 minutes of looking at the Workspaces! Thank you for the help! Make sure you spell things correctly!