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POCheck if username exists in mysql database?
 

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    <p>Ok so have this code, its for a registration form but i can't get it to check if there is already the username taken? all it does is creates the same username in the database again, instead of returning "Username already taken" if anyone could help would be very appreciated.</p> <pre><code>$checkusernametaken = mysql_query("SELECT FROM users (username) WHERE username=username"); if(mysql_num_rows($checkusernametaken)&gt;=1) { echo"Username already exists"; } else { $sql = "INSERT INTO users(username, password) VALUES(:username, :password)"; $stmt = $con-&gt;prepare( $sql ); $stmt-&gt;bindValue( "username", $this-&gt;username, PDO::PARAM_STR ); $stmt-&gt;bindValue( "password", hash("sha256", $this-&gt;password . $this-&gt;salt), PDO::PARAM_STR ); $stmt-&gt;execute(); return "Registration Successful Welcome " + $checkusernametaken + "&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href='index.php'&gt;Login Now&lt;/a&gt;"; } </code></pre> <p>This is the code i used and i got it working with the help of everyone in the comments, thanks heaps guys!</p> <pre><code>try { $con = new PDO( DB_DSN, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD ); $con-&gt;setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION ); $sql = "INSERT INTO users(username, password) VALUES(:username, :password)"; $stmt = $con-&gt;prepare( $sql ); $stmt-&gt;bindValue( "username", $this-&gt;username, PDO::PARAM_STR ); $stmt-&gt;bindValue( "password", hash("sha256", $this-&gt;password . $this-&gt;salt), PDO::PARAM_STR ); $stmt-&gt;execute(); return "Registration Successful &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href='index.php'&gt;Login Now&lt;/a&gt;"; } catch( PDOException $e ) { return "Username Taken &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href='register.php'&gt;Try Again?&lt;/a&gt;"; } </code></pre>
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    1. CO1. You need to have an unique index for `username` column. 2. You need to check if the `INSERT` query has performed successfully.
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    2. COPS: please explain what this part of your query means: `WHERE username=username`
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    3. COPPS: `SELECT FROM` --- what's this? Have a look on `mysql_error` function and check if you have some errors in your queries.
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