Syntax error with IF EXISTS UPDATE ELSE INSERT

Question

I\'m using MySQL 5.1 hosted at my ISP. This is my query

mysql_query(\"
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM licensing_active WHERE title_1=\'$title_1\') THEN
    BEGIN
           


        

Answer 1

This should do the trick for you:

insert into 
    licensing_active (title_1, time) 
    VALUES('$title_1', '$time') 
    on duplicate key 
        update set time='$time'

This is assuming that title_1 is a unique column (enforced by the database) in your table.

The way that insert... on duplicate works is it tries to insert a new row first, but if the insert is rejected because a key stops it, it will allow you to update certain fields instead.