Catchable fatal error: Object of class mysqli could not be converted to string

Question

So I have a bit of a problem, I\'m EXTREMELY new to PHP and I\'m having a problem updating a string on my database, It\'s throwing out this error: Catchable fatal error: Obj

Answer 1

There are several problems with your code.

• First of all, you are assigning the variable $query, but using $result when trying to fetch the result.
• Secondly, you have included your connection ($conn), inside your query. It needs to be separated.

• Finally, you probably need to put quotes around your value.

  $result = mysqli_query($conn, "UPDATE * wp_oxygenpurchaseusers
                     SET user_url =  '2'
                     WHERE display_name = '$name'");
  

If user_url is always a number, you should really convert it to type INT instead of using a string.

Answer 2

$query = mysqli_query("$conn, UPDATE ");

you are passing one solid string into function, instead of 2 separate parameters. * is superfluous too.

I WISH there was a method to remove this kind of questions right after the OP read the answer.

Instead of leaving it to hang around forever with 1 or 2 occasional votes.