INSERTING values from one table into another table

Question

I have this code to select all the fields from the \'jobseeker\' table and with it it\'s supposed to update the \'user\' table by setting the userType to \'admin\' where the

Answer 1

There's nothing obviously wrong with your code (apart from it being insecure with using non-escaped values directly from $_GET).

I'd suggest you try the following in order to debug:

1. var_dump $userData to check that the values are as you expect
2. var_dump $rQuery and copy and paste it into phpMyAdmin to see if your query is not as you expect

If you don't find your problem then please post back your findings along with the structure of the tables you're dealing with