# Looking for help debugging a php code
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-help-debugging-a-php-code/9798
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [December 18, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-help-debugging-a-php-code/9798 "2002-12-18T21:28:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@upuaut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/upuaut)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-help-debugging-a-php-code/9798/1 "2002-12-18T21:28:41Z")
```php
$hookup=mysql_connect($sr, $nm, $pw) or die ("Error loading requested data");
mysql_select_db($db,$hookup);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tn",$hookup);
$numrows=mysql_num_rows($result);
$numrows = $numrows-1;
//Search for match
$counter=0;
do(
$name=(mysql_result($result , $counter , "ename"));
++$counter;
}
while ($search != $name && $counter<=$numrows);
//define match variable and find the match
$match=$counter-1;
$cypher=(mysql_result($result,$match,"cypher"));
$status=(mysql_result($result,$match,"status"));
//password does not match the cypher val in the table.
if($pass!=$cypher){
$status="incorrect";
}
//name is not in db
if($search != $name){
$status="name not found";
}
//change to flash friendly format
$status="status=$status";
echo "$status";
?>
```
I’m getting an error in line 16 which is
$name=(mysql\_result($result , $counter , “ename”));
from the do statement. Mind you there might be other errors as well. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-help-debugging-a-php-code/9798/2 "2002-12-19T01:52:27Z")
```php
0)
{
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
if($row["cypher"] == $pass)
$status = "correct";
else
$status = "incorrect";
}
else
$status = "name not found";
$status="status=$status";
echo "$status";
?>
```
I haven’t complied it or tested it but it should work