string(1) "3" } $researcherID = mysqli_real_escape_string($connection, trim($_POST['researcherID'])); // Check if name is not an empty string if($researcherID === '') { http_response_code(400); echo json_encode(array("error" => "Must specify researcher ID.")); exit(); } // Insert user $queryManager = "UPDATE researcher SET admin = '1' WHERE id_researcher = '$researcherID';"; mysqli_query($connection, $queryManager) or die("Error: " . mysqli_error($connection));