function dbUpdatePlaceWithAssoc($a){
  // inserts pic locations to pic table
  //   a = filename
  $DB_NAME = "jt";
  $DB_HOST = "127.11.235.129";
  $DB_USER = "jt_write";
  $DB_PASS = "y7f8dsya8y7yy78o";
  //$DB_NAME = "jt";
  //$DB_HOST = "localhost";
  //$DB_USER = "jt";
  //$DB_PASS = "hf94h89h8493h89h94";
  $mysqli = new mysqli($DB_HOST,$DB_USER,$DB_PASS,$DB_NAME);
  if(mysqli_connect_errno()){
    echo "Couldn't connect to db: ".mysqli_connect_error()."\n";
    exit();
  }
  // connected
  if($stmt = mysqli_prepare($mysqli, "UPDATE place SET name=?, address=?, city=?, state=?, zip=?, lat=?, lng=?, description=?, phone=?, email=?, website=? WHERE placeID=?")){
    echo "binding parms\n";
    mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "sssssddssssi", $a['name'], $a['address'], $a['city'], $a['state'], $a['zip'], $a['lat'], $a['lng'], $a['description'], $a['phone'], $a['email'], $a['website'], $a['p']);
    mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
    mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
  }else{
    echo "IS THIS EVEN GETTING CALLED?";
    echo "\"".$mysqli_error($mysqli)."\"<br />Couldn't update the place.  Quitting.";
    exit();
  }
  echo "Updated place\n";
  // everything was inserted, get ID
}