Question

I am looking to parse some database information through a URL. Im not sure how exactly to do it.

Each event entry listed at the bottom of the page should include a
hyperlink that will take the administrator to a new web form for recording results for that event. The
EventID is passed via a query string parameter, e.g. RecordResults.php?EventID=4.

How exactly would I go about doing this?

Thanks for your help!
Cheers

Answer 1

Try something like this in RecordResults.php:

// Get id from URL
$id = mysql_real_escape_string( $_GET['EventID'] );

// If id is number
if( (int)$id == $id && (int)$id > 0 ) {

     // Database connection and select database
     $link = mysql_connect('localhost','db_username','db_password')
     mysql_select_db('db_name', $link);

     // Get record from database
     $sql = 'SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE EventID=' . $id;
     $result = mysql_query( $sql, $link );    
     $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result );

     // Show record with HTML here 
     print_r( $row );

} else {

   echo "Record not found";
}