Question

I can successfully extract the data from the database however am having trouble now deleting a specific row using the checkbox method.

I have used a number of different tutorials including previous posts here but it’s still not there.

Here is my code:

    <div id="content">

    <h1>Post Bulletin</h1>

    <br />

    <form action="insert.php" method="post">
        <label for="title">Title</label>
            <br />
        <input type="title" name="title" id="file" required="required" placeholder="Bulletin Title" />
        <br />
        <br />
        <label for="bulletin">Bulletin</label>
            <br />
        <textarea id="bulletin" name="bulletin" id="bulletin" rows="10" cols="50" required="required" placeholder="Bulletin Message"></textarea>
        <br />
        <input type="submit" />
    </form>

    <br/ >
    <br/ >

    <h3>Current Bulletin Posts</h3>

    <?php 

        require('connect.php');

        $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM bulletins ORDER BY Date_Entered DESC")
            OR die("Can't access bulletins table. " . "<br />". mysql_error());

        while($info = mysql_fetch_array($data)) 
        {                             
            Echo "<br />" . "Delete: " . "<input name='checkbox[]' type='checkbox' id='checkbox'/>" . "<br />" . "<br />";
            Echo $info['Title'] . "<br />" . "<br />";
            Echo $info['Bulletin'] . "<br />" . "<br />";
            Echo "Posted at " . $info['Date_Entered'] . "<br />" . "<br />";
            Echo "<hr>";
        }
    ?>

I have created the checkbox but am unable to process the deletion.

Am I right in thinking that a ‘if isset’ statement would suffice? How would I assign a ID to the array of checkbox?

Answer 1

Use the row ID as the checkbox’s value, this is what will be submitted to the PHP side.

Echo "<br />" . "Delete: " . "<input name='delete[]' type='checkbox' value='" . $info['id'] . "' />" . "<br />" . "<br />";

Now, on the PHP side, you will receive the record ID’s to delete as an array in $_POST['delete'].

Also your checkboxes must be contained within a form for them to be submitted.