Question

I have this codes so far:
This form is generated during a query loop

 while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['name'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['age'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['breed'] . "</td>";
  if($row['neuteredOspayed']=="1"){
  echo "<td>" . "neutered" . "</td>";
  }else
  echo "<td>" . "spayed". "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['priceFee'] . "</td>";
  if($row['housebroken']=="1"){
  echo "<td>" . "yes" . "</td>";
  }else
  echo "<td>" . "no". "</td>";
  if($row['goodwithdogs']=="1"){
  echo "<td>" . "yes" . "</td>";
  }else
  echo "<td>" . "no". "</td>";
  if($row['goodwithcats']=="1"){
  echo "<td>" . "yes" . "</td>";
  }else
  echo "<td>" . "no". "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['status'] . "</td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  }
echo "</table>";

Now, is there a way to put a link saying “delete” next to every result? For example next to the status field?
Here is what it’s looking like:

To get this deleted I guess that I need to spot the record somehow. What I need is to take the name of the animal. For example, how can I get the value “Sparky” from the table and assign it to a variable? If I have the name I would be able to make the checks and run a query witch will delete the record.

Answer 1

You have to submit the form and do this action….

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Delete" />

After submit the form will redirected to some page. In that page you got all the posted values. In that you can delete the record by using the record id otherwise you use the name for appropriate record.

$query = "DELETE FROM table_name WHERE name='$_POST['name']'";

                         (or)

$query = "DELETE FROM table_name WHERE id='$_POST['id']'";

After this execution you have to redirect the URL to that page.

                          (or)

<a href="delete.php?id='.$row['id'].'">Delete</a>

In this file you have to written like this…

$id = $_REQUEST['id'];
$query = "DELETE FROM table_name WHERE id='$id'";