Clandestinex337

Tank you for your help, I solved the problem

Ok, I was able to retrieve the id variable in the href. Now to get the switch to work, how I currently have it setup you have to go to posts.php?action=delete but my link to delete is going to posts.php?action=delete&id=$id so I am not to sure how to get it to ignore the &id=$id and just if its at action=delete it will run the switch.

thanks, Ill start fiddling with it.

Thank you for the reply, and yes it does make sense.. But for some reason I can't think of a way to link the id between all the pages. I know how to retrieve the id. In the find_posts function I retrieve the id parameter and echo it out, I just don't know how to link it to the delete function to make it work properly. Thanks again.

Not sure how to go about making it so that I can delete and edit a post.. So I am stumped on how to make it to delete and edit post. The key factor for getting the information is the id field. And I am able to get it and display it, but how can I get it to work between all my functions? This is what I have so far. <?php include 'test.php'; function connection() { $connection = @mysql_connect('localhost','root','') or die('could not connect to mysql'); $select_db = @mysql_select_db('tutorials') or die('could not connect to database'); } function delete_post($id) { connection(); $query = "DELETE FROM `posts` WHERE `id` = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query); } function find_posts() { connection(); $query = 'SELECT `posts`.`title`, `posts`.`body`, `posts`.`id`, `users`.`username` FROM `posts`, `users` WHERE `posts`.`user_id` = `users`.`id`'; $result = mysql_query($query); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $id = $row['id']; echo '<b>' . $row['title'] . '</b>' .'<a href=/practice/model/posts.php?action=delete>[delete]</a> <a href=/practice/model/posts.php?action=edit>[edit]</a>' . '<br/>'; echo $row['body'] . '<br/>'; echo $row['username'] . '<p>'; } } function find_post($id) { connection(); $query = "SELECT `posts`.`title`, `posts`.`body`, `posts`.`id`, `users`.`username` FROM `posts`, `users` WHERE `posts`.`user_id` = `users`.`id` AND `posts`.`id` = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); echo '<b>' . $row['title'] . '</b>' . '<br/>'; echo $row['body'] . '<br/>'; echo $row['username'] . '<p>'; } function create_post() { connection(); $title = $_POST['title']; $body = $_POST['body']; $query = "INSERT INTO `posts` SET `title` = '$title', `body` = '$body', `created_at` = NOW(), `user_id` = 53"; $result = mysql_query($query); if(!$result) { echo mysql_error(); } } delete_post(7); find_posts(); ?> <?php $action = $_GET['action']; switch ($action) { case 'create': echo 'created' . '<br/>'; create_post(); break; case 'delete': echo 'deleted' . '<br/>'; delete_post($id); break; } ?> <form action="/practice/model/posts.php?action=create" method="POST"> <input type="text" col="40" name="title" /><br/> <textarea cols="30" rows="5" name="body"> </textarea><br/> <input type="submit" name="submit" /> </form> So yea, I am not sure how to get the 'id' parameters linked between everything that needs it. Sorry for the vague description, but its kind of hard to put it into words. If you need a more detailed description please let me know and I will try to. Pretty much want to be able to delete and edit my posts. Thank you!

the meta works beautifully, thanks a lot for your help btherl!

Thanks that worked! Instead of making a new post, I have a quick question. When I have my code delete one of the post, it redirects to the delete.php file which runs the query to delete the post, but I had to make a link that you click and it goes to the index.php file. Is there a way that when it goes to the delete.php file it redirects to the index.php file automatically? I thought I saw something like this before, I think it was called header? Thanks a lot.

I made theses changes, but it updates the query with empty values.

I would, but if I change the variables in the form, wont that conflict with the first if statement and not show the items I want edited in the form? Sorry for my ignorance, but I do not understand what you are trying to point at. Thanks

Hello, I am trying to pick up php again and just exercising my skills. So I have it so that it fills my form with the values of what I want to edit, and when I click the edit button, it doesn't edit any of the information. When I echo out $result, I get a MYSQL query string that has the same values as the table, so its not getting the new values that are edited. <?php @mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '') or die("Could not connect to Mysql Server. " . mysql_error()); @mysql_select_db('tutorials') or die("Could not connect to Database. " . mysql_error()); if(isset($_GET['edit'])) { $id = $_GET['edit']; $query = "SELECT `username`, `password` FROM `users` WHERE `id` = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $name = $row['username']; $password = $row['password']; } if(isset($_POST['edit'])) { $id = $_GET['edit']; $query = "UPDATE `users` SET `username` = '$name', `password` = '$password' WHERE `id` = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query); echo $query; if(!$result) { echo mysql_error(); }else{ echo 'updated post'; } } ?> <form method="POST" action="" > <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name; ?>" /> First name <br /> <input type="text" name="password" value="<?php echo $password; ?>" /> Last name <br /> <input type="submit" name="edit" value="edit" /> </form> I believe it has something to do with the values of $name and $password in the form conflicting with the first if isset and the second if isset. Thanks for any help possible