here's my code i doesnt delete anything from the database
<html>
<head>
<title>Select</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="select.php">
<table width="537" border="0">
<tr>
<th width="1" scope="row"> </th>
<td width="126"> </td>
<td width="300"> </td>
<td width="92"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"> </th>
<td>Enter Lastname: </td>
<td><label>
<input name="keyword" type="text" id="keyword" size="50">
</label></td>
<td><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" value="Search"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"> </th>
<td> </td>
<td><label></label></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<table border="1">
<div align="center"></div>
<tr>
<th>LastName</th>
<th>FirstName</th>
<th>MiddleName</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</body>
</html>
<?php
include('inc/function.php');
extract($_POST);
if(isset($submit)) {
//$keyword = strtolower($keyword);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM student_applicant_information WHERE ppd_lastname='$keyword'");
if(mysql_num_rows($result)){
while($rs = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$studID = $rs[0];
$lastname = $rs[2];
$firstname = $rs[3];
$midname = $rs[4];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>$lastname</td>";
echo "<td>$firstname</td>";
echo "<td>$midname</td>";
echo "<td><a href='select.php?a=delete&id=$studID'>Delete</a> <a href='select.php?a=edit&id$studID'>Edit</a></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
}
mysql_close($dbConn);
echo "</table>";
}
if($_GET['a'] == 'delete') {
$id = $_GET['id'];
$sql = "DELETE * FROM student_applicant_information WHERE stud_applicant_id=$id";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}
if($_GET['a'] == 'eidt') {
echo "hello world";
}
?>