Newbie Question

[JREAM]

I have a question!

 

If I have a link:

<a href='delete-user.php?id=$id'>Delete</a>

 

And instead I set it to

<a href='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?id=$id'>Delete</a>

 

Ok so far!

 

Then I place the code that was in delete-user.php into the index.php.

 

I know how to check if a form was submitted, I just use the name of a form field..

 

So would I do something like this?

<a name="delete" href='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?id=$id'>Delete</a>

 

Would that suffice for passing a delete variable through the page so I could do:

 

if (isset($_POST['delete'])) { // etc.. }

[Psycho]

No, an anchor tag only "loads" the url into the browser. The URL, and only the URL, are passed. But, when passing parameters through a URL you can reference them using the $_GET global variable. Also, your code is wrong, the $id needs to be within PHP tags as well:

 

<a name="delete" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?id=<?php echo $id; ?>">Delete</a>

 

if (isset($_GET['id'])) { // etc.. }

[JREAM]

Oh bummer. I will use a separate page so its not so cluttered i guess.

Thank you for a fast reply

[Lodius2000]

you could just put another variable in the url

 

<a name="delete" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?id=<?php echo $id; ?>&param=delete">Delete</a>

 

then in your page

<?php
if ($_GET['param'] == 'delete'){
//run delete code
}
?>

 

also use htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); in your urls... helps to prevent xss