Using a button instead of a href

[captain_scarlet87]

Hi,

 

I just need help making the 'Edit' link in the following code a button.

 

if(isset($_POST['topic'])){ // anything posted????

    require_once ('../mysql_connect.php'); // Connect to the database.

    $dState = $_POST["topic"];

    $sqlQuery = "SELECT title, instructions_id FROM uploaded_instructions WHERE topic=\"$dState\"";
    $result = mysql_query($sqlQuery);
              while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
                echo ("<p><tr><td>• <a href=view_instructions.php?instructions_id=$row[instructions_id]> $row[title] </a></td>");
			echo ("<td> | <a href=edit_form_instructions.php?id=$row[instructions_id]> Edit <a/></td></tr></p>");}

} // end anything posted???

 

I've tried:

 

echo ("<td><form action="edit_form_instructions.php?id=$row[instructions_id"><input type="Submit" value="Edit"></form></td></tr></p>");}

 

but this error appears:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\wamp\www\html\filter(admin).php  on line 47

 

Help me please! Thanks.

[DJTim666]

<td><input type='button' onClick=\"window.location='edit_form_instructions.php?id={$row['instructions_id']}';\" value='Submit' /></td></tr></p>

[DavidAM]

That solution (by DJTim666) requires that your users have JavaScript enabled and will not do anything if it is not. 

 

Your original solution that produced an error should work if you fix the quotes.  Your entire ECHO string is inside double quotes, so you can't have double quotes inside it unless you escape them. Change them to single quotes INSIDE the string and it should work.