crmamx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I was told that I could retreive a db record and the fields would display in a form, which I could subsequently change and then update the db. If I am going about it the right way I just can't get the data to display. The echo appears to show I am getting a record. form4_change_airplane.php <html> <head></head> <body> <?php // Connect to database===================================================== include("connect_db.php"); $table1='passwords'; $table2='airplanes'; $amano="940276"; $id="1"; // sending query =========================================================== $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table2 WHERE id='$id'") or die(mysql_error()); if (!$result) { die("Query to show fields from table failed"); } $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result); echo "$num_rows"; ?> <form action="display1_airplanes.php" method="post"> ID #: <input type="text" name="id" size="6"> AMA #: <input name="ama" type="text" size="6"><br> Model Name: <input name="model_name" type="text" size="30"><br> Model Mfg: <input name="model_mfg" type="text" size="30"><br> Wingspan: <input name="wingspan" type="text" size="6"><br> Engine: <input name="engine" type="text" size="30"><br> Decibels: <input name="decibels" type="text" size="6"><br> <input type="submit" value="Send"> </form> </body> </html> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226471-cant-get-retreived-data-to-display-in-form/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 the values won't magically appear in the form fields. you have to put them there. for example: ID #: <input type="text" name="id" size="6" value='<?php echo $id; ?>'> you might want to start with a tutorial. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=php+form+update+database&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226471-cant-get-retreived-data-to-display-in-form/#findComment-1168977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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