MySql Delete Comment

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

ok so i have working code that will display message/subject from a database. here it is:

[code]<?php
include('config.php');

$db = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$query  = "SELECT csubject, cmessage FROM deltest1";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed ##1');

$htmlsubbefore="(html table code...etc)";
$htmlsubafter="(html table code...etc)";
$htmlbodbefore="(html table code...etc)";

echo "<table>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    $Subject    = $row[0];
    $Message = $row[1];

    echo $htmlsubbefore . $row[0] . $htmlsubafter.
        $htmlbodbefore . $row[1] . $htmlbodafter . "</table>";
}
  $htmlbodafter="</td>/tr></table>";
?>[/code]

now what that does is keep displaying messages/subjects in the databases until their is no more. screenshot:
[img]http://csscobalt.com/uploads/table_php_help_v01.jpg[/img]

and now what i want to add is an image and when you click on that image it will delete that (and only that) comment.
and if i add: [code]echo "<img src=\"http://image.fpsbanana.com/ico/del.gif\"></a>";[/code] right below this:
[code]  echo $htmlsubbefore . $row[0] . $htmlsubafter.
        $htmlbodbefore . $row[1] . $htmlbodafter . "</table>";[/code]

then the image will appear under every comment. screenshot:
[img]http://csscobalt.com/uploads/table_php_help_v02.jpg[/img]
(the trash can is the image)

now i found some code that will delete the database (was used for image galary)
[code]        $sql = "DELETE FROM deltest1
                WHERE img_id = {$_GET['imgId']} AND im_album_id = {$_GET['album']}";
        mysql_query($sql) or die('Delete album failed. ' . mysql_error());    [/code]
but i can't get it to work and i need help. please help?

[Jocka]

just a guess.. is im_album_id supposed to be img_album_id ?

And was the image coming below the message a problem? if so just throw the link BEFORE the </table> in the echo statement before.

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

[quote author=Jocka link=topic=116750.msg475855#msg475855 date=1164833204]
1) just a guess.. is im_album_id supposed to be img_album_id ?
2) And was the image coming below the message a problem? if so just throw the link BEFORE the </table> in the echo statement before.
[/quote]
1) sure
2) no, i WANT that trashcan image to be their. lol that is what you are going to have to click to get that post deleted

[Jocka]

Ok. Did the img_album_id fix it? or still nothing.

$sql = "DELETE FROM deltest1 WHERE img_id='".$_GET['imgId']."' AND img_album_id='".$_GET['album']."'";

change the $sql string to this.. that might get it done 2

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

no, you dont understand.
that code was literally copied exactly from an image galery code.

i mean i was just using that as an example, i am trying to figure out the logic of this

like i mean is that code correct? would that code actually work?

also my main delema is where do i put that code and how do i get the pressing of the image to trigger it!

[Jocka]

OOOOHHHHHHHHH gotcha

Ok this:
echo "<img src=\"http://image.fpsbanana.com/ico/del.gif\"></a>";

to this:
echo "<a href='yourpagename.php?act=del&id=" . $MESSAGE_ID . "' title='Delete'><img src=\"http://image.fpsbanana.com/ico/del.gif\"></a>";

now on that page (can be anywhere on the page above the output of the messages):
if(isset($_GET['act']) && $_GET['act'] == 'del'){
// Do your checks to make sure this is THIS users message
$sql = "DELETE FROM table WHERE id='" . $_GET['id'];
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); // gives errors
}

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

ok awesome, i'l try it in a sec, but 1 question:

on your code here:
if(isset($_GET['act']) && $_GET['act'] == 'del'){
when you say GET['[b][u]act[/u][/b]'], is it going to be "Act" for all times i do this? or is it the name of something?

and here:
== 'del'
where are you getting 'del' from?
because you titled your image:
title='Delete'
so did you mean:
== 'Delete'
??
(im just trying to understand what u did)

[Jocka]

it doesn't have to be act, it's whatever you set it to be. It can be ANYTHING. Think of it like this:
$page?[b]key=value[/b]

key is "act" and value is what act is supposed to do. You can make it anything u desire

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

oh i see, act came from the ...?act=... thing. ok. but what about:

== 'del'
where are you getting 'del' from?
because you titled your image:
title='Delete'
so did you mean:
== 'Delete'
??

also where in my current code do i put this code? in my loop or outside?
[code]if(isset($_GET['act']) && $_GET['act'] == 'del'){
// Do your checks to make sure this is THIS users message
$sql = "DELETE FROM table WHERE id='" . $_GET['id'];
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); // gives errors
}[/code]

[Jocka]

yourpagename.php?act=[b]del[/b]&id=" . $MESSAGE_ID . "

del is the value part. To add more keys and values after the first initial one you have to follow with &. such as ?act=del[b][i]&[/i]id=" . $MESSAGE_ID . "[/b]

[Jocka]

do it before you begin the loop to delete the message prior to pulling the messages from the database

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

ok cool but i dont see how it gets the comment ID.
i mean how does it know, unless its in the loop, which comment its deleteing?

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

update:
if i use your code:
[code] $sql = "DELETE FROM deltest WHERE id='" . $_GET['id'];[/code]
i get this:
[quote]You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''' at line 1[/quote]
so:
if i replace it with:
[code]  $sql = "DELETE FROM deltest1 WHERE id=" . $_GET['id'];[/code]
i get:
[quote]Query was empty[/quote]

and if i replace it with this:
[code]  $sql = "DELETE FROM deltest1 WHERE id='" . $_GET['id'] . "'";[/code]
i get:
[quote]Unknown column 'id' in 'where clause'[/quote]

little help?

i mean where is it even getting:
$_GET['id'] !??

[JustinMs66@hotmail.com]

someone PLEASE help!???

for reference, here is the EXACT code i'm using:

[code]<?php
$db = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$query  = "SELECT csubject, cmessage FROM deltest1";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed ##1');
$htmlsubbefore="(html table code...etc)";
$htmlsubafter="(html table code...etc)";
$htmlbodbefore="(html table code...etc)";

//deltion check
if(isset($_GET['act']) && $_GET['act'] == 'del'){
// Do your checks to make sure this is THIS users message
$sql_delete = "DELETE FROM deltest1 WHERE id=$id";
//  $sql_delete = "DELETE FROM deltest1 WHERE id='" . $_GET['id'] . "'";
mysql_query($sql_delete) or die(mysql_error()); // gives errors
}

echo "<table>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    $Subject    = $row[0];
    $Message = $row[1];

    echo $htmlsubbefore . $row[0] . $htmlsubafter.
        $htmlbodbefore . $row[1] . $htmlbodafter . "</table>";

echo "<a href='delete3.php?act=del&id=" . $MESSAGE_ID . "' title='Delete'><img src=\"http://image.fpsbanana.com/ico/del.gif\"></a>";
echo $id_loop1;
// $MESSAGE_ID  $_GET['id']
}
  $htmlbodafter="</td>/tr></table>";
?>[/code]