form shortcut

[jonborbon]

Dear all,

I have a display of records from a table, alongside each record is an image for deleting, updating, etc. in a page named DISPLAY.Php.

What I want to dos is instead of displaying a form to delete a record specified by the delname textbox (as shown below)

<form action="process.php" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="delname">
        :  other entries
  <input type="hidden" name="fdeluser" value="1">
  <input type="submit" value "Delete this user">
</form>

I would just assign use the image for deleting the record duplicating the form function above using these:

 
<a href="process.php?action=fdeluser&amp;deluser=' . $uname .'"><image source></a>

Problem is, process.php does not delete the record specified by $uname. Any help is highly appreciated.

[ronverdonk]

If we assume that the statement you showed
[HTML]<a href="process.p hp?action=fdelu ser&amp;deluser =' . $uname .'"><image source></a>[/HTML]
is actually what is coded, i.e. in html without using php to echo, then you must let the $uname be echoed by php as in:
[HTML]<a href="process.p hp?action=fdelu ser&amp;deluser =<?php echo $uname ?>"><image source></a>[/HTML]
If it has to be coded using php (i.e. using echo), then this statement should be
[PHP]echo '<a href="process.p hp?action=fdelu ser&amp;deluser =' . $uname .'"><image source></a>';[/PHP]

Ronald :cool:

[jonborbon]

Ronald,

Thanks for the post. I've tried what you've suggested. Unfortunately, when I try to catch the arguments passed using isset($_GET[]) in a different form, it returns 1 for all the arguments.

The problem I have could be easily remedied if it is in the form. Is there a way to pass values to other php page without using a form?

[ronverdonk]

There must have been some typing error or what. The following code snippets show what I meant.
A.PHP shows the link to B.PHP.
B.PHP show what is inside the $_GET array when loaded. Run them and see.
[PHP]
A.PHP
------
<?php
$uname = "Johnny";
?>
<a href='b.php?act ion=fdeluser&de luser=<?php echo $uname ?>'><image source></a>

B.PHP
-----
<?php
echo '<pre>'; print_r($_GET);
if (isset($_GET['action']))
echo "action=".$ _GET['action'];
else
echo 'no action parameter in GET string';
if (isset($_GET['deluser']))
echo "deluser=".$_GE T['deluser'];
else
echo 'no deluser parameter in GET string';
?>
[/PHP]

Ronald :cool: