PHP - Dynamically changing the URL, Error ID Not found - php

New to php and decided to build a little template to display some fake content from a database. The goal is:
loop through the DB, print the items,
wrap them each in a link to the same page (in this case, details.php)
use a GET (details.php?id) to put the id column of the DB.
I've got the printing/looping happening, and the linking but I'm running into a strange problem. When I try to echo out the ID, I get the following error: "Notice Undefined index: id in /opt/lampp/htdocs/arrayTest/index.php on line...". When I use another any other column from the DB, it echos properly. What am I missing?
Query:
$sql = 'SELECT firstName FROM userNames';
$query = $dbh->query($sql);
PHP Page:
<h1>Names of People</h1>
<?php
if($query->rowCount() > 0) {
echo 'Found some shit';
foreach($query as $row) { ?>
<p><?php echo $row['firstName']; ?></p>
<?php } } ?>
DB Screen shot attached

Use this:
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM userNames';
You don't have the id because you are only selecting the firstName

You need to use id in your query modify your query as
$sql = 'SELECT id,firstName FROM userNames';

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