Get PHP row index after displaying data on an html page - php

Question

I am getting data from a mysql DB using PHP and then displaying it inside a DIV on a web page.
the data Im fetching is a list of task and I want the users to be able to delete a task once completed.
Image here:
http://www.picpaste.com/Tasks-esmvwRPX.jpg
(apparently I need 10 reputation points before I can embed a picture in my post!)
This is my PHP code used to display the date:
<section class="tasks">
<div id="all-tasks">
<fieldset class="tasks-list">
<?php
$strSQL = "SELECT Tasks.bolComplete, Tasks.strTask, Tasks.datDueDate FROM Tasks WHERE Tasks.idPeople ='" . $_SESSION['UserID'] . "' AND Tasks.bolComplete ='0' ORDER BY Tasks.datDueDate";
$rs = mysql_query($strSQL);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($rs)) {
echo '<label class="tasks-list-item left">';
if ($row['bolComplete'] == 1) {
echo '<input type="checkbox" name="task_1" value="' . $row['bolComplete'] . '" class="tasks-list-cb" checked>';
}
else {
echo '<input type="checkbox" name="task_1" value="' . $row['bolComplete'] . '" class="tasks-list-cb" unchecked>';
}
echo '<span class="tasks-list-mark"></span>';
echo '<span class="tasks-list-desc">' . $row['strTask'] . '</span>';
// Convert Date format
$originalDate = $row['datDueDate'];
$newDate = date("d-m-y", strtotime($originalDate));
echo '<span class="tasks-list-date">' . $newDate . '</span>';
echo '</label>';
$i++;
}
?>
</fieldset>
</div>
</section>
How can I capture the index of the row displayed so I can do my delete query against the task that is selected?
I have a primary key on idTask (not displayed in the task list) which I need to capture for my delete statement.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
M.

Answer 1

you can assign you idTask to your lable i.e.
<label id="idTaskXXX" class="tasks-list-item left">
...
<lable>
then where ever your code is which is checking for what row is clicked read the id field and use that for deletion
here is an example of how to get id from element: click here
<label id="task1" value="Change" onclick="get_id(this.id)">
Task1
</label>
<label id="task2" value="Change" onclick="get_id(this.id)">
Task2
</label>
javascript to get id:
function get_id(id){
alert('My Id is ' + id);
}