Getting data to display in a form - php

Question

I'm trying to use HTML, PHP and MYSQL to pull data from a database and display it in a form (to later be edited). At this point I'm only trying to pull that data and display it in a form. (I'll worry about updating later). I pull the data but nothing displays in my textboxes:
<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("XXXXX"); //removed for privacy
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
$query="select * from VOLUNTEER";
echo '$query';
$result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
echo "<table>";
if ($result)
{
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC))
{
echo '<form method = "post" action="insertvolunteer.php">';
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>First Name:</td>';
echo '<td>' . '<input type=text name=FirstName' . $row["FirstName"] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . '<input type=hidden name=VolunteerId' . $row["VolunteerId"] . '</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
}
echo "</form>";
echo "</table>";
mysqli_close($con);
?>

Answer 1

Text box data needs to be displayed on value as
echo '<td><input type="text" name="FirstName" value="'.$row["FirstName"].'"></td>';

Answer 2

connect.php
<?php
$server = "server";
$user = "user";
$password = "password";
$bd = "yourbd";
$connect = mysql_connect($server, $user, $password);
$connect = mysql_select_db("$bd", $connect);
if (!$connect){
echo mysql_error(); exit;
}
?>
namefile.php
<?php
include('connect.php');
$select = mysql_query("select * from VOLUNTEER");
while ($show = mysql_fetch_assoc($select)):
echo "<table>";
echo "<form method = 'post' action='insertvolunteer.php'>";
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>First Name:</td>';
echo '<td><input type="text" name="FirstName" value="'.$show["FirstName"].'"></td>';
echo '<td><input type="text" name="FirstName" value="'.$show["VolunteerId"].'"></td>';
echo '</tr>';
echo "</form";
echo "</table>";
endwhile;
?>
When you create an MySQL query, you need to declare this. How?
$var = "SELECT * FROM SOMEWHERE"; wrong
$var = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM SOMEWHERE"); right
'n in echo '<td>' . '<input type=text name=FirstName' . $row["FirstName"] . '</td>';, you need to close the tag. And also have no need of separate <td> of <input>.
Try something like :)
#update I realized that you've got what was wished. Cheers.