PHP: Confirm Box before deleting - php

Question

I want to add a button on my website, where a User can delete his Account. Unfortunately I don't know how to realize it...
my Code so far:
Javascript:
<script language = "JavaScript" >
function delete(id) {
if (confirm("Do your really want to delete your account?"))
{
header("refresh:1;url=intern.php?act=account");
}
else
{
}
}
</script>
my .html file:(there are no tags like html title head... it begins with ?php..)
<td></form><input type='submit' name='deleteuser' value='Delete Account' onClick='return delete()'/></form></td>
Also i have an if clause in the .html file:
if(isset($_POST['deleteuser'])) {
if(delete() == true){
delete_user;
}
else{
header("refresh:1;url=intern.php?act=account");
}
}
The Button is there and when I click on it, it asks me if I'm sure to delete my account, but afterwards I got an error: "Fatal Error:Call to undefined function delete() "
I have a stored procedure named: sp_deleteAccount. In my config.php I declared it as:
$SQL_delete_user = "CALL sp_deleteAccount('";
Now I don't know how to bind that stored procedure in the code so that the Account will be deleted after pressing "Yes I want to delete my Account".
Hope I didn't miss anything and someone can help me
JOP

Answer 1

In this portion you're calling a php redirect(i think?) in javascript without php open tag so that's not going to work. Instead you can use a javascript reditrect if the 'if' statement returns true(yes) then redirect to a url with a get variable of delete or something, see below.
edit -- you'll probably want the id as well so i made adjustments. PLus in the onclick in the form you'll need to pass the id, unless it's stored in a session variable or something, in which case you don't need to pass it into the url. your sql should end with "WHERE id=" then just tack the id onto the query. This is just a simple example to get you started, always be cautious of sql injection, but i'll leave preventing it up to you.
<script language = "JavaScript" >
function deleteUser(id) {
if (confirm("Do your really want to delete your account?"))
{
window.location.href= 'intern.php?delete=true&id='+id;
}
else
{
window.location.href = 'intern.php?act=account';
}
}
</script>
next in intern.php check for the get variable
if(isset($_GET['delete'])) {
$mysqli = new mysqli(connection variables here);
$mysqli->query($SQL_delete_user.(int)$_GET['id']);
}
give that a try, rearrange the code as you like but that should get it done.
as for the error, you can't use the keyword delete for a function name. One last thing, for this to work make the input type "button"

Answer 2

I am not sure there might be a way to achieve it using the approach you are trying , but I am not aware of it. For this I would typically use an ajax call to an url, on the click event of the OK button in the jquery-ui Dialog. And then process the logic and on success create another dialog for confirmation.

Answer 3

I searched and struggled with this issue until I did a little lateral thinking.
I used JavaScript to show a hidden div containing the Yes/No options.
Then an onClick around the Yes option which loaded the php script into a hidden iFrame.
The onClick around the No option simply hid the div and did nothing else.
A bonus is being able to style the div any way I wanted, show and hide it with an effect and place it exactly where it looked best.