PHP MySQL delete redirect to blank page - php

Question

I have a slight problem with my php script. I have a table that generates rows populated by a MySql statement.
At the last column I have a button for edit, and delete. My problem is when I hit delete, the query works successfully but it redirects me to a blank page!
The header location is correct but when I hit delete it stays on the current page, but it is just a plain white page.
<?php foreach($rows as $row): ?>
<tr>
<td>
<form action="" method="post"> <?php echo $row['id']; ?> </form>
</td>
<td>
<form action="" method="post"> <?php echo $row['roleid']; ?> </form>
</td>
<td>
<form action="" method="post">
<?php echo htmlentities($row['username'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>
</form>
</td>
<td>
<form action="" method="post">
<?php echo htmlentities($row['email'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>
</form>
</td>
<td>
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="Edit" type="submit" value="Edit" />
<input name="id" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $row['id']; ?>" />
</form>
</td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
And I can successfully set a session using:
if (isset($_POST['Edit'])) {
$_SESSION['id'] = $_POST['id'];
header("Location: edit_account.php");
}
But it seems I have ran into another problem:( I also want to add a delete button on each row to delete that user account. Right now this is how it looks:
<td> <form action="" method="post">
<input name="Delete" type="submit" value="Delete" />
<input name="id" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $row['id']; ?>" />
</form> </td>
And the php code used is:
if (isset($_POST['Delete'])) {
// Everything below this point in the file is secured by the login system
// We can retrieve a list of members from the database using a SELECT query.
// In this case we do not have a WHERE clause because we want to select all
// of the rows from the database table.
$query = "
DELETE
FROM user
WHERE
id = :id
";
// The parameter values
$query_params = array( ':id' => $_POST['id'] );
try {
// These two statements run the query against your database table.
$stmt = $db->prepare($query);
$result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
}
catch(PDOException $ex) {
// Note: On a production website, you should not output $ex->getMessage().
// It may provide an attacker with helpful information about your code.
die("Failed to run query: " . $ex->getMessage());
}
// Finally, we can retrieve all of the found rows into an array using fetchAll
$rows = $stmt->fetch();
// This redirects the user back to the members-only page after they register
header("Location: ../adminindex.php");
// Calling die or exit after performing a redirect using the header function
// is critical. The rest of your PHP script will continue to execute and
// will be sent to the user if you do not die or exit.
die("Redirecting to adminindex.php.php");
}
My problem is the redirection! When I click on the Delete button it actually runs the query but afterwards it just redirects to memberlist.php but the page is blank!?
Why would this be happening? Is there something I am missing?I have tried changing the header location with no success.
Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

die("Redirecting to adminindex.php.php"); ??
Why don't you use a switch?
like this:
switch($action){
case 'delete':
//your code here
break;
case 'edit':
//your code here
break;
}
and to do the delete button:
echo $row['username'] ."<img src=some fancy img>";