How to retrieve information from database and display in table? - php

Question

This is my php code.
<?php
session_start();
foreach($_POST AS $key => $val) {
$_SESSION[$key]=$val;
}
mysql_connect('localhost', 'bikec_user', '4348#TxState');
mysql_select_db('bikecats_database');
$cnetid=$_POST['cnetid'];
$cpassword=$_POST['cpassword'];
$cnetid = stripslashes($cnetid);
$cpassword = stripslashes($cpassword);
$cnetid = mysql_real_escape_string($cnetid);
$cpassword = mysql_real_escape_string($cpassword);
$sql="SELECT RentalID, BikeID, RentalStartDate, RentalEndDate
FROM rental
WHERE CustTxStateNetID = '$cnetid'";
$result=mysql_query($sql) OR die(mysql_error());
$row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$rentalid=$row['RentalID'];
$bikeid=$row['BikeID'];
?>
This is the html code. It should be displayihg the query that's been retrieved from the database but for some reason when I run it the table comes up blank. I know I'm only echoing two variables but even those come up empty.
<div class="span9">
<h2>My Account</h2>
<p><strong>My Rentals</strong></p>
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rental ID</th>
<th>Bike ID
<th>Check-Out Date</th>
<th>Return Date</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $rentalid ?></td>
<td><?php echo $bikeid ?></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><br>
</div><!-- end span -->

Answer 1

Try this:
---------------------------EDITED-----------------------------------------
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['cnetid'])){
mysql_connect('localhost', 'bikec_user', '4348#TxState');
mysql_select_db('bikecats_database');
$cnetid = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['cnetid']);
$cpassword = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['cpassword']);
$table = "<table class='table table-striped' >
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rental ID</th>
<th>Bike ID
<th>Check-Out Date</th>
<th>Return Date</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
";
$sql="SELECT RentalID, BikeID, RentalStartDate, RentalEndDate
FROM rental
WHERE CustTxStateNetID = '$cnetid'";
$body = "";
$result=mysql_query($sql) OR die(mysql_error());
while ($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$body = $body." <tr><td>".$row['RentalID']."</td>
<td>".$row['BikeID']."</td>
<td>".$row['RentalStartDate']."</td>
<td>".$row['RentalEndDate']."</td></tr> ";
}
$table = $table.$body."
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>" ;
}
else
{
$table = "No data..";
}
?>
<div class="span9">
<h2>My Account</h2>
<p><strong>My Rentals</strong></p>
<?php echo $table; ?>
<br>
</div>
PS: Error found, corrected, and code tested xD
Saludos ;)