PHP Pulling a specific name from a dynamically created table - php

Question

So I am at my wits end. Out of the more complex issues, this is the one that has just stumped me. I'm not sure if it's a HTML issue or a PHP issue, anymore. I've tried everything I could think up, and just nothing.
Ok so I need to pull a specific name out of a dynamically created table, the Weapon’s Name to be exact.
So User clicks the button “Delete weapon” and that weapon would be deleted. The query is fine; my issue is getting this name. If there was just one weapon and this wasn’t dynamic I would just go for the specific field name. That’s PHP 101.
This is the loop it's being pulled from:
while ( $weapons = mysql_fetch_array($data)) {
echo '
<table width="780" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">weapon</td>
<td>AttackBonus</td>
<td>crit</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="text" name="weaponName'.$i.'" id="weaponName'.$i.'" size="10" value="'.$weapons["weaponsName"].'" />
<input type="hidden" name="weaponName" value="'.$weapons["weaponsName"].'"/>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="attackBonus'.$i.'" id="attackBonus'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsAttackBonus"].' />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="crit'.$i.'" id="crit'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsCritical"].' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>range</td>
<td>ammunition</td>
<td>damage</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" name="type'.$i.'" id="type'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsType"].' />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="range'.$i.'" id="range'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsRange"].' />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="ammunition'.$i.'" id="ammunition'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsAmmunition"].' />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="damage'.$i.'" id="damage'.$i.'" size="10" value='.$weapons["weaponsDamaage"].' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<input type="submit" formaction="include/deleteweapon.php" formmethod="post" value="Delete Weapon"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
';
$i++;}
It’s probably something small, that’s how it’s always been my issue. I’ve tried a few different while loops. I’ve tried if statements with issets($_post[“weaponName0”], etc. I just don’t know.
Edit:
So I'm not very good with explaining what I need. The loop to display the information is fine, and yes the button needs to be there.
(I don't have enough rep to up load an image so here is the link)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8468562067_0cd4158e35_b.jpg
This is what it looks like. I can not get the value of the weapon name. The output is fine here, it's when I need to delete that specific weapon, that I'm having issue with. I need that name. This is why I'm not sure if it's the HTML or the PHP. The button has to be iterated or whats the point? The mySQL is fine, that was the easy part.
I have an idea of what I can do, but in my opinion it's bad design and I think I would just have the same problem. I could add a check box for these fields to delete, and it'll be deleted after you try to save the character.

Answer 1

I'm not 100% sure I understand your problem, I believe in your HTML, you should do something like:
<input type="hidden" name="weaponName[<?php print $i; ?>]" value="The Name" />
In your PHP, you should be able to access the name given an index:
$index = 1; // Some arbitrary index
$weapon_name = $_POST['weaponName'][$index];
Alternatively, and what I would do: In your form's action, specify an id:
<form action="delete.php?id=<?php print $weaponId; ?>" action="post">
Then in your PHP, you can do:
$id = $_GET['id']; // This is the weapon ID
Then you can just pull the name directly from the database, using the ID.

Answer 2

It looks like you have a single delete button for each iteration of the loop. You should be able to set the name for deletion just as you set it as a label.
<input type=hidden name=weaponsName value=".$weapons['weaponsName'].">
<input type=submit ...>
$weaponsName = $_POST['weaponsName'];

Answer 3

You are using mysql_fetch_array instead of mysql_fetch_assoc, so you should use the field index, like this:
$weapons["weaponsName"] // This is wrong
$weapons[0] // This is the right approach
PS: You should not use the mysql extension....go for the mysqli or PDO ;)
Saludos.