Getting two variables from one radio button? - php

Question

http://i.stack.imgur.com/Gy3o0.png
That is what the site looks like now. What I want to do is when you click on the approve registration on the table, it will extract the value of the id no and the name of that particular record. I thought i was on the right track. I knew how to get the id no. But it doesn't get the value of the name at the same time.
This is how the code looks like:
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($mayor))
{
$id = $row['identification_no'];
$name = $row['lastname'].", ".$row['firstname'];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><form method=post action=approvedmayor.php><input type='radio' name=id value='$id'></td>";
}
approvedmayor.php
$query = mysql_query("insert into tbcandidates VALUES ($id, '$name', 'mayor')");
if ($query)
{
echo "You appproved ";
echo $name;
}
else
echo "error";

Answer 1

you can try like this...
<?php
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($mayor))
{
$id = $row['identification_no'];
$name = $row['lastname'].", ".$row['firstname'];
echo "<tr><td><a href='approvedmayor.php?id=$id&name=$name'>Approve</a></td></tr>";
}
?>
in this type don't use the form, and Approve button... try this alone

Answer 2

Actually it is bad practice to insert that kind of data directly from POST data.
If you have all these candidates already stored in the database, you should run a SELECT query in your approvedmayor.php first, and if the candidate still exists, insert it's data to another table.
$query = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM `candidates` WHERE `id` = '.$id.' LIMIT 1');
if(mysql_num_rows($query)) {
$candidate = mysql_fetch_assoc($query);
$insertQuery = mysql_query("insert into tbcandidates VALUES ($candidate['id'], $candidate['name'], $candidate['mayor'])");
if ($insertQuery) {
echo "You appproved ";
echo $name;
} else echo "error";
} else echo 'This candidate is no longer available';

Answer 3

I understand your question,
But thats not the best way go ahead, Before we move let us understand some little elements functions
Radio Button : Its an input type element, that allows the user to choose only one [ 1 ] of option given list.
Check Boxes : Its an input type element, that allows the user to select n number of options or selections from give list.
Fore info - http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
Now comming to your question..
You need to modify your code to check boxes as below
<input type='checkbox' name=id[] value='$id'>
Notice : elements name is in Array mode.. ie whenever a user one or more than one, the values are stored in array.
Once the values are stored in array, call it / use if however you want.
For your mentioned code
echo "<form method=post action=approvedmayor.php>';
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($mayor))
{
$id = $row['identification_no'];
$name = $row['lastname'].", ".$row['firstname'];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><input type='radio' name=id[] value='$id'></td>";
}
echo "</form>";
approvedmayor.php
$temp_app_arr = $_POST['id'];
foreach ($temp_app_arr as $pos => $val) {
$query = mysql_query("insert into tbcandidates VALUES ('$val', '$name', 'mayor')");
if ($query) {
echo "You appproved ";
echo $name;
} else {
echo "error";
}
}
And i believe this should gonna be good code / algorithm for your project.