Send data to form using link - php

Question

I don't know to do the script, when click link, it will send data to form. What im trying to do is . When user click link data will appear at the form. below is my link. generated from database.
<div id="menu_bar" region="west" split="true" title="Pages listing" style="width:200px;padding:10px;">
<?php
$parent = mysql_query("select * from pages where parent = 0");
echo "<ul id='sitemap'>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($parent)){
$parent_id = $row['id'];
$parent_name = $row['name'];
echo "<li><a href='#' onclick='editPage()'>$parent_name ($parent_id)</a>";
echo "<ul>";
$child = mysql_query("select * from pages where parent = '$parent_id'");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($child)){
$child_id = $row['id'];
$child_name = $row['name'];
echo "<li><a href='list2.php?id=$child_id' onclick='editPage()'>$child_name ($child_id)</a></li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
echo "</li>";
echo "</ul>";
?>
</div>
And the form.
Basic Information
Name:
Parent:
Order:
Body:
Special:
Please help me, im still in programming field. im using PHP, JSON,JQUERY, EASY-UI.
Thanks

Answer 1

If you want to edit page detail in new page then no need to call onclick='editPage()' instead of that pass the page url in href.
<?php
$parent = mysql_query("select * from pages where parent = 0");
echo "<ul id='sitemap'>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($parent)){
$parent_id = $row['id'];
$parent_name = $row['name'];
echo "<li><a href='edit_page.php?id=".$row['id']."' >$parent_name ($parent_id)</a>";
echo "<ul>";
$child = mysql_query("select * from pages where parent = '$parent_id'");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($child)){
$child_id = $row['id'];
$child_name = $row['name'];
echo "<li><a href='edit_page.php?id=".$row['id']."' >$child_name ($child_id)</a></li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
echo "</li>";
echo "</ul>";
?>
edit page code should be like this
<?php
$id = $_REQUEST['id'];
//use ur table name here
//I am considering that ur table contain all the required information
$result = mysql_query("select * from table where id='".$id."'");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
?>
<form>
Name <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $row['name']; ?>" />
Parent <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $row['parent']; ?>" />
Order <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $row['order']; ?>" />
Body <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $row['body_text']; ?>" />
Special <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $row['special']; ?>" />
</form>
hope this will help you.