Approve Form submit - php

Question

I have trouble with creating an approval form as am still php beginner,
the idea is
user submit a form am setting a default value"0" in the approved row at the table..
so behind the scenes the admin shows all members from this table where approved="0"
and this is the code
<code>
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","ebarea_epic","...");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("ebarea_epic", $con);
$query = "select * from medicalrep where approved='0'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>User Name</th>
<th>Password</th>
<th>Mobile </th>
<th>Address</th>
<th>Faculty</th>
<th>Graduation Year</th>
<th>Region</th>
<th>Area</th>
<th>Line</th>
<th>Appointment Date</th>
<th>Resign Data</th>
<th>Job Title</th>
</tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['ID'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['username'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['password'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Mobile'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Address'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Faculty'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Graduation Year'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Region'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Line'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Area'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Appointment'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Resign'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_title'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);
?>
</code>
I just want to add checkbox for every table user and when checked thier status changed to 1 in approved column
thanks all

Answer 1

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","ebarea_epic","...");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("ebarea_epic", $con);
$query = "select * from medicalrep where approved='0'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$i = 1; //counter for the checkboxes so that each has a unique name
echo "<form action='process.php' method='post'>"; //form started here
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>User Name</th>
<th>Password</th>
<th>Mobile </th>
<th>Address</th>
<th>Faculty</th>
<th>Graduation Year</th>
<th>Region</th>
<th>Area</th>
<th>Line</th>
<th>Appointment Date</th>
<th>Resign Data</th>
<th>Job Title</th>
<th>Update</th>
</tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['ID'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['username'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['password'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Mobile'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Address'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Faculty'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Graduation Year'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Region'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Line'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Area'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Appointment'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Resign'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_title'] . "</td>";
echo "<td><input type='checkbox' name='check[$i]' value='".$row['ID']."'/>";
echo "</tr>";
$i++;
}
echo "</table>";
echo "<input type='submit' name='approve' value='approve'/>";
echo "</form>";
mysql_close($con);
Now comes process.php
if(isset($_POST['approve'])){
if(isset($_POST['check'])){
foreach ($_POST['check'] as $value){
$sql = "UPDATE post SET post_approved = 1 WHERE ID = $value"; //write this query according to your table schema
mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());
}
}
}
though you are using mysql_* functions here, i recommend you to use PDO
EDIT:
As per your request, this is the update.
Change this code in your admin panel script:
echo "<input type='submit' name='approve' value='approve'/>";
Delete the above line and add this instead:
echo "<input class='action' type='button' name='approve' value='approve' />";
echo "<input class='action' type='button' name='edit' value='edit' />";
echo "<input class='action' type='button' name='delete' value='delete' />";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='action' value='' id='action' />"; //Action (edit, approve or delete) will be set here which will be passed as POST variable on form submission
Now you will need some javascript to do some tricks.
Add the following code preferably head section in your admin panel script
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.action').click(function(){
var action = $(this).attr('name');
$('#action').val(action);
$(this).closest('form').submit();
})
})
</script>
Now comes the modification in process.php file
if (isset($_POST['approve'])) {
if (isset($_POST['check'])) {
foreach ($_POST['check'] as $value) {
$sql = "UPDATE post SET post_approved = 1 WHERE ID = $value"; //write this query according to your table schema
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
}
}
} elseif(isset($_POST['edit'])){
//do the edit things here
} elseif(isset($_POST['delete'])){
foreach ($_POST['check'] as $value){
$sql = "DELETE FROM post WHERE ID=$value";//modify it
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
}
}
NOTE
You may not want to mutiple checkbox for edit. You just need to tweak the javascript code above a little and it'l send the ID as a post variable on form submission from which you can retreive the details for one entry and then edit functions will come. I'l leave it to you. try it, post your trial code here and i'l give you a solution if it doesn't work.