Use output from MySQL to extract additional info - php

Question

How can I use the output of a MySQL query as to extract extra info from the database about that output?
For example, if my query generates a list of names and there is extra info about each name existing in the database, when I click on the name on the output page, the system will extract the relevant info from the database and show it on another page.
EDIT: Here's the code:
<?php
// you can delete mysql-assoc
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($rs, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
?>
<tr align="center">
<td width="5%">
<a href="// I don't know what do put here " >
<?php print("{$row["pid"]}");?>
</a>
</td>
<td><?php print("{$row["place"]}");?></td>
<td><?php print("{$row["date"]}");?></td>
<td><?php print("{$row["ppp"]}");?></td>
<td><input type="button" value="Book"></td>
</tr> <?php } ?>

Answer 1

Set each row of the first output results equal to a variable, and then have an if statement in php that looks for strings in those variables, and then (upon some sort of a page refresh button since php is server-side code) displays the additional content.

Answer 2

Great; here's what you're missing:
<a href="<?php // I don't know what to put here ?>" >
Should be:
<a href="<?php echo 'database.php?action=viewrecord({$row["pid"]})'?>" >
From there, you should be able to extract the relevant info using the pid of the user.
On a side note, unless you're really worried about spacing, you should just dump out the relevant HTML; doing so will save you the task of repeatedly typing <?php ?> every time you want to dump out a variable.
<?php
// you can delete mysql-assoc
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($rs, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
echo "<tr align='center'>";
echo "<td width='5%'>";
echo "<a href='database.php?action=viewrecord({$row['pid']})'>";
echo "{$row['pid']}";
echo "</a>";
echo "</td>";
echo "<td>{$row['place']}</td>";
echo "<td>{$row['date']}</td>";
echo "<td>{$row['ppp']}</td>";
echo "<td><input type='button' value='Book'></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>

Answer 3

Thanks for the help but this doesn't work :( I'm beginner in php when I press the record the url looks like localhost/ass/database.php?action=viewrecord%28{$row[
This isnt a direct answer to your question perse but since youre new to php im goign to through it out there. The syntax you uisng makes unicorns cry. It give me a headache jsut tryign to decipher it. Heres the same code in an alternative way:
<?php while($row = mysql_fetch_array($rs, MYSQL_ASSOC)): ?>
<tr align="center">
<td><?php printf('%s', url_encode('viewrecord('.$row['pid'].')'), $row['pid']); ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['place']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['date']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['ppp']; ?></td>
<td><input type="button" value="Book"></td>
</tr>
<?php endwhile; ?>
However this database.php?action=viewrecord() worries me. I hope youre not using eval to execute a function passed by URL. Typically this would look something more like: database.php?action=viewrecord&id=2. You would verify that the action parameter is valid, and then invoke a function tied to that parameter which may or may not be the actual function name, and you would pass in the id parameter.
Eaxample database.php:
$action = isset($_POST['action']) ? $_POST['action'] : 'index';
switch($action) {
case 'viewrecord':
if(isset($_POST['id']) {
viewrecord((integer) $_POST['id']);
}
break;
// a whole bunch of other cases here for other actions
default:
// the default thing to do if an action is in valid
}
// the rest of your processing