hyperlink on every row of mysql data - php

Question

<?php
require 'database.php';
$query = "SELECT id, date, ponumber FROM so";
$result = $mysqli->query($query) or die(mysqli_error($mysqli));
if ($result) {
echo "<form method='post' action='delete.php'>";
echo "<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='15' border='1'>
<th >DELETE</th>
<th >VIEW</th>
<th >ID</th>
<th >DATE</th>
<th >PO NUMBER</th>";
while ($row = $result->fetch_object()) {
$date = $row->date ;
$ponumber = $row->ponumber;
$id = $row->id;
//put each record into a new table row with a checkbox
echo "<tr>
<td>
<input type='checkbox' name='checkbox[]' id='checkbox[]' value=$id />
</td>
<td>
$id
</td>
<td>
view
</td>
<td>
$date
</td>
<td>
$ponumber
</td>
</tr>";
}
echo "</table><p><input id='delete' type='submit' class='button' name='delete'
value='Delete Selected Items'/></p></form>";}
?>
i have a sort of an online order form which enable the sales rep to input sales order,
i have done the insert and delete using the code above now i want every row to be a hyperlink so that when they click view it will display only row that has been clicked, in my code above if you click :view" all the detail will display, how can i display only the row that i will click will display the detail of the record!

Answer 1

you need to pass the id in the url and you need to read it if it's there.
e.g.
<?php
require 'database.php';
$query = "SELECT id, date, ponumber FROM so";
/* Edit 1 */
if (!empty($_GET['id'])) {
$query .= " WHERE id = " . mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);
}
/* Edit 1 end */
$result = $mysqli->query($query) or die(mysqli_error($mysqli));
if($result) {
echo "<form method='post' action='delete.php'>";
echo "<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='15' border='1'>
<th >DELETE</th><th >VIEW</th><th >ID</th><th >DATE</th><th >PO NUMBER</th>";
while ($row = $result->fetch_object()) {
$date = $row->date ;
$ponumber = $row->ponumber;
$id = $row->id;
//put each record into a new table row with a checkbox
echo "<tr>
<td><input type='checkbox' name='checkbox[]' id='checkbox[]' value=$id /></td>
<td>$id</td>
<td>";
/* Edit 2 */
echo "<a href='view.php?id=$id'>view</a>";
/* Edit 2 End */
echo "</td>
<td>$date</td>
<td>$ponumber</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table><p><input id='delete' type='submit' class='button' name='delete' value='Delete Selected Items'/></p></form>";}
?>
A style suggestion:
Don't do/stop doing this:
echo "<form method='post' action='delete.php'>";
echo ...
while
Where what you are echoing is a static string. Instead, do:
?>
<form method='post' action='delete.php'>
...
<?php
while
it's simply easier to read and maintain.