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SELECT record from user selection from dropdown box - noobie

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:22 pm
by katkat
Really struggling on this one:

I populate a dropdown box with a list of first and last names from a database. The user finds his name and selects it, then presses a "submit" button. This part works.

I want to get that record from the database by matching the unique key associated with that record but I am not sure how to get it. Then I display all the fields in a form so he can update his information, which I will write back to the database when he presses a "Update" button.


// Creates the drop down list
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM runners");
echo "<select name='fullname'>";

while($list = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
echo "<option value=$runnerid[runnerid]>$list[firstname] $list[lastname]</option>";
echo '&nbsp<input type="submit" value="select" name="submit">';

// Get specific record

if (isset ($_GET['select'])) {
$firstname = $_GET['firstname'];
$lastname = $_GET['lastname'];

$query = "SELECT * FROM runners WHERE runnerid='$runnerid'";
$result=mysql_query($query);

Thanks!

Re: SELECT record from user selection from dropdown box - noobie

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:31 am
by Benjamin
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Re: SELECT record from user selection from dropdown box - noobie

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:14 am
by amit_n
On submit try to echo $_GET['fullname']