passing a variable from an array to php

irving

I have html page that gets user input using a <form action=example.php method=get>

Example runs a query on my table and returns several rows of data.

What I want to do is add a button to each item (row) that when clicked will call a different php and use a value to pull more informations.

For example;
A users wants to search for homes that are in a range between $1000 and $2000. The result is a summary list of homes each with a unique listing number. I want to add a button to each listing (row) that when clicked will bring up a detailed page showing some and existing info along with a lot of new. I have everything working fine except I don't know how to go about programming the button. Any help would be great.

johnh

Just add another <td><a href=""><input type=""></td> to your existing row output.

Anon

use a while loop to print the stuff out like so.

while(something is true){
print "<form action=page.php method=post>";
print "name of thing";
print "<input type=hidden value=blah name=blah";
print "<input type=submit>";
}

you would use like unique identifyers for blah.

Anon

Is "name of thing" the name of the button? and what does hidden value do?

Anon

I do not have an a href line. Should I have one? The first form gets user data and passes it on to the second. I want a button on the second form, that when clicked, will pass existing data to a final form. My problem is that I have displayed the button one each row as it is displayed on the screen but how do I get a field value to pass to the next form when the specific button is clicked. If I gave you a URL to see what I mean could you run through the senario?

johnh

I was trying to show you what was possible, not what you should do for sure.

If I understand your question, I have done similar things so let me rework this and see if it fits your need.

Here is the web page...

Field1 Field2 Field3
Item1a Item1b Item1c
Item2a Item2b Item2c
Item3a Item3b Item3c

Now what you want to do is add a button right?

Field1 Field2 Field3
Item1a Item1b Item1c BUTTON1
Item2a Item2b Item2c BUTTON2
Item3a Item3b Item3c BUTTON3

So if your Fields and Items are in a Table, then each of your rows are <td>'s right?

Example:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Field1</td><td>Field2</td><td>Field3</td>
</tr>
</table>

So, simply add another <td></td> pair to each row.

Anon

Yes, I can't believe you could understand my feeble attempt to explain. I have done what you have described.

My problem is the programming behind the form and button. I want say button 1 in your explanation to take say the value of Item 1a and pass it to a query that is in a *.php that i have already created to display even more details (Item 1d, Item 1e, Item1f.....). This is very similar I think to the forums. You search for something, results are returned from a query in an array and then you can click on the topic (in my case a button called Details) and see more information about the topic.

It is easy for me to take data that a user inputs and pass that to my .php that runs a query on it, but I don't know how to get a value that has been displayed by a query to pass to another query in another .php.
Obviously by now you can tell I am new to this. I really appreciate your time as I have spent hours looking thru forums and online manuals. Thanks.