no output from created link

Anon

I have just started my php coding abt 2 weeks, i am using mysql database for storing the data. My problem is when I click on a php link to another file ,the page appear without required data frm database. Where did i go wrong?
here is the link line from the main file <a href="list-sym.php?idsym=<?echo $read[0];?>"><? echo "$read[1] ";?></a>

here is the list-sym.php file:
$dbsamb//ung=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("testsympo",$dbsambung);

$query =" SELECT idsym,title,author, department,day,month,year,synopsis
FROM sympo where idsym='$idsym'";

$result = mysql_query($query,$dbsambung);
$read = mysql_num_rows($result);

<td><? echo "$read[1]"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><? echo "$read[2]"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><? echo "$read[3]"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Synopsis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<? echo "$read[7]"; ?>
</td>
</tr>

</table>

Anon

try this:

<?
$db = mysql_connect =mysql_connect("localhost","root","");

mysql_select_db("testsympo",$db);

$query =" SELECT idsym,title,author, department,day,month,year,synopsis
FROM sympo where idsym='$idsym'";

$result = mysql_query($query,$dbsambung);
while ($read = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
?>

<td><?=$read[1]?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?=$read[2]?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?=$read[3]?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Synopsis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<?=$read[7]=?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<? } ?>

Anon

ive tried but still nothing come out,do u think it could be frm my database?