ive got a code that lists all the rows in my database and gives a checkbox which once clicked shud allow me to delete that row…
but it doesnt
the file is called delete1.php
<?php
$host="localhost"; // Host name
$username="root"; // Mysql username
$password="rockview"; // Mysql password
$db_name="calendar"; // Database name
$tbl_name="events"; // Table name
// Connect to server and select databse.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
?>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<table width="400" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td>
<td colspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><strong>Delete multiple rows in mysql</strong> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">#</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><strong>Id</strong></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><strong>Date</strong></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><strong>Location</strong></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><strong>Details</strong></td>
</tr>
<?php
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
?>
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><input name="checkbox[]" type="checkbox" id="checkbox[]" value="<? echo $rows['id']; ?>"></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['id']; ?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['date']; ?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['location']; ?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['details']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><input name="delete" type="submit" id="delete" value="Delete"></td>
</tr>
<?
// Check if delete button active, start this
if($delete){
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
$del_id = $checkbox[$i];
$sql = "DELETE FROM $tbl_name WHERE id='$del_id'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}
// if successful redirect to delete1.php
if($result){
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=delete1.php\">";
}
}
mysql_close();
?>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
