Hello again,

Before I start I'd like to apologize if I keep asking really noobish questions, but I'm just getting back into coding after a well deserved and lengthy break so...

I'm using a while loop to show all of my records from the database, and after each record I want the option to delete it, buy via a button instead of a link.

I know I could delete it using a link if i went: ?del_id=$record->id
But I've forgotten how to do this with a button.

Please don't laugh at me.


PS: I know that I'll kick myself when someone posts it here.

Assuming the link works like you want, you can always create an image for the button and wrap the link around it.

Thanks for the reply, and that could be a solution.
But I'm sure that I've done this before. It was just a long time ago.
Plus, I have used buttons throughout my site so an image would look out of place.

If you're going to use a standard html form button then usually you'll send the button to a javascript function. You can then call the database from the javascript using an Ajax call.

In the button you'd have something like onclick="name-of-your-function"

wrap the link around a <button> element or vice versa

Originally Posted by chrishirst

wrap the link around a <button> element or vice versa

<button onclick="window.location='?del_id=XX';">DELETE</button>

Or make a small form only containing a button, like so.

<form method="post" action="delete_script.php?id=$recordID">
<input type="hidden" name="recordID" value="$recordID">
<input type="submit" value="Delete record" />
</form>

I've put the record id in both the action and as a hidden variabe, just to show both possabilities, you would normally only use one of them.

Thanks alot everyone, helped me out!
I'm gonna go with the link inside the button method suggested by chrishirst and mgraphic.