Detail Page for PHP

Question

Hi there,
CS3 with PHP and mySQL db.
I cannot get the go to detail page to work properly. I have
downloaded the
"Go to detail page" extention from
http://www.dengjie.com which
seems to
work.
BUT, what do I do on the detail page? In ASP there is a SB
that says "Go to
Specific Record" but this is not there with PHP.
I will really appreciate any help. At the moment the only
thing it does
when clicking to my "More details" link, is to go to the
first record.
Thank you very much!
Deon

Answer 1

Deon wrote:
> I cannot get the go to detail page to work properly. I
have downloaded the
> "Go to detail page" extention from
http://www.dengjie.com which
seems to
> work.
I don't know anything about that extension, nor do I read
Chinese, so
the following information is based on how to go to a detail
page
correctly without using any third-party extension.
> BUT, what do I do on the detail page? In ASP there is a
SB that says "Go to
> Specific Record" but this is not there with PHP.
The way that you handle this with PHP is to append a query
string to the
URL in the "more details" link. Let's say that the primary
key of your
database table is product_id, the link to the detail page
needs to look
like similar to this:
<a href="product_details.php?product_id=9">More
details</a>
In product_details.php, you create a recordset that uses the
URL
variable, product_id, as a filter.
So, how do you add the correct product_id into the "more
details" link?
1. Select the words that create the link.
2. Click the folder icon to the right of the Link field in
the Property
inspector.
3. Select the details page in the dialog box.
4. Before closing the dialog box, click the Parameters
button.
5. In the Parameters dialog box, type the name of the primary
key
(product_id in this case) into the Name field.
6. Click the lightning bolt icon to the right of the Value
field.
7. This opens the Dynamic Data dialog box, where you should
select the
primary key (product_id) from the recordset.
8. Click OK three times to close all the open dialog boxes.
This creates the following code in your link:
<a href="product_details.php?product_id=<?php echo
$row_recordsetName['product_id']; ?>">More
details</a>.
The large number of steps makes it sound complicated, but
it's actually
very simple once you have done it a couple of times.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/