Deleting a Record pg. 178 Chapter 6

Mantis_Atlantis · February 20th, 2006, 11:55 PM

Hi there,
I'm a noob in to php/mysql, been running through some examples in the book using a windows server (displaying php). And hit a snag on this line

<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>delete.php&do=1">yes</a>

I have googled and searched for posts from other people with the same problem. None of them posted a possible reason why it churns out with a 404 error, let alone fix it.

I have tried also:

<a href="<?php echo $_server['PHP_SELF']; ?>delete.php&do=1">yes</a>

Now I'm guessing it might have something to do with security restrictions with the Plesk set-up. Unfortunately the server administrator weren't too keen in helping. Any alternatives I can try to get the record deleted?
btw hes running php4.3.10

Code:

  <p align="center" style="color:#FF0000">
    Are you sure you want to delete this <?php 
    echo $_GET['type']; ?>?<br>
    <a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>delete.php&do=1">yes</a> 
    or <a href="index.php">Index</a>
  </p>

Mantis_Atlantis · February 21st, 2006, 12:12 AM

I can also use Myphpadmin to update the database, it

Code:

<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>delete.php&do=1">yes</a>

just doesnt want to work on my browser - Mozilla, IE6.0

wildteen88 · March 13th, 2006, 02:26 PM

change delete.php&do=1 to delete.php?do=1 instead. It is because of the ampersand after .php and do. It should be a ? instead and then an ampersand therafter each url parameter