putting an input field inside a table row

Asked Jul 19 '17 at 16:17

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This is a trivial question but how can I place a checkbox inside a table row that is being echoed inside php script. Currently I'm getting an error with what I have

here is the code

echo "<table>
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Coalition</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Select</th>
</tr>";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['firstname'] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['lastname'] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['coalition'] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $row['email'] . "</td>";
    echo "<td><input type="checkbox" name ="selected[]" value="<?php echo $row['id'];?>"/></td>";
    echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in C:\wamp\www\Voting\includes\list.inc.php on line 45 (this line is the checkbox)

edited Jul 19 '17 at 16:21

asked Jul 19 '17 at 16:17

jimiss

*"Currently I'm getting an error with what I have"* - Being what? which you *failed* to provide. Edit: ah, there it is now https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/45195955/2. Escape your double quotes inside the echo. – Funk Forty Niner Jul 19 '17 at 16:17
Have a close look at your quotes `"` – colburton Jul 19 '17 at 16:19
oh... a parse error! Of course – Funk Forty Niner Jul 19 '17 at 16:19
[PHP Parse/Syntax Errors; and How to solve them?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18050071/php-parse-syntax-errors-and-how-to-solve-them) a dupe of. – Funk Forty Niner Jul 19 '17 at 16:19
try this echo ""; – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 16:23
@Tim thanks for the answer but it does not work. I get this error Notice: Undefined index: id in C:\wamp\www\Voting\includes\list.inc.php on line 45 – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 16:30
Whoops. take out the echo in the value attribute. – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 16:46
@Tim I changed it to this: ""; and I still get this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '' (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or number (T_NUM_STRING) in – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 16:52
@Tim in $row[ 'id' ] if I remove the ' ' it does not give the error but id becomes unidentified – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 16:54
take out the "echo" and the single quote around $row['id']. It should read value=\" $row[id]\ ". Is id the actual column name? And is id in your query? – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 16:56
@Tim yes that is the column name in the DB. I did what you said above and id is unidentified – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 16:57
Whats your SQL statement? – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 17:00
@Tim my bad about the last comment. The id was different in DB, still the checkbox does not appear in front of the rows – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 17:03
You should have something like this: echo " "; Thats always worked for me. Replace someColumnName with the actual column in the DB. – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 17:06
@Tim You said to remove it. that's it! thank you very much – jimiss Jul 19 '17 at 17:10
I meant inside the value attribute..... Its not a problem.... – Tim Strawbridge Jul 19 '17 at 17:14

putting an input field inside a table row

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