PHP edit unique row in table

Question

I currently have a PHP form that uses AJAX to connect to MySQL and display records matching a user's selection ( AJAX: Display MySQL data with value from multiple select boxes )

As well as displaying the data, I also place an 'Edit' button next to each result which displays a form where the data can be edited. My problem is editing unique records since currently I only use the selected values for 'name' and 'age' to find the record. If two (or more) records share the same name and age, I am only able to edit the first result.

Answer 1

Let's assume your file for editing is edit.php. Then, in the file where you generate the edit links, try changing your edit button link as follows:

 '<a href="edit.php?id="'.$row['ID'].'">edit</a>' 

Then you will be able to access ID variable as

 echo $_REQUEST['ID']; 

Note that the ID is case sensitive. Let me know how it goes.

Answer 2

when displaying records from ajax, also send the primary field(id in most cases) along with name and age

and when u are displaying these data along with edit incorporate that primary field with edit