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passign values from database to textbox with php/mysql

Hi,
I am trying to build an update page,
I have problem in getting the vaules from the database into a textboxes so the user can see the old values,
it is my first time to do this so I don't know how:
This is my code:

<?php
$username="whatever";
$password="whatever";
$database="whatever";
mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);

$query=" SELECT * FROM Companies WHERE Company_id='1'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();
$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {
$Company_id=mysql_result($result,$i,"Company_id");
$Company_name=mysql_result($result,$i,"Company_name");
$City=mysql_result($result,$i,"City");
$State=mysql_result($result,$i,"State");

++$i;
}
?>

<html>

<head>

<title>Update Page</title>
</head>

<form action="updated.php" method="post">

Compnay_id <input type="text" name="ud_first" value="<? echo $Company_id; ?>"><br>
Company_name <input type="text" name="ud_last" value="<? echo $Company_name; ?>"><br>
City <input type="text" name="ud_phone" value="<? echo $City; ?>"><br>
State <input type="text" name="ud_mobile" value="<? echo $State; ?>"><br>
<input type="Submit" value="Update">
</form>
</html>

This did not work with me and don't stuck with this code, if you have better ideas or easier code it would be great,

Thank you

Raynard7

The problem is that mysql_numrows should have an additonal _ and that to pull rhte result values you need to use something like $row = mysql_fetch_array or mysql_fetch_assoc with the $result,

also you may want to use full tags for your echoing into your text values

amer_net

ASKER

can you give me any example
forget about my code because I took it from the internet and i did not understand it very well,
I want any example in which I can take the values from my database into the textbox,
use only one text box thats fine.

thank you

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Thank you so much