user's link to user's data

okay, so how do I pass the data from one php file (the datagrid) to the pop-up?

I changed this (from the datagrid php file)
:

$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php\')"' . $this->parseVariables($row, $criteria) . '">' . $value . '</a>';

to this:
$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\)"' . $this->parseVariables($row, $criteria) . '">' . $value . '</a>';

But now not even the pop-up appears.  Any idea what I am doing wrong?

And I changed this (from the pop-up php file):
$sql = "SELECT fb_friends_count, fb_name, fb_count, fb_last_post, fb_likes, current_value, fb_likes_pop, fb_status, fb_pic, rank FROM fb_data17";

to this:
$sql = "SELECT fb_friends_count, fb_name, fb_count, fb_last_post, fb_likes, current_value, fb_likes_pop, fb_status, fb_pic, rank FROM fb_data17 WHERE id='$id'";

You may be getting a javascript error there.  Try this:

$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\')"' . $this->parseVariables($row, $criteria) . '">' . $value . '</a>';


then in the pop-up.php file, you can access the query string parameter with:

$id = $_REQUEST['id'];

Pete

okay,
so here is the new pop-up.php file:

<?php

include_once "../connection/connect_to_mysql.php";

$id = $_REQUEST['id'];

$sql = "SELECT fb_friends_count, fb_name, fb_count, fb_last_post, fb_likes, current_value, fb_likes_pop, fb_status, fb_pic, rank FROM fb_data17 WHERE id='$id'";
    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
            
    $fb_friends_count = $row["fb_friends_count"];
    $fb_name = $row["fb_name"];
      $fb_count = $row["fb_count"];
      $fb_last_post = $row["fb_last_post"];
      $fb_likes = $row["fb_likes"];
      $current_value = $row["current_value"];
      $fb_likes_pop = $row["fb_likes_pop"];
      $fb_status = $row["fb_status"];
      $fb_pic = $row["fb_pic"];
      $rank = $row["rank"];
      }
?>


And I added the following line to the datagrid php file:

$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\')"' . $this->parseVariables($row, $criteria) . '">' . $value . '</a>';


And the end result is the pop-up is not displaying any data.

what happens if you call pop-up.php?id=INSERT_VALUE_HERE  directly? Do you see the content that the script should be producing?  

Also, can you execute the SQL query directly against your database to ensure that it's returning an accurate/correct row of data?  You'll need to substitue variables with actual data of course.

Pete

When I call the file directly as you requested, the content appears exactly as it's supposed to.  
So I am geussing this means the SQL would return the same.

Exactly, the SQL should be returning what you need. The issue is occuring with the link that executes the javascript for the popup. I'm assuming popcontact() uses the url as the parameter to do an ajax call to get the data from pop-up.php?  

You may need to tweak that link to make the javascript work. You can try pulling out the popcontact() call initially and replace it with just something simple like alert(\'hello\')  to make sure that the link is responding correctly and you have the current escaping of the single quotes.

Pete

Doesn't it mean the way I am calling the $id is wrong not the popcontact?  I only say this because the popup is appearing and I can also get the popup to display the last record.  
I am taking a stab in the dark here.

It may depend on what the popcontact does. Can you provide the code for that javascript method?

Here is that javascript method:

<!-- Begin POP-UP SIZES AND OPTIONS CODE


function popcontact(URL) {
var popup_width = 600
var popup_height = 420
day = new Date();
id = day.getTime();
eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width='+popup_width+',height='+popup_height+'');");
}


//  End -->

I'm not sure what parseVariables() returns, but the syntax is a little wrong in the link, probably has to be more like this:
$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\')" '.$this->parseVariables($row, $criteria).' >' . $value . '</a>';

if that doesn't work, just try this:
$value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\')" >' . $value . '</a>';

In the popup you should code for SQL injection here since I can replace $id with anything I want, and you should avoid using $_REQUEST if possible, can be as simple as this:
$id = $_REQUEST['id'];
should be:
$id = (int) $_GET['id'];

Okay, you're a smart dude, so I must be leaving something out here.  I am gonna give you a overview of this.

I have a file called 'datagrid_port.php'
inside this file I have...

<?php
require 'class.eyemysqladap.inc.php';
require 'class.eyedatagrid.inc.php';

// Load the database adapter
$db = new EyeMySQLAdap('hostmane', 'db', 'passwd', 'uname');

// Load the datagrid class
$x = new EyeDataGrid($db);

// Set the query
$x->setQuery("*", "fb_data17");

// Add a row selector
//$x->addRowSelect("alert('(ID: %id%)')");

// Apply a function to a row
function returnSomething($id)
{
      return strrev($id);
}
$x->setColumnType('id', EyeDataGrid::TYPE_FUNCTION, 'returnSomething', '%id%');


Inside one of those include files mentioned above I have this:
case self::TYPE_HREF:
      if ($value)
      $value = '<a href="javascript:popcontact(\'pop-up.php?id=' .$id .'\')" '.$this->parseVariables($row, $criteria).' >' . $value . '</a>';



which calls this pop-up.php file:
include_once "../connection/connect_to_mysql.php";

$id = $_GET['id'];

$sql = "SELECT fb_pic, rank FROM fb_data17 WHERE id='$id'";
    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
            
      $fb_pic = $row["fb_pic"];
      $rank = $row["rank"];
      $id = $row["id"];
      }
?>
<!--- snippit data to save space
  <tr>
      <td height="15" align="left" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Current Value...............................</td>
      <td align="left" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font color="#0082c0"><?php  print "$current_value"; ?></font></td>
      </tr>

What am I missing, because when I plug in the user's id manually it populates accurately?