PHP - Moved: Message System

Here are some script that i have been working on and i seems to not work so i want to make a select friend list that when they select the friend that they want to send the message to it sends it to them , that sounded stupid but ya. so here is my script , kinda big .
pm_inbox.php i did edit the code from its original state because its to big! so here is the sections where is most needed
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<?php

// Start_session, check if user is logged in or not, and connect to the database all in one included file
include_once("scripts/checkuserlog.php");
?>
<?php
if (!isset($_SESSION['idx'])) {
echo  '<br /><br /><font color="#FF0000">Your session has timed out</font>
<p><a href="login.php">Please Click Here</a></p>';
exit(); 
}
//THIS IS WHERE I STARTED
$selecteduser = $_POST["selecteduser"];
$id = "";
$username = "";
$id = preg_replace('#[^0-9]#i', '', $id);
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM myMembers WHERE id='$id' LIMIT 1");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){ 
    $username = $row["username"];
$friend_array = $row["friend_array"];
$check_pic = "members/$id/image01.jpg";
$default_pic = "members/0/image01.jpg";
if (file_exists($check_pic)) {
    $user_pic = "<img src=\"$check_pic?$cacheBuster\" width=\"218px\" />"; 
} else {
$user_pic = "<img src=\"$default_pic\" width=\"218px\" />"; 
}

$selecteduser .= "<option value='$friend_array'>Friends</option>";



}






// Decode the Session IDX variable and extract the user's ID from it
$decryptedID = base64_decode($_SESSION['idx']);
$id_array = explode("p3h9xfn8sq03hs2234", $decryptedID);
$my_id = $id_array[1];
$my_uname = $_SESSION['username']; // Put user's first name into a local variable
// ------- ESTABLISH THE INTERACTION TOKEN ---------
$thisRandNum = rand(9999999999999,999999999999999999);
$_SESSION['wipit'] = base64_encode($thisRandNum); // Will always overwrite itself each time this script runs
// ------- END ESTABLISH THE INTERACTION TOKEN ---------
?>
<?php
// Mailbox Parsing for deleting inbox messages
if (isset($_POST['deleteBtn'])) {
    foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
        $value = urlencode(stripslashes($value));
if ($key != "deleteBtn") {
   $sql = mysql_query("UPDATE private_messages SET recipientDelete='1', opened='1' WHERE id='$value' AND to_id='$my_id' LIMIT 1");
   // Check to see if sender also removed from sent box, then it is safe to remove completely from system
}
    }
header("location: pm_inbox.php");
}
?>

// Start Private Messaging stuff
$('#pmForm').submit(function(){$('input[type=submit]', this).attr('disabled', 'disabled');});
function sendPM ( ) {
      var pmSubject = $("#pmSubject");
  var pmTextArea = $("#pmTextArea");
  var sendername = $("#pm_sender_name");
  var senderid = $("#pm_sender_id");
  var recName = $("#pm_rec_name");
  var recID = $("#pm_rec_id");
  var pm_wipit = $("#pmWipit");
  var url = "scripts_for_profile/private_msg_parse.php";
      if (pmSubject.val() == "") {
           $("#interactionResults").html('<img src="images/round_error.png" alt="Error" width="31" height="30" /> &nbsp; Please type a subject.').show().fadeOut(6000);
      } else if (pmTextArea.val() == "") {
   $("#interactionResults").html('<img src="images/round_error.png" alt="Error" width="31" height="30" /> &nbsp; Please type in your message.').show().fadeOut(6000);
      } else {
   $("#pmFormProcessGif").show();
   $.post(url,{ subject: pmSubject.val(), message: pmTextArea.val(), senderName: sendername.val(), senderID: senderid.val(), rcpntName: recName.val(), rcpntID: recID.val(), thisWipit: pm_wipit.val() } ,           function(data) {
   $('#private_message').slideUp("medium");
   $("#interactionResults").html(data).show().fadeOut(10000);
   document.pmForm.pmTextArea.value='';
   document.pmForm.pmSubject.value='';
   $("#pmFormProcessGif").hide();
           });
  }
}function toggleViewAllFriends(x) {
if ($('#'+x).is(":hidden")) {
$('#'+x).fadeIn(200);
} else {
$('#'+x).fadeOut(200);
}
}
// End Private Messaging stuff</script>
<style type="text/css">
.hiddenDiv{display:none}
#pmFormProcessGif{display:none}
.msgDefault {font-weight:bold;}
.msgRead {font-weight:100;color:#666;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="bg" class="stage"></div>
<div id="container">
<div id="sun" class="stage"></div>
<div id="clouds" class="stage">
<div id="stage" class="stage">
<?php include_once "header_template.php"; ?>

        <a href="#" onclick="return false" onmousedown="javascript:toggleInteractContainers('private_message');">Compose Message</a></div><div class="interactContainers" id="private_message">

<form action="javascript:sendPM();" name="pmForm" id="pmForm" method="post" type="hidden">
<font size="+1">Send A Private Message to <strong><em><?php echo "$selecteduser"; ?></em></strong></font><br /><br />
Subject:
<input name="pmSubject" id="pmSubject" type="text" maxlength="64" style="width:98%;" />
Message:
<textarea name="pmTextArea" id="pmTextArea" rows="8" style="width:98%;"></textarea>
  <input name="pm_sender_id" id="pm_sender_id" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['id']; ?>" />
  <input name="pm_sender_name" id="pm_sender_name" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['username']; ?>" />
  <input name="pm_rec_id" id="pm_rec_id" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
  <input name="pm_rec_name" id="pm_rec_name" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $username; ?>" />
  <input name="pmWipit" id="pmWipit" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $thisRandNum; ?>" />
  <span id="PMStatus" style="color:#F00;"></span>
  <br /><input name="pmSubmit" type="submit" value="Submit" /> or <a href="#" onclick="return false" onmousedown="javascript:toggleInteractContainers('private_message');">Close</a>
<span id="pmFormProcessGif" style="display:none;"><img src="images/loading.gif" width="28" height="10" alt="Loading" /></span></form>
      </div>
              <span id="jsbox" style="display:none"></span>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
       

i am making a private messaging system like hotmails where the message list appears on the left. Then when you click on one of them the box on the right loads the email. The problem is i dont really know how to go about it. Anyone have any pointers?

On most website messaging systems when you hit reply on a message it takes you to the compose screen with the reply message auto filled in.

Im using a Session to achieved this.

My question is how do they make it so each line of the reply has arrows like this  > message >>

so it seperates the reply from what the person is about to type

This has me clueless

im trying to make a private message system now when i send a message it works fine but when i open the message at the other end i get a blank message. now i think the problem is with $messageid = $_GET['messages'] when i echo $messageid i get nothing, if i use the print_r($_GET) it returns Array ( [messageid] => 12 ).  thanks


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<?php
session_start();
$myusername=$_SESSION['myusername'];
require "database.php";

$messageid = $_GET['messages'];
$message = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM messages WHERE message_id = '$messageid' AND to_user = '$myusername'");
$message=mysql_fetch_assoc($message);
echo "$message";
echo "<h1>Title: ".$message['message_title']."</h1><br><br>";
echo "<h3>From: ".$message['from_user']."<br><br></h3>";
echo "<h3>Message: <br>".$message['message_contents']."<br></h3>";

echo '<form name="backfrm" method="post" action="inbox.php">';
echo '<input type="submit" value="Back to Inbox">';
echo '</form>';
?>

Hey Guys

Im just after advice really with this question

Basically I'm trying to design my first message system.  One that once a user has read the message you can tick ok and its then gone forever.  Now my boss says you have the message table

MESSAGE

messageID, Message

then within the members table you have a field called messageID.  Within this field you will store the ID's of all the messages the user has read.  Upon login to the website you will check for ID's in the message table that do not exist in the messsageID of the users table.


Is this correct or a really bad way of doing this?  If I have to do it this way there will be a massive learning curve on my php knowledge.  Does anybody know of a better way of doing this or a cool website to learn from?

Thanks

Danny