PHP - Create A Dynamic Comment Box For A Web Page

I am looking to add a comment area to pages that are created with data that is pulled off of a database. I am looking for something like the forums on this site, but not as complex. I was thinking about attempting to use a text file to hold the comments for each ID number that is in my database and then displaying those comments when the ID number is called. I'm not sure how I would go about making a function that would search if there was a text file for that ID number and if not to create one. I'm not even sure if this is the best way to go about it but I know if I put all the comments into a database it will get rather large rather quickly. Any pointers and good tutorials would be welcome.

Sorry if it sounds as if this post is rambling, I think I need to step away from the computer for a bit.

Thanks

Hi guys.. 1st post here.  I'm pretty new to php.. just a few weeks in.  I've gotten pretty decent at making mysql connections and extracting data, but now I'm wanting to take one of my urls that I echo to my page and create a new page.  Hoping someone can help...  Here's the pictu

MY MySQL Setup:
I have 1 table called table1. It has 2 columns which a 'Title' & 'Description'

My Index.php Page:
I connect to mysql. I pull the 'Title' from MySQL and loop it to produce 100 rows of data that fill my index page, as expected.

My Problem:
I now want to be able to click one of those rows and dynamically create a new page (description.php) that includes the 'Title' & 'Description'.

My Progress:
I've managed to click a row and create a hyperlink to mysite.com/$title (where 'title' is pulling the 'title' from the mysql db) but I all I get is page not found.

My Question:
How do I tell description.php to pull the 'Title' and 'Description' and link to it from index.php?

My Gratitude:
Thanks in advance!

CREATE TABLE posts (
postId INT(11) NOT NULL UNIQUE AUTO_INCREMENT,	
title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
author VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,	
description TEXT NOT NULL,       
createdAt TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (postId)    
);
CREATE TABLE comments(
commentId INT(11) NOT NULL UNIQUE AUTO_INCREMENT,    
comment  TEXT NOT NULL,
postId INT(11),
userId INT(11),
createdAt TIMESTAMP,	
PRIMARY KEY (commentId),
FOREIGN KEY (userId) REFERENCES users(userId),
FOREIGN KEY (postId) REFERENCES posts(postId)   
);
CREATE TABLE replies (
repId INT(11) NOT NULL UNIQUE AUTO_INCREMENT,   
reply  TEXT NOT NULL,
userId INT(11),
commentId INT(11), 	
createdAt TIMESTAMP,     
PRIMARY KEY (repId),
FOREIGN KEY (userId) REFERENCES users(userId),
FOREIGN KEY (commentId) REFERENCES comments(commentId)     
);
CREATE TABLE users (
userId INT(11) NOT NULL UNIQUE AUTO_INCREMENT,
userName VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,,	          
email VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (userId)
);

how to retrive userName,comment, and createdAt from users and comments table while I have used userId as a  Foreign key on the comment table

if it isn't correct, correct me please

I have a form that inserts information into a mysql, the only prolem is I need to add different surrounding html to the information when entering it into the database depending what the value is...(essentially I want to store font color around different levels)

How would I define the same variable with different information depending on the value?

The information is called using:

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
$editLEVEL=$_POST['level'];


I want it so if 'Level1' is the posted value then $editLEVEL would be '<color=1>$editLEVEL</color>'
but if 'Level2' is the posted value the $editLEVEL would be '<color=2>$editLEVEL</color>'

If you dont understand just let me know I'll try explain best I can.

i'm trying to achive this results layout: 

example:
                     catagory
                           comment
                           comment
                           comment
                     catagory
                     catagory
                     catagory
                           comment

what is being pulled now is if their is 2 comments two 1 catagory then 2 catagorys are being returned with the same id. what i want is to return one cataogry with many comments.

thanks in advance for your help.

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<?php require_once('Connections/Del_Comments.php'); ?>
    <?php 
    $all_ids = array();
    $str_ids = "";
     
    // first parent query
    $maxRows_sourceType = 10;
    $pageNum_sourceType = 0;
    if (isset($_GET['pageNum_sourceType'])) {
      $pageNum_sourceType = $_GET['pageNum_sourceType'];
    }
    $startRow_sourceType = $pageNum_sourceType * $maxRows_sourceType;
     
    mysql_select_db($database_Del_Comments, $Del_Comments);
    $query_sourceType = "SELECT a.Id, a.Type, 
a.Dates, 
a.UIdFk, 
b.Id as Did, 
b.comment, 
b.dates as Day, 
b.sfk as Sfk ,
c.sfk as sfk1, 
d.Memo as memo
FROM 
asstatusupdate as a   
left join asstatusdata as b 
on a.id = b.sfk 
left join asmanystatusupdate as c
on b.sfk = c.sfk
left join ascomments as d
on d.id = c.cfk
where a.uidfk='1'
 order by Dates asc";
    $query_limit_sourceType = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_sourceType, $startRow_sourceType, $maxRows_sourceType);
    $sourceType = mysql_query($query_limit_sourceType, $Del_Comments) or die(mysql_error());
    $row_sourceType = mysql_fetch_assoc($sourceType);
     
    if (isset($_GET['totalRows_sourceType'])) {
      $totalRows_sourceType = $_GET['totalRows_sourceType'];
    } else {
      $all_sourceType = mysql_query($query_sourceType);
      $totalRows_sourceType = mysql_num_rows($all_sourceType);
    }
    $totalPages_sourceType = ceil($totalRows_sourceType/$maxRows_sourceType)-1;
     
    // add the array
    while ($row_source = mysql_fetch_assoc($sourceType)) {
     
        $all_ids[] = $row_source['Sfk'];
     
        $str_ids .= $row_source['Sfk'].',';
     
     }
     
            // remove the array
         $str_ids = (substr($str_ids,-1) == ',') ? substr($str_ids, 0, -1) : $str_ids;
    
echo $str_ids;
    //echo $all_ids;

//second child query
        $maxRows_sourceComments = 10;
    $pageNum_sourceComments = 0;
    if (isset($_GET['pageNum_sourceComments'])) {
      $pageNum_sourceComments = $_GET['pageNum_sourceComments'];
    }
    $startRow_sourceComments = $pageNum_sourceComments * $maxRows_sourceComments;
     
    mysql_select_db($database_Del_Comments, $Del_Comments);
    $query_sourceComments = "SELECT 
c.sfk as sfk1,
d.Memo as memo
FROM 
asmanystatusupdate as c
left join ascomments as d
on d.id = c.cfk
where c.uidfk0='1' and c.sfk in ($str_ids)";
    $query_limit_sourceComments = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_sourceComments, $startRow_sourceComments, $maxRows_sourceComments);
    $sourceComments = mysql_query($query_limit_sourceComments, $Del_Comments) or die(mysql_error());
    $row_sourceComments = mysql_fetch_assoc($sourceComments);
     
    if (isset($_GET['totalRows_sourceComments'])) {
      $totalRows_sourceComments = $_GET['totalRows_sourceComments'];
    } else {
      $all_sourceComments = mysql_query($query_sourceComments);
      $totalRows_sourceComments = mysql_num_rows($all_sourceComments);
    }
    $totalPages_sourceComments = ceil($totalRows_sourceComments/$maxRows_sourceComments)-1;
     
     
     
    $resultComments = @mysql_query($query_sourceComments, $Del_Comments);
    $numComments = @mysql_num_rows($resultComments);
     
     
    $result = @mysql_query($query_sourceType, $Del_Comments);
     
    $num = @mysql_num_rows($result);
     
    // column count for parent
        $thumbcols = 1;
     
            // column count for parent query
        $thumbrows = 1+ round($num / $thumbcols);
     
                // column count for child query    $thumbrowsComments = 1+ round($numComments/$thumbcols);
     
                // header
                print '<br />';
                print '<table align="center" width="500" border="3" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">';
     
                if (!empty($num)) {
                    print '<tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><strong>Returned Num of Record Sets: ' .$num. ' and comments count' .$numComments. '</strong></td></tr>';    
     
                }
     
        // table layout for parent query        

function display_table() {
     
    // global variables
    global $num, $result, $thumbrows, $thumbcols, $resultComments, $numComments, $thumbrowsComments ;
     
    // row count for parent
     for ($r=1; $r<=$thumbrows; $r++) {
     
         // print table row
             print '<tr>';
     
    //format the columns
    for ($c=1; $c<=$thumbcols; $c++) {
     
    print '<td align="center" valign="top">';
     
        $row = @mysql_fetch_array($result);
$row1 = @mysql_fetch_array($resultComments);
     
        $Id = $row['Id'];
        $Type = $row['Type'];
        $Dates = $row['Dates'];
$Comment = $row['Comment'];
$Sfk1 = $row['sfk1'];
$Memo = $row['memo'];


    // test if not empty show record sets            
        if (!empty($Id)) {
     
                                // print output from parent query
     
                       
                                        // grab type dates comment and format for there column
     
                                        echo '<td valign="top" align="center">'; 
                                        echo "$Type"; echo '&nbsp;&nbsp;'; echo "$Dates"; echo '<br />';echo '<br />';echo '<br />';
                                        echo "$Comment"; echo '</td>';
                                        echo '<td>'; echo "$Id"; echo '</td>';
                                        echo '<td>'; echo "$str_ids"; echo '</td>';

                             echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>'; echo "$Sfk1"; echo '</td>';
echo '<td>'; echo "$Memo"; echo '</td>';
echo '</tr>';

} // closing the $id loop
     


                                                    else {
                                                            print '&nbsp;&nbsp;';
                                                        }
                                print '</td>'; //closing the table data
                            } //closing the rows
                                print '</tr>';
                 } // closing the outter loop
                //} //closing fk id loop
                                print '</td>'; //closing the table data
                    } //closing the rows
                                print '</tr>';    
              
        //} // closing the main loop
     
                    // call the main table
                display_table() ;
                    print '</table>';
     
     
    ?>
     
     
     <?php
var_dump(substr('a', 1)); // bool(false)
?>