i want to get value from database..for exmaple,in the name field, it show the name that stored in the database. i want to show the value in the respective field.but it cannot retrieve the value..plz guys..help me
<?php
session_start();
$username = $_SESSION["username"];
$department = $_SESSION["department"];
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Change Password</title>
</head>
<form method="post" action="changepassprocess.php">
<?php
$db = mysql_connect('localhost','root')
or die ("unable to connect");
mysql_select_db('fyp',$db) or die ("able to select");
$sql_select = "SELECT * FROM access WHERE username ='".$username."' ";
?>
<font face= "arial" size="2" font color="black">
<center>
<h3 align=center> Change Password </h3>
<table width="500" height="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">User ID</td>
<td>: <input name="username" type="text" id="username" value="<? {echo "$username"; } ?>" size="20" maxlength="10" readonly='username'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Name </td>
<td>: <input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="<? {echo "$name"; } ?>" size="50" readonly="name"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Department </td>
<td>: <?php echo $row['department']; ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">New Password </td>
<td>:<input name="newpassword" type="password" id="newpassword" size="20" ></td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<align = center><input type="submit" name="send" value="Change Password">
</form>
</body>
</html>