edit delete maybe save buttons

Hey Guys

working on a college project....
i have data coming onto a php page from mysql

i want to add delete-edit-maybe save buttons for each row
OR a check box and then one set of the buttons down d bottom

I have the data coming back and going into a html table....
but i have no clue how to get it into editable text boxes
and then when a button in pressed getting that to interact with the db
i have this piece of code (not working)

<?php

include("connect.php");



{
$result = mysql_query("SELECT name FROM test");

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
$itemchoice = 0;

if (($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) != 0)
{
echo "<table border=0>";

echo "<tr bgcolor=#cccccc>
<td align=center>NAME</td>
</tr>";

do
{
$name = $row['name'];

$itemchoice = $itemchoice + 1;

echo "<form method='post' action='<? $PHP_SELF ?>'>
<tr>
<td align='center'>
<input disabled type='text' name='article' value='" . $name . "' size='30' maxlength='30'></td>
<td align='center'>
<input style='background-color:#CCFF33' type=checkbox name='item' id='$itemchoice'>
</tr></font>";
}

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result));

echo "<form method='post' action='testButtons.php'>";
echo "<tr><td><input type='submit' name='delete' value='Delete'>";
echo "<input type='submit' name='edit' value='Edit'></td></tr></table></form>";

}

else
{
echo "No records found!";
}
}

if (isset($_REQUEST["delete"])){
$sql_del = mysql_query("DELETE FROM test WHERE name = ".$HTTP_POST_VARS['$item']);

}
if (!mysql_query ($sql_del)) {
$success = 0;
$msg = 'Record could not be deleted';
}
else {
$msg = 'Record for item '.$HTTP_POST_VARS['item'].' was deleted. Refreshing display...';
}

?>

ANY HELP MUCH APPRECIATED