I am using the following code to populate date in my page. <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"> <?php $mysql_command = "CALL sp_populate_my_companies(:param_member_guid)"; $mysql_query = $mysql_connection->prepare($mysql_command); $mysql_query->bindParam(':param_member_guid', $_SESSION["xoompage_member_guid"], PDO::PARAM_STR); $mysql_query->execute(); while($mysql_row = $mysql_query->fetch()) { ?> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 200px;"><a href="<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/company?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>gallery/companies/<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>/<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>_logo.png" alt="<?php echo $mysql_row['company_name']; ?>" width="200" height="80"></a></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 100%; padding: 10px;"> <a href="<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/company?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $mysql_row['company_name']; ?></a><br> <?php echo $mysql_row['country_name']; ?><br><hr> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_publish_news']) { ?><a href='<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/publishnews?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>'>Publish News</a><br><?php } ?> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_post_jobs']) { ?><a href='<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/jobdetails?company=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>'>Post a Job</a><br><?php } ?> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_edit_company']) { ?><a href='<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/companydetails?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>'>Edit Company</a><br><?php } ?> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_change_logo']) { ?><a href='<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/companylogo?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>'>Company Logo</a><br><?php } ?> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_change_cover']) { ?><a href='<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/companycover?id=<?php echo $mysql_row['company_guid']; ?>'>Company Cover</a><br><?php } ?> <?php if ($mysql_row['allow_delete_company']) { ?><a href="#" id="linkDelete">Delete Company</a><br><?php } ?> </td> </tr> <tr><td><br></td></tr> <?php } ?> </table> Code (markup): for the delete button (linkDelete), I am showing a confirmation dialog and delete the company like this: $(document).ready(function() { $('div#dialogXoomPage').dialog({ position : ['center', 'middle'], autoOpen: false, modal: true, resizable: false, draggable: false, buttons: [{ id: "btnDeleteCompany", text: "Delete", click: function() { //console.log(pid + " made it to dialog"); // make sure our id makes it this far delete_cmpany(company_id); // run delete photo function $( this ).dialog( "close" ); }}, { id: "btnCancelDeleteCompany", text: "Cancel", click: function() { $( this ).dialog( "close" ); } }], open: function () { $("#btnCancelDeleteCompany").focus(); } }); function delete_cmpany(company_id) { //console.log(pid + " made it to function"); // make sure our id makes it this far $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "delete_company.php", data: { id: company_id } }).done(function( msg ) { //no message bc we did a fadeOut //var msg would show any errors from our php file }); }; $('#linkDelete').click(function() { company_id = "5d3c4f60-77b5-11e3-b1ac-74de2b9a31a4"; // the id of the photo i want to delete console.log(company_id); $('div#dialogXoomPage').dialog('open'); }); $(function() { $( "#btnNewCompany" ).button(); }); $(function() { $( "#btnJoinCompany" ).button(); }); $('#btnNewCompany').click(function(){ window.location = '<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/companydetails';}); $('#btnJoinCompany').click(function(){ window.location = '<?php echo $_SESSION["domain_name"]; ?>biz/joincompany';}); }); Code (markup): I want to know how can I pass the company_guid to the dialog to use it in the company_id variable? Thanks, Jassim