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Have you considered a different approach? If the two tables have the exact same structure, then all you need is a single table and add a column called 'accepted' and use 1 and 0 values to act as true and false.

Then you can search this single table WHERE 'accepted' = 1 for accepted entries, or 0 for denied entries. And to change an entry's status, simply update a single column. Much easier.

Example:

$result = mysqli_query("SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE accepted = 1");

That will get only entries you have marked as accepted. Change it to WHERE accepted = 0" to get the denied entries.

And here is how you can allow the admin to change an entry's accepted/denied status easily:

$update = mysqli_query("UPDATE tableName SET accepted = 1 WHERE id = 12345");

By the way, I suggest you use mysqli instead of mysql, heres a good answer why.