How to call back the data into the form?

[eluser]miwrath[/eluser]
Hello i got this nuts code which my brother wants me to do...
He wants to call back the said user's profile from the database but it should be inside
where the exact data is inserted...

here is the code...

Code:

<table align="center">
    <tr bgcolor ="#fe5800">
        <th colspan="2">Profile Info</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>ID Number:</td><td>&lt;? echo $teach_id?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Name:</td><td>&lt;? echo $f_name?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <td>Position:</td><td>&lt;? echo $position?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <th colspan="2"><a href="?page=2&action=edit">EDIT</a></th>
    </tr>

</table>

Please help me with this...