Delete row from database

Hey All, I am having a hard time learning php. I am trying to delete an item from my database but it isnt working.
I thought I had it working because there was no errors but the item is still in the database.

Here is what I have.

A link to delete.php then I have this for delete.php

<?php
ob_start();

// contact to database


$host = "localhost";
$username   = "admin";
$password   = "mypassword";
$database="database";
$tbl_name="new_equip";


mysql_connect($host,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");

$query=("SELECT * FROM new_equip");
$result=mysql_query($query);
$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);
$id=$row[0];

mysql_query("DELETE from new_equip WHERE id='$id'");

header("location:inventory.php");
?>

I would also like for it to say something like “Item was successfully deleted” when they get to the inventory.php page.

I know this is probably something simple and I have been searching and trying everything I can find, but I cannot seem to get it working.