extract id values from database table and pass id value from one page to another without using form in php

$connect = mysqli_connect('127.0.0.1', 'root', '', 'db');

$query = mysqli_query($connect, "SELECT id, title FROM items");

//List items
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query))
{
	echo '<a href="description.php?id='.$row['id'].'">'.$row['title'].'</a>';
}

?>

if(isset($_GET['id']))
{
$item_id = $_GET['id'];

$connect = mysqli_connect('127.0.0.1', 'root', '', 'db');

$query = mysqli_query($connect, "SELECT * FROM items WHERE id='$item_id'");

if(mysqli_num_rows($query) != 0)
{
	
//Show item description
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query))
{
	echo '<a href="description.php?id='.$row['id'].'">'.$row['title'].'</a>';
	echo $row['description'];
}


}
else
{
	//Error item does not exist
}

}
else
{
	//Error
}

?>