lillylove2:
^^^ Tnx for the reply. But the problem i have now is totally different from that. My problem is :

How do I get the ID of a link, once i click the link. if I should use onClick='alert.(this.id)', it would alert the ID whenever i click the link. But i want to insert the ID into my database instead of alerting it. Please how do i do that

Locotech:


/* Attempt MySQL server connection. Assuming you are running MySQL
server with default setting (user 'root' with no password) */
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "demo";

// Check connection
if($link === false){
die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . mysqli_connect_error());
}

// Escape user inputs for security
$first_name = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST['firstname']);
$last_name = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST['lastname']);
$email_address = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST['email']);

// attempt insert query execution
$sql = "INSERT INTO persons (first_name, last_name, email_address) VALUES ('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email_address')";
if(mysqli_query($link, $sql)){
echo "Records added successfully.";
} else{
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($link);
}

// close connection
mysqli_close($link)

dueal:
Understand that your source first gets interpreted on the server side. Place Id = v<?php phpcho $id;?>. Before that make sure $id variable in php is not an array and a proper name.

dueal:
Try onClick="getID(this)" or onClick="alert(this.id)". Also generate ur id's to start with a letter not a number

dueal:
You can do: function getID(elem){ var localvar = '"' + elem.id + '"'; } you need to concatenate d quotes with the id to form a proper string.

lillylove2:


Tnx. If I do it this way, it would truly alert the id. But I would like to put the id inside a Variable. How do I do that.

Tanx

dueal:
Did u put double quotes btw d single quotes? And not 4 single quotes?

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

I have a link (html element), whose ID is automatically generated with PHP. Whenever the link is clicked, i want to insert the ID of the link into my database. The only problem now is how to get the ID.

This is my mock code:

///// The PHP that generates the id:
<?php
$id=(an array of numbers returned from a while loop);
?>


////the html link
<a href='#' onClick='MyId()' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

/// the javascript function
function MyId() {
var ID=document.getElementById( the id of the element generated by php ).id;
}

My question now is how do i get and put the id of the clicked link into variable var ID

Booyakasha:
lol.. most of the people giving you answers don't know what they're even doing.. this is not the right place to ask programming questions, Stackoverflow.com offers genuine instant help.

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

I have a link (html element), whose ID is automatically generated with PHP. Whenever the link is clicked, i want to insert the ID of the link into my database. The only problem now is how to get the ID.

This is my mock code:

///// The PHP that generates the id:
<?php
$id=(an array of numbers returned from a while loop);
?>


////the html link
<a href='#' onClick='MyId()' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

/// the javascript function
function MyId() {
var ID=document.getElementById( the id of the element generated by php ).id;
}

My question now is how do i get and put the id of the clicked link into variable var ID

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

I have a link (html element), whose ID is automatically generated with PHP. Whenever the link is clicked, i want to insert the ID of the link into my database. The only problem now is how to get the ID.

This is my mock code:

///// The PHP that generates the id:
<?php
$id=(an array of numbers returned from a while loop);
?>


////the html link
<a href='#' onClick='MyId()' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

/// the javascript function
function MyId() {
var ID=document.getElementById( the id of the element generated by php ).id;
}

My question now is how do i get and put the id of the clicked link into variable var ID

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

I have a link (html element), whose ID is automatically generated with PHP. Whenever the link is clicked, i want to insert the ID of the link into my database. The only problem now is how to get the ID.

This is my mock code:

///// The PHP that generates the id:
<?php
$id=(an array of numbers returned from a while loop);
?>


////the html link
<a href='#' onClick='MyId()' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

/// the javascript function
function MyId() {
var ID=document.getElementById( the id of the element generated by php ).id;
}

My question now is how do i get and put the id of the clicked link into variable var ID

<?php
	$id = rand(1,9); //Generate a random number between 1 and 9
?>
<a onclick="check_id(this)" href="#" id="<?php echo $id; ?>">Click Me</a><!--pass the php id to the "a" tag-->
<script type="text/javascript">
	function check_id(i){		
		var ID = i.getAttribute( "id" ); //Get the attribute of the id
		console.log(ID);
	}
</script>

hollyfat:


Try this

<?php
	$id = rand(1,9); //Generate a random number between 1 and 9
?>
<a onclick="check_id(this)" href="#" id="<?php echo $id; ?>">Click Me</a><!--pass the php id to the "a" tag-->
<script type="text/javascript">
	function check_id(i){		
		var ID = i.getAttribute( "id" ); //Get the attribute of the id
		console.log(ID);
	}
</script>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Js</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
	$id = rand(1,9); //Generate a random number between 1 and 9
?>
<a onclick="check_id(this)" href="#" id="<?php echo $id; ?>">Click Me</a><!--pass the php id to the "a" tag-->
<script type="text/javascript">
	function check_id(i){		
		var ID = i.getAttribute("id"; //Get the attribute of the id
		console.log(ID);

		send_form(ID);
	}

	function send_form(id){
		//this will send the form dynamically

		//create a form
		var form = document.createElement("form";
		form.setAttribute('method',"post"; //set form method to post
		form.setAttribute('action',"submit.php"; //set form action to where you want "submit.php"

		//create input element
		var input = document.createElement("input";
		input.type = "text";
		input.name = "id";
		input.value = id;

		//create a submit button
		var btn = document.createElement("input";
		btn.type = "submit";
		btn.value = "Submit";

		// add all elements to the form
		form.appendChild(input);		
		form.appendChild(btn);

		//add the form to the body
		document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(form);

		//submit the form
		form.submit();
	}
</script>
</body>
</html>

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

I have a link (html element), whose ID is automatically generated with PHP. Whenever the link is clicked, i want to insert the ID of the link into my database. The only problem now is how to get the ID.

This is my mock code:

///// The PHP that generates the id:
<?php
$id=(an array of numbers returned from a while loop);
?>


////the html link
<a href='#' onClick='MyId()' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

/// the javascript function
function MyId() {
var ID=document.getElementById( the id of the element generated by php ).id;
}

My question now is how do i get and put the id of the clicked link into variable var ID

//This should work

<a href='#' onClick='getId(this)' id='<?php echo $id ;?>'>Click Me</a>

function getId(Element){
var ID = Element.getAttribute('id');
//id now stored in ID
}

But if the php code is in the same place with the html, then no need to put the 'this', just put '<? echo $id; ?>' in the link elements onClick function arg.

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

lillylove2:
Please guys help me o. I've searched all over the internet and still can't find solution to this.

function myId(a){
var ID=document.getElementById(a).id;
}