Question

First timer here, first try at php/jquery

this code is working:

$('#update1').click(function(){
    var name= $('#bandname-1').val();
    var bandid = $('#bid-1').val();
    var mbid = $('#mbid-1').val();
    $('#msg').text('updating...');
    $.post('func/update_bandname.php',{
        name: name,
        bandid: bandid,
        mbid: mbid
    }, function(data){
        $('#msg1').text(data);
    });
});

this is my php:
-snip

echo "<td>";
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"bandname-".$i."\" id=\"bandname-".$i."\" value=\"".$name ."\"/>&nbsp;";
echo "<input id=\"update".$i."\" type=\"button\" name=\"update".$i."\" value=\"update\" class=\"dp\"/>";
echo "<span id=\"msg".$i."\"></span><input type=hidden id=\"bid-".$i."\" value=\"".$_REQUEST[bid] ."\" name=bid-".$i."\" />";
echo "<input type=hidden id=\"mbid-".$i."\" value=\"".$bandid."\" name=mbid-".$i."\" />";
echo "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
$i++;

the DB returs alot of records into this table, and i created 5 functions update1,update2,etc

is there a way to modify my jquery to pass different id values to one function? instead of copying the function over and over again?

Thanks

Answer 1

Assign a common class and data- attribute to each element:

PHP:

echo '<input class="updatebutton dp" data-idnum="'.$i.'" id="update'.$i.'" type="button" name="update'.$i.'" value="update">';

JS:

$('.updatebutton').click(function() {
   var id = $(this).data('idnum'),
       name= $('#bandname-'+id).val(),
       bandid = $('#bid-'+id).val(),
       mbid = $('#mbid-'+id).val();
   $('#msg').text('updating...');
   $.post('func/update_bandname.php', {
            name: name,
            bandid: bandid  ,
            mbid:mbid
   }, function(data) {
            $('#msg'+id).text(data);
   });
});