Question

Hi lets say I’m showing a numeric value in an element (not sure what element to use), what i want to achieve is once the numeric value is clicked (Thinking of onclick=”this.form.submit();” or submit button) it will submit different designated value from the numeric value let us say. Apple then my sql query would retrieve apple and use it. NOTE: I have multiple numeric values and multiple designated values for each numeric value as an example it looks like this:

     (numeric value) = (designated value)
         15123       =  apple
         24151       =  orange
         39134       =  peach  

Here so far is what i have.

 <input type='submit' name='searchthem' placeholder='<?php echo $numeric_value; ?>'
  value='apple'> 

** NOTE i have multiple numeric values with different designated value

And this is the SQL in the same page:

    SELECT * from tbl_fruits where fruit_name='".$_POST['searchthem']."' ;

Would appreciate some help and ideas, If there is confusion please comment so i may further clarify.

Answer 1

Use select element and just submit the form so that it can process the values. if you wish to use AJAX, use some javascript and output the result in the browser.