Question

How can I pass a variable ($member_id) to the target php page(Member Profile details Query)?

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 echo '<div id="show_profile_box">Show Member Profile details 
        //MySQL Query to display member profile details</div>

    <div id="display_member_id"><a href="show_profile.php"?member_id=$member_id">Display Member id</a></div>';

echo '<script>
    $("#show_profile_box").hide(100);
    $("#display_member_id").click(function () { 
        $("#show_profile_box").show(500); 
    });
    </script>';

Thank you. Let me know if you need more info.

* The whole idea is to display/show SELECTED member profile details. *

Answer 1

You are using single quotes. Single quotes do not parse PHP variables. When outputting multiline HTML from PHP, use heredoc :

echo <<< END_OF_HTML
<div id="show_profile_box">Show Member Profile details 
   <!--MySQL Query to display member profile details -->
</div>

<div id="display_member_id">
   <a href="show_profile.php?member_id={$member_id}">Display Member id</a>
</div>

<script>
    $("#show_profile_box").hide(100);
    $("#display_member_id").click(function () { 
        $("#show_profile_box").show(500); 
    });
</script>
END_OF_HTML;

Also, note that the variable do not have to be enclosed by {} but still a good practice to do so.

This will create a link like “show_profile.php?member_id=3” that, if you click on the link, will call the script with the $_GET['member_id'] = 3. You can even get the page content via a XHR call inside your click event :

$.get($(this).attr('href'), function(data) { /* process data here */ });