Is this possible with php and javascript? Can I echo my anchor tag ID and retrieve it with jquery onclick event? Echo " a href = 'example.con' id=' ".$row['userid']."' example /a"; now in jquery/javascript I say something like onclick of the anchor tag I get the id of whatever the row is. If not can someone give me another solution.
This should do what you're looking for:
$('#myLinkId').click(function() {
var linkId;
linkId = $(this).prop('id');
alert(linkId);
});
This code: .prop('id');
is specifically what gets the link's ID.
Non jQuery alternative:
function getId(e){
//IE e.srcElement.href);
//Other e.target.href);
alert(e.srcElement.id);
}
Add the onclick="getId(event)" to your anchor.
For crossbrowser implementation you can see this question:
How can I make event.srcElement work in Firefox and what does it mean?