Click to insert value into a input of a PHP form - php

Question

I have created a table with a mix of SQL, HTML and PHP.
See code:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Activated by:</th>
<th>Serialnumber:</th>
<th>Timestamp:</th>
<th>Total consumed energy in kWh:</th>
<th>Total bought enery in kWh:</th>
<th>Energy left in kWh:</th>
</tr>
<?php
if ($serialresult) {
while ($serialrow = mysqli_fetch_assoc($serialresult)) {
$serialnumbers = $serialrow['serial_number'];
$sql = "SELECT * FROM Smartmeterlist WHERE serial_number='$serialnumbers'";
$statsresult = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);
if ($statsresult) {
while ($statsrow1 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($statsresult)) {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM timeframe WHERE times = (SELECT MAX(times) FROM timeframe WHERE serial_number='$serialnumbers')";
$statsresult = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);
if ($statsresult) {
while ($statsrow = mysqli_fetch_assoc($statsresult)) {
echo "<tr><td>" . $statsrow1['activated_by'] . "</td> <td>" . $serialnumbers . "</td><td>" . $statsrow['times'] . "</td><td>" . $statsrow['consumed_energy'] . "</td><td>" . $statsrow['bought_energy'] . "</td><td>" . $statsrow['diff_energy'] . "</td></tr>";
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
?>
Below I create a form to execute an action:
<div class="page-content">
<form action="includes/distributeenergy.inc.php" method="POST">
<input type="Number" step="0.01" name="serial_number"
placeholder="Serial number"> <br> <input type="Number" step="0.01"
name="distribute_energy" placeholder="Assign your energy"> <br>
<div class="row">
<input class="btn" type="submit" name="DE-btn" id="DE-btn"
value="Distribute">
</div>
</form>
</div>
In the table are so called serial numbers of electronic devices.
I want to be able to click on a serial number (hyperlink or similar) and the serial number is used directly as an input for the form. So it is inserted into the "search bar".
Is there a simple way to realize this? Thanks a lot