Integrating href with $_GET value into a select option - php

Question

I am trying to get some data of a certain item selected in a select option and automatically display it on the textfield as shown in this image:
But it is not working. Is there a remedy for this or such type of coding is not workable at all? Hopefully someone can help me on this.
Here is the code I made:
$credit_accounts = $db->query("SELECT * FROM credits");
echo'<select id="customer_order_id" name = "customer_order_id">
<option value = "">SELECT ACCOUNT</option>';
foreach($credit_accounts as $key){
$id = $key['purchase_order_id'];
$name = $key['customer_firstName']."\t\t".$key['customer_lastName'];
echo'<option value = "'.$id.'">'.$name.'</option>';
}
echo'
</select>';
Note: The link will execute a query that will retrieve certain data of the selected item. If link is declared outside the loop without the <option></option> tag, it works accordingly. But if it is place within the loop of course with the <option></option> tag, it is not working like a link at all. Please help me out.

Answer 1

Sorry for my english , I will write some long answer hopefully it will also help others,so i am giving solution for doing following.
Please not : this solution is written and use SIMPLE MYSQL,AJAX and PHP function If you further want DATA SECURITY refer [PHP MySQLI Prevent SQL Injection
Objective : To get/display DATA from DATABASE related to a particular(ly 1) user/product and then fetch/display it in HTML page (additionally: without page refresh ) IN A FORM.
CODE :
<?php
//php-database connection script
$db_config = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "pass", "database_name");
// Evaluate the connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
}
?>
<?php
//this pHP SCRIP FIRES when you select a USERNAME (if u want not to SELECT but type then change ONCHANGE to ONKEYUP function & change username input type to text)
if(isset($_POST['uname'])){
$u = $_POST['uname'];
$sql = "SELECT email , gender FROM credits WHERE username='$u' LIMIT 1";
$query= mysqli_query($db_config,$sql);
while($row2 = mysqli_fetch_array($query)){
//Here we form a STRING SEPRATED BY QUAMMAS and ECHO IT TO PAGE
//later on we will fill this data in input fields
echo $row2['email'].",".$row2['gender'];
exit();
}exit();}
?>
<!-- HERE is your form where user will select or type his username-->
<form >
Select username :<br/>
<select id="user_name" onchange="load_data()">
<option value=""> select an ouser</option>
<option value="v1111"> v111</option>
</select><br/>
Email<br/>
<input type ="text" id="email" value=""><br/>
Gender :
<select id="gender">
<option value='m'>male</option>
<option value='f'>female</option>
</select>
</form>
<span id='status' ></span>
<script>
//AJAX OBJECT CREATION script it works as get or post mechanism
function ajaxObj(meth, url) {
var x = new XMLHttpRequest();
x.open(meth, url, true);
x.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
return x;
}
function ajaxReturn(x){
if(x.readyState === 4 && x.status === 200){
return true;
}
}
//here is function which fires when username is selected
function load_data(){
var value = document.getElementById('user_name').value;
//declare ajax obj, and name(url) of same page you are coding.
var ajax = ajaxObj("POST", "url.php");
ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(ajaxReturn(ajax) == true) {
var str = ajax.responseText;
//split STRING and extract individual data
var res = str.split(',');
//here we fetch his username into input field BINGO!do same for gender.
_('email').value = res[0];
//res[1] will have gender related data.
}
}
//Declaration to send URL encoded variable (username in this case)
ajax.send("uname="+value);
}
</script>
If you want further resources and info about data security see BRAD's comments in comments section