jquery function passsing variables - php

Question

hi i am building a php mysql database pagination page, so i have a list of records 2 rows long at the bottom of the record i want a div which opens up when the span above it is clicked, how do i set up the jquery to make it so that it takes the id of the <p> and expands it in jquery
<span id="button1">Toggle</span>
<p id="p1">
hello<br/>hello
</p>
<script>
$("#button1").click(function () {
$("#p1").slideToggle("slow");
});
</script>
when i output it in php mysql the button will all have a different id and the p will have different ids as well

Answer 1

//Jquery Code which calls toggle_visibility function
$(".pOne").click(function(){
toggle_visibility('partsIdThree');
})
.toggle( function() {
$(this).children("span").text("[-]");
}, function() {
$(this).children("span").text("[+]");
});
//HTML Code
<div id="parts_toogle_one">
<p class="pOne">Add Records <span>[+]</span></p>
<div id="msg_body_one">
<tr><td></td></tr>
</div>
</div>
// Javascript code
function toggle_visibility(id) {
var e = document.getElementById(id);
if(e.style.display == "inline") {
e.style.display = 'none';
}
else if(e.style.display == "none") {
e.style.display = "inline";
}
}
Something like this..

Answer 2

You can use a dynamic id retrieving, so you don't have to worry about the number of results..
For example:
<?php $i = 0;?>
<?php foreach($resultset as $result) : ;?>
<span class="activator" id="result<?php echo $i;?>">CLICK HERE</span>
<div id="panel_result<?php echo $i;?>">SLIDER DIV</div>
<!-- Do the rest of you processing of $result here; it just doesn't matter, for here you only need some identification, I used a number for convenience. -->
<?php ++$i;?>
<?php endforeach;?>
Your jquery:
$('.activator').click(function(){
var the_id = $(this).attr('id');
var the_panel = $('#panel_' + the_id);
$(the_panel).slideToggle('slow');
});
So you don't have to write a jQuery command for each line you print in php, use just this snippet and it will work out by itself which panel to slide, according to which span is clicked.