How to write PHP code inside jquery for retrieving values from mysql database?

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I am trying to get the values for the next drop-down from a database, which will be dependent on two previous drop-downs. The values for first two drop-downs are listed in the file itself. I want the second drop-down to be enable after selecting values from first, and similarly for third after second. Kindly help. HTML code below:

<form>
<select id="branch" name="branch" class="form-control" onchange="showUser(this.value)">
        <option value="">Select</option>
        <option value="1">Civil</option>
        <option value="2">Computer</option>
        <option value="3">Mechanical</option>
        <option value="4">Electronics and Telecommunications</option>
        <option value="5">Electrical and Electronics</option>
        <option value="6">Information Technology</option>
</select>
<select id="semester" name="semester" class="form-control" disabled>
      <option value="1">I</option>
      <option value="2">II</option>
      <option value="3">III</option>
      <option value="4">IV</option>
      <option value="5">V</option>
      <option value="6">VI</option>
      <option value="7">VII</option>
      <option value="8">VII</option>
</select>
</form>

jquery is:

<script>

     $(document).ready(function(){
      document.cookie = "s =hello" ;

     console.log('hello');

         $("#semester").attr("disabled", true);
         $("#branch").change(function(){
             $("#semester").attr("disabled", false); 

              $b = $('#branch').val();


              $("#semester").change(function(){
                $s = $('#semester').val();
                $("#sub_code").attr("disabled", false);
                console.log($s);

                if($s!=1||$s!=2)
                $s = $b+$s;

                <?php 

                 $s= $_COOKIE['s'];

                 $sql = "SELECT * FROM subjects WHERE sem_code=`$s`";

                ?>

             });   
         });
     });
     </script>

I did not run the query since it is not assigned properly yet.

I reckon you might have mistaken SO for a freelancing site. Btw, a hint for you - Lookup these following terms in google: Ajax+jquery+php and I'm sure you'll find a dozen tutorials — asprin
– asprin, Commented May 8, 2014 at 11:28
I think you need this - thesoftwareguy.in/multiple-dropdown-with-jquery-ajax-and-php — Raj Sf
– Raj Sf, Commented May 8, 2014 at 11:40

laurent · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-08 12:07:40Z

You can't include php code in javascript , the first is executed on the server side, the second is executed on the client side which means that you can't re-execute only if you resend a request to the server, obviously this is usually done by submitting forms, BUT sometimes -like in your case- we don't want to reload the whole page for each request ! and for this purpose we use AJAX ajax sends post/get request to a specified php page which does the desired server-side tasks (updating data in the database, selecting some results from database, dealing with sessions maybe, etc...) try something like this:

var pathurl='/path/to/your/php/file';
var params={}; //the parameters you want to send
params['semester']=$s;
var requestData= $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: pathurl,
        cache: 'false',
        data: params,
        dataType: "json",
        beforeSend: function () {
            //here you can begin an animation or anything...
        },
        complete: function () {
            //here you can stop animations ...

        },
        success: function (response) {
            console.log(response); //check your console to verify the response
            //loop other elements inside response
            $.each(response, function (index, resultArray) {
            //do something : in your case append to dropdown a new option
            });
        }
 });
   requestData.error(function () {
   alert("error");
});

you should create a php file with the path specified in the above code, and there you can extract what you need from the database table, store values in an array and finally use:

echo json_encode($resultArray);

hope this was helpful

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