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Assign dynamic value to an Input Field in HTML

I have an input field and I want to assign it a value dynamically fetched from DB. I will use that value later in a script. Here is my code below
<div data-ng-model="DashboardCounterItems">
<div data-ng-repeat="cItem in DashboardCounterItems">
<input type ="hidden" id ="myInput" value = {{cItem.dbMeetings.length}} />
</div>
</div>
Here {{cItem.dbMeetings.length}} is fetched from DB and assigned to myInput. Further when I check the value of this input in alert in script below, I get {{cItem.dbMeetings.length}} message instead of the value within it.
<script>
var iLenthv = document.getElementById("myInput").value;
alert(iLenthv);
</script>
Any help how can I do it. Or any other better way. I will really appreciate it.

I think your JS code will execute before DB data retrieval, can you check JS code within the setTimeout() Method?
<script>
setTimeout(function() {
var iLenthv = document.getElementById("myInput").getAttribute("value");
alert(iLenthv);
}, 3000);
</script>

Use .getAttribute() to get the value from a html attribute
function myFunction() {
var iLenthv = document.getElementById("myInput").getAttribute("value");
alert(iLenthv);
}
Hope it's helpfull

So we have to track the client side actual value, after the document is loaded. Would you adapt this piece of code and take a look at the console ?
<div data-ng-model="DashboardCounterItems">
<div data-ng-repeat="cItem in DashboardCounterItems">
<input type="hidden" id="myInput" value={{cItem.dbMeetings.length}} />
</div>
</div>
<script>
const test = () => {
var iLenthv = document.getElementById("myInput").value;
console.log("value:",iLenthv);
};
window.onload = test;
</script>

How to pass js variable into hidden form field?

I want to pass js variable into hidden form field value. I set value using php echo code but it is not working.
js variable :-
<script type="text/javascript"> var demo = 1; </script>
html :-
<input type="hidden" name="demo_val" value="<?php echo <script>demo</script>" id="demo_val"/>
and in js file call hidden field value :-
$('#demo_val').val();
but it is not working...
How to do it..?

Remove this <?php echo <script>demo</script> from hidden field and leave it blank.
Write followed code
var demo =1;
$('#demo_val').val(demo);
in your script.
You can get value by
var field_vemo = $('#demo_val').val();

Put
document.getElementById("demo_val").value = demo;
in your javascript section

you should pass the variable since javascript yo input hidden, not it´s good idea pass the variable with , you can use jQuery :
var demo = "hola";
$('#demo_val').val(demo);
Now input with name demo_val should have the value "hola"
If you like get the value you can
var valueDemo = $('#demo_val').val();

try this
<input type="hidden" name="demo_val" value="" id="demo_val"/>
<script type="text/javascript">
var demo = 1;
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#demo_val').val(demo);
});
</script>

Jquery multiple plus/minus script

I have multiple forms on a page and also multiple input boxes with plus/minus signs.
I'm having trouble to get those input boxes to work seperately. Probably because of some wrong/same id's or something like that or maybe a wrong setup of my code. The thing is I can't find my error in the code and I don't get any errors in my console.
What I have:
function quantity_change(way, id){
quantity = $('#product_amount_'+id).val();
if(way=='up'){
quantity++;
} else {
quantity--;
}
if(quantity<1){
quantity = 1;
}
if(quantity>10){
quantity = 10;
}
$('#product_amount_'+id).val(quantity);
}
And my html:
//row 1
<div class="amount"><input type="text" name="quantity" value="1" id="product_amount_1234"/></div>
<div class="change" data-id="1234">
+
-
</div>
//row 2
<div class="amount"><input type="text" name="quantity" value="1" id="product_amount_4321"/></div>
<div class="change" data-id="4321">
+
-
</div>
I thought something like this would do the trick but it doesn't :(
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.change a').click(function(){
var id = $(this).find('.change').data('id');
quantity_change(id)
});
});
Any help greatly appreciated!

You should use closest() method to get access to the parent div with class change, then you can read the data attribute id's value.
var id = $(this).closest('.change').data('id');
alert(id);
Since you are already binding the click event using unobutrusive javascript, you do not need the onclick code in your HTML markup.
Also your quantity_change method takes 2 parameters and using both, but you are passing only one. You may keep the value of way in HTML 5 data attributes on the anchor tag and read from that and pass that to your method.
<div class="change" data-id="1234">
+
-
</div>
So the corrected js code is
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.change a').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var _this=$(this);
var id = _this.closest('.change').data('id');
var way= _this.data("way");
quantity_change(way,id)
});
});
Here is a working sample.

pass JavaScript variable to HTML input box and (to use in PHP file)

I'm trying to pass a JavaScript variable to the value of an hidden input button to use in my PHP file output.
My HTML is:
<input type = "hidden" id = "location2" name = "location2" value = ""/>
I'm using this onclick="myFunction();" in my "Submit Form" input to run the function as it is not able to be done in the window.load()
My JavaScript below is calling indexes from another function and assigning the text to the variable 'location' (I know this sounds strange but it was the only way I have got it to work so far):
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("box2").selectedIndex;
var y = document.getElementById("box2").options;
var location=(y[x].text);
document.getElementById("location2").value=(location);
}
Any help would be hugely appreciated as I am really struggling and have been working on this for some time (as you can probably tell, I dont really know what I'm doing) - I just need to call the value of this variable into my PHP file output and the majority of my web form is completed.
Thanks very much
Marcus
I've just changed my HTML as follows
I've removed myFunction from my submit
I've added the following HTML button:
<button onclick="myFunction();" id = "location2" name = "location2" value="">Click me</button>
The variable is now passing!!!! The only problem is when I press the onclick button, it is now submitting my form!!
Is it okay for me to replace my previous submit button with this code??
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR HELP ON THIS!!

I Was not sure what you doing but below example may help you. It will post the value as well as the option text.
Here we are using print_r to print the $_POST array from the AJAX Request. using this method, you should be able to debug the issue.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php if($_POST) {
print_r($_POST); die;
} ?>
<form name="" id="" method="post" >
Select a fruit and click the button:
<select id="mySelect">
<option>Apple</option>
<option>Orange</option>
<option>Pineapple</option>
<option>Banana</option>
</select>
<input type = "hidden" id = "location2" name = "location2" value = ""/>
<input type = "hidden" id = "locationname" name = "locationname" value = ""/>
<button type="submit" id="submit">Display index</button>
</form>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").selectedIndex;
var y = document.getElementById("mySelect").options;
//alert("Index: " + y[x].index + " is " + y[x].text);
document.getElementById("location2").value=(y[x].index);
document.getElementById("locationname").value=(y[x].text);
//alert($("#location2").val());
}
var submit = document.getElementById('submit');
submit.onsubmit = function(e){
myFunction();
};
</script>
</body>
</html>

i'm assuming your form method is 'POST' and action value is the same php page where you are expecting to see the 'location2' hidden input value, if that is the case, you can use $_POST['location2'] to get the value in that php page.

Yes it is fine to use button tag by default it acts like the submit button inside the form tag. You can also make it act like button(won't submit the form) by using the attribute type='button'.
Edited
button or input type='submit' can submit the form only when it is placed within the form tag(without javascript).
<form action='http://www.stackoverflow.com/'>
<button>stackoverflow</button> <!-- this works -->
</form>
<form action='http://www.stackoverflow.com/'></form>
<button>stackoverflow</button><!-- this won't work -->
var go = function() {
document.forms[0].submit();
};
<form action='http://www.stackoverflow.com/'></form>
<button onclick='go()'>stackoverflow</button><!-- still works -->

How to send multiple values from a checkbox input

I am trying to collect multiple pieces of data from a checkbox, but I am unsure of how to do this. Right now I have:
<input tabindex="1" type="checkbox" name="friend[]" id="{{$friend}}" value="{{$friend}}" style="display:inline-block;">
Which allows me to collect an id (contained in {{$friend}}) that I need. But I also need the name associated with this id. Is there a way to collect multiple values from a single checkbox? I would need this because I am collecting the data and moving to another form without changing the view. This would be used for javascript which would print out stuff in the view as it is checked (i.e. the id and name).
Here is the javascript:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var callbacks_list = $('.callbacks ul');
$('.facebook-friends-larger input').on('ifChecked', function(event){
callbacks_list.prepend('<li><img src="https://graph.facebook.com/'+this.id+'/picture" alt="" height="50" width="50"><span id="#'+this.id+'">#' + this.id + '</span> is ' + event.type.replace('if', '').toLowerCase() + '</li>');
});
$('.facebook-friends-larger input').on('ifUnchecked', function(event) {
callbacks_list.find('span#'+ this.id).closest('li').remove();
console.log(this.id);
});
});
</script>
Any ideas? Thank you for your help.

Try this this will be helpyou..
$("input[type=checkbox]").change(function(){
alert($(this).val()); //get a val
alert($(this).attr('name')); //get a value of name attribute
});
Fiddle here

If you have the access to the username before the page is loaded (and is therefore able to inject it into the DOM without making ajax queries after pageload or user action), you can store them in HTML5 data- attributes, for example, data-name in the following format:
<input tabindex="1" type="checkbox" name="friend[]" id="{{$friend}}" value="{{$friend}}" data-name="{{name}}" style="display:inline-block;">
You can access the name by simply calling the .data() method in jQuery, i.e. $('input').data('name').

Use:
var name = $("#checkbox-id").attr("name"); // Use whatever method you have to target the checkbox
and so on to get the other values

Try this
HTML
<input tabindex="1" type="checkbox" name="friend[]" id="123" value="{{$friend}}" style="display:inline-block;">test
JS
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#123").change(function(){
$(this).val(); //get a val
console.log($(this).attr('name')); //get a value of name attribute
});
});
FIDDLE