You could try using a hidden field to hold the id. Then you could look
for that field.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.favorite').click(function(){
var tid=$('.hiddenfield').text();
alert(tid);
});
});
<p><a href="#" class="favorite">some link<span
class="hiddenfield">109</span></a></p>
not sure about prefered method, but that might work
On Jul 11, 5:24 pm, jt <j...@arclocal.com> wrote:
> I have only used jQuery for fairly simple things and am a little
> stumped on how best to achieve the following. I have a list of items
> (similar to the three items at the bottom) and I want a user to be
> able to assign it as a favorite. I just copied the .post part from the
> docs with the id in html comments but have two related questions:
> 1. what is the best way / preferred to get the id of value of the item
> in the list (ie structured into the html - pretty sure an id can't be
> just an integer)?
> 2. assuming I wanted to change the class back after a succesful update
> (to say for example is_favorited), what would be a possible way?
>
> $(function(){
> $('.favorite').click(function(){
> //alert('you want to save');
> //alert(this);
> $.post("test.php", {id: 'how do i get this'},
> function(data){
> alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
> });
> });
>
> });
>
> <span class='favorite'>something</span><br/><!-- 1 -->
> <span class='favorite'>somethone</span><br/><!-- 2 -->
> <span class='favorite'>something other</span><!-- 3 -->
