PHP & JQUERY

[gotornot]

Hi All (Again)

I am looking to pick up variables in jquery from a string created:

function search_by() {
var search_term = $('#search_for', $(this).attr('value'));
alert(search_term);
}

I cant seem to get the value i am trying to into a "var".

This is the code on the page i am using a onClick="search_by();"
i.e:
<a class="show_cats" search_cat="PDAs & Accessories" search_for="fire" onclick="search_by();" href="#">

I am trying to get the value inside the "search_for" field.
Any ideas????

[vivek151189]

you are calling the attribute that is not defined yet i.e value as your code shows

<a class="show_cats" search_cat="PDAs & Accessories" search_for="fire" onclick="search_by();" href="#">

you don't have any attribute like "value ";
you can instead use the attribute search_for to get the jquery to work
no tested but give you the idea

function search_by() {
var search_term = $('#search_for', $(this).attr('search_for'));
alert(search_term);
}

[Bonesnap]

I'm not sure how custom attributes work, but I do know that code won't work. You're going to want to do something like this:

function search_by()
{
    var search_term = $('.search_for').attr('search_for');
    alert(search_term);
}

Pay close attention to the fact that my selector is looking for a class, not an ID (which is denoted with a # symbol).

You could also shorten it to be:

function search_by()
{
    alert($('.search_for').attr('search_for'));
}