href + javascript onlick event

[manjireee]

Hello,

am doing one program, where user types an alphabet or name in text field, then below at span , all the data related to alphabet or name will be retrived.
so now i want to do is , in span, i want an href (link) , so wen i click on that link, i will call onClick() and i will alert the particular name .

<a href="#" onClick="return view();" id="aa"><?php $response=$hint; ?></a>

<script type="text/javascript">
function view()
{
alert("inscript");
var a=document.getElementByID(aa).value;
alert(a);
return true;
}
</script>

what should i do,
and can i put id or name to href, so i want to access that value in javascript through id or name


thanks in advance

[rangana]

You just missed on adding highlighted:

var a=document.getElementByID('aa').value;

[manjireee]

ya, jus did that
but am not able to enter into function view()

1st line of function i hav put line, alert("in function");

but onClick event does not enter that function.

[rangana]

Could you please show to us the generated markup (HTML) instead of the PHP raw file.

[jthayne]

You don't have anything entered in for a link. There is nothing for you to click on. How are you getting to the function as is?

All this line does is assign the variable. Nothing will show up on screen: <?php $response=$hint; ?>