How to get value of jquery variable into textbox field?

Question

code:

<script>
    $(function() {
    $( "#university_name" ).autocomplete({
    source: 'autocomplete.php',
    minLength:2,
    select: function(event, ui) {
    var x = ui.item.value;
    }
    });
    });
</script>

<input type="text" id = "university_name"  name = "university_name" value= "x" placeholder = "University Name" >

Here I want to place jquery variable value i.e var x into input field value So How can we do this ?

Thank You

Possible duplicate of [How to set value of input text using jQuery](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10611170/how-to-set-value-of-input-text-using-jquery) — Rajesh, Jan 25 '17 at 09:25
`autocomplete` is getting invoked on same university_name field; then why you want to send its value explicitly? It will get set automatically whenever you select the value from search results. — vijayP, Jan 25 '17 at 09:27
Thanks for your reply hikmat sir But I have one more query sir if I want to use this value in a mysql query is it possible or not if yes then how ? — sam orten, Jan 25 '17 at 09:33

Ameya Deshpande · Answer 1 · 2017-01-25T09:30:01.173

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you can do it using jquery val()

$('#university_name').val(x);

your full code will go like this

$( "#university_name" ).autocomplete({
    source: 'autocomplete.php',
    minLength:2,
    select: function(event, ui) {
    var x = ui.item.value;
    $('#university_name').val(x);
    }
    });

edited Jan 25 '17 at 09:30

answered Jan 25 '17 at 09:23

Ameya Deshpande

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ya we can. just want to give quick update to the answer – Ameya Deshpande Jan 25 '17 at 09:26
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`$('university_name').val(x);` will never going to work. Please update the answer. – vijayP Jan 25 '17 at 09:28

How to get value of jquery variable into textbox field?

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