php mysql java - insert span id into database

Save the amount to a textbox or also to a hidden field. Or if you're using ajax (with jQuery), you can pick it up like this:

var total = $('#resp').html(); 

Can I take a look at more of your code? Then I would feel better suited to give you an answer.

I will try to post some of the code later today.. I tried the hidden but am not getting anything -

<input type="hidden" name="resp" id="resp" /> 

heres the code.. i just need it to either load into a hidden, or into a text box would work too.. Or if there is a better way of doing this too. calfun.php pulls from a $valuets

<script> function calc() { if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else {// code for IE6, IE5 xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } val1 = document.getElementById("price1").value; val2 = document.getElementById("price2").value; mani = document.getElementById("manipulator").value; if (val1 != "" && val2 != "") { document.getElementById("resp").innerHTML="Calculating..."; queryPath = "calfun.php?price1="+val1+"&price2="+val2+"&manipulator="+mani; xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) { document.getElementById("resp").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText; } } xmlhttp.open("GET",queryPath); xmlhttp.send(); } } </script> 

From what I remember form input fields don't have a innerHtml(). I may be wrong. I've been using jQuery so long, I've lost touch with vanilla js.

I found it out.. it was document.getElementById("test").value = xmlhttp.responseText;

I needed to get rid of the inner.