Let me show you a piece of my working code from a project. Hope it helps you.
In my view, I have a table in which I am echoing the data like this:
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered" id="store-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Id</th>
<th>Program Name</th>
<th>Content</th>
<th>Quote</th>
<th>Actions</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php $i = 1; foreach($business_skills as $business_skill): ?>
<tr>
<td width="5%;"><?php echo $i; ?></td>
<td style="width:15%;"><?php echo $business_skill['name']; ?></td>
<td style="width:45%;"><?php echo $business_skill['content']; ?></td>
<td style="width:15%;"><?php echo $business_skill['quote']; ?></td>
<td>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs edit_button"
data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal"
data-name="<?php echo $business_skill['name'];?>"
data-content="<?php echo htmlentities($business_skill['content']);?>"
data-quote="<?php echo $business_skill['quote'];?>"
data-id="<?php echo $business_skill['id']; ?>">
Edit
</button>
<button type="button" data-id="<?php echo $business_skill['id']; ?>"
data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal3" class="btn btn-danger btn-xs delete_button">
Delete
</button>
</td>
</tr>
<?php $i++; endforeach; ?>
</tbody>
</table>
In my jQuery, I have the following code:
$(document).on( "click", '.edit_button',function(e) {
var name = $(this).data('name');
var id = $(this).data('id');
var content = $(this).data('content');
var quote = $(this).data('quote');
$(".business_skill_id").val(id);
$(".business_skill_name").val(name);
$(".business_skill_quote").val(quote);
tinyMCE.get('business_skill_content').setContent(content);
});
The Bootstrap modal in which the data is getting populated is here:
<!-- Modal for Edit button -->
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Edit Skill</h4>
</div>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo base_url(); ?>admin/edit_business_skill">
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control business_skill_id" type="hidden" name="id">
<input class="form-control business_skill_name" name="name" placeholder="Enter Skill" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control business_skill_content" type="hidden" name="content">
<label for="heading">Enter program details</label>
<textarea id="business_skill_content" name="content"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control business_skill_quote" type="hidden" name="quote">
<input class="form-control business_skill_quote" name="quote" placeholder="Enter Quote" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End of Modal for Edit button -->
This is the best way without making unnecessary AJAX requests. I have used the "data" property and a bit of jQuery to get the values in the modal.
Hope this helps! Cheers