php - Codeigniter ajax get data from mysql and display in html form -

i have list of names display , when user clicks on edit, opens dialog html form. form show values of data retrieved mysql table. confused how can achieve that. have far.

view

<table class="table"> <thead> <tr>     <th>no.</th>     <th>organisation</th>     <th>first name</th>     <th>last name</th>     <th>privilege level</th>     <th>date added</th>     <th></th>     <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <?php $offset = $this->uri->segment(4,0)+1; ?> <?php foreach($user $row): ?> <tr data-id="<?php echo $row->id; ?>"> <td><?php echo $offset++; ?></td> <td><?php echo $row->company; ?></td> <td><?php echo $row->firstname; ?></td> <td><?php echo $row->lastname; ?></td> <td><?php echo $row->privilege; ?></td> <td><?php echo $row->date_added; ?></td> <td><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $row->id; ?>"/><input   type="hidden" name="company" value="<?php echo $row->id; ?>"/><input type="hidden"   name="set" value="edit"/><input type="button" class="editlink" value="edit"/></td> <td><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $row->id; ?>"/><input  type="hidden" name="company" value="<?php echo $row->id; ?>"/><input type="hidden"  name="set" value="delete"/><input type="button" class="deletelink"  value="delete"/></td> </tr> <?php endforeach; ?> </tbody> </table> <?php echo $links; ?> </div>  <div id="edit-dialog"> <?php echo form_open('manager/users/edit_user'); ?> <p>first name : <input type="text" name="firstname"/></p> <p>last name : <input type="text" name="lastname"/></p> <p>nric : <input type="text" name="nric"/></p> <p>address : <input type="text" name="address"/></p> <p>username : <input type="text" name="username"/></p> </form> </div> 

my controller

function get_user() {     $id = $this->input->post('id');     $this->load->model('user');     $data = $this->user->retrieve($id); } 

my model

public function generate($id) {     $this->db->where('id',$id);     $query = $this->db->get($this->tablename);     if($query->num_rows()==1)     {         return $query->result();         }     else     {         return $query->result();         } } 

my jquery/ajax

$('.editlink').on('click', function() { var user_id = $(this).parent().parent('tr').attr('data-id');  $.ajax({     url: 'http://localhost/manager/users/get_user',     type: 'post',     datatype:'text',     data:{'id':user_id},     cache:false,     success:function(result){             $("#edit-dialog").show();             console.log($.parsejson(result));             $("#edit-dialog").dialog({                     title: 'edit user',                     width: 400,                     height: 500,                     draggable: false,                     modal: true,                     dialogclass: "edit-user",                     open: function(){                      },                     buttons: [                                 {                                     text: 'update',                                     click: function() {                                         $('#manipulate_user').submit();                                     }                                 },                                 {                                     text: 'cancel',                                     click: function() {                                         $(this).dialog('close');                                     }                                 }                             ]              });   }});  }); });