# Need help with building simple editor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-building-simple-editor/247455>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 23, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-building-simple-editor/247455 "2007-12-23T23:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Project1993](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Project1993](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Project1993)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-building-simple-editor/247455/1 "2007-12-23T23:26:00Z")

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I have just the basic skill of PHP and Javascript(Still not vary good at), and MySQL. I am trying to learn a bit about editing the “innerHTML” of a span tag. I saw a lot about it in the Ajax edit in place but that isn’t what I am looking for. I don’t know how to call the content to a text box for editing though and even then I still don’t know what to do after that so I REALLY need some direction here of I might just ruin something.

Thank-you.