How can I get the ID of an element using jQuery?

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<div id="test"></div>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    alert($('#test').id);
  });  
</script>

Why doesn't the above work, and how should I do this?

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20 Answers

Above answers are great, but as jquery evolves.. so you can also do:

var myId = $("#test").prop("id");
user_9180790

Since the id is an attribute, you can get it by using the attr method.

user_86237360 

    $("#button").click(function() {
      var clickID = $("#testDiv").attr("id");
      console.log(clickID)
    });
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="testDiv"> When button will click you'll get this id value </div>
<button id="button"> Button </button>

user_125834360 
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet"href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    </head>
<?php
    // include Database connection file 
    include("db_connection.php");

    // Design initial table header 
    $data = '<table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
                        <tr>
                            <th>No.</th>
                            <th>First Name</th>
                            <th>Last Name</th>
                            <th>Email Address</th>
                            <th>Update</th>
                            <th>Delete</th>
                        </tr>';
    $query = "SELECT * FROM users";
    if (!$result = mysqli_query($con, $query)) {
        exit(mysqli_error($con));
    }
    // if query results contains rows then featch those rows 
    if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0)
    {
        $number = 1;
        while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))
        {
            $data .= '<tr>
                <td>'.$number.'</td>
                <td>'.$row['first_name'].'</td>
                <td>'.$row['last_name'].'</td>
                <td>'.$row['email'].'</td>
                    <td><button onclick="DeleteUser('.$row['id'].')" class="btn btn-danger">Delete</button>
                </td>
            </tr>';
            $number++;
        }
    }

    else
    {
        // records now found 
        $data .= '<tr><td colspan="6">Records not found!</td></tr>';
    }

    $data .= '</table>';
    echo $data;
?>

<script type="text/javascript">

    function DeleteUser(id) {
    var conf = confirm("Are you sure, do you really want to delete User?");
    if (conf == true) {
        $.ajax({
                    url:'deleteUser.php',
                    method:'POST',
                    data:{
                        id:id
                    },
            success:function(data){
                      alert('delete successfully');
                   }




}
});

deleteUser.php

<?php
// check request
if(isset($_POST['id']) && isset($_POST['id']) != "")
{
    // include Database connection file
    include("db_connection.php");

    // get user id
    $user_id = $_POST['id'];

    // delete User
    $query = "DELETE FROM users WHERE id = '$user_id'";
    if (!$result = mysqli_query($con, $query)) {
        exit(mysqli_error($con));
    }
}
?>
user_106575660

it does not answer the OP, but may be interesting to others: you can access the .id field in this case:

$('#drop-insert').map((i, o) => o.id)
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