function updateCompound($compound_id, $column, $value) { //FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION $c = new compound(); $c->read($compound_id); $c->validate(); if ($column == 'name') { $c->update($column, 'name', $value); } elseif ($column == 'metric') { $c->update($column, 'metric', $value); } elseif ($column == 'value') { $c->update($column, 'value', $value); } else { return false; } $arr = array('selector' => '#updated', 'content' => array('id' => $compound_id, 'column' => $column, 'value' => $value)); echo json_encode($arr); }