x-editable datepicker example​ php

HTML CODE

<a href="#" id="dob" data-type="date" data-value="2012-11-11" data-pk="1" data-title="Select date"></a>

PHP CODE (update.php)

<?php

//update.php

$connect = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "X-editable");

$query = "

 UPDATE employee SET ".$_POST["name"]." = '".$_POST["value"]."' 

 WHERE id = '".$_POST["pk"]."'";

mysqli_query($connect, $query);

?>

JAVASCRIPT CODE 

$('#dob').editable({
format: 'yyyy-mm-dd',
 viewformat: 'dd/mm/yyyy',
 url: '/post', defaultValue: "11/11/2012"
})