<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script>
    function showEdit(editableObj) {
        $(editableObj).css("background","#FFF");
    }

    function saveToDatabase(editableObj,column,id) {
        $(editableObj).css("background","#FFF url(loaderIcon.gif) no-repeat right");
        $.ajax({
            url: "saveedit.php",
            type: "POST",
            data:'column='+column+'&editval='+editableObj.innerHTML+'&id='+id,
            success: function(data){
                $(editableObj).css("background","#FDFDFD");
            }
       });
    }
    </script>

<table class="tabletheme" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
        <th scope="col">Name</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td align="left" valign="top" contenteditable="true">
        <p>John Doe<br>
          555 West Ave<br>
          Mt Olive, CA 04053
        </p></td>
    </tr>
</table>

<?php
 require_once("dbcontroller.php");
 $db_handle = new DBController();
 $result = mysql_query("UPDATE tbl_employee set " . $_POST["column"] . " =           '".$_POST["editval"]."' WHERE  id=".$_POST["id"]);
 ?>

<?php
class DBController {
private $host = "localhost";
private $user = "dbuser";
private $password = "abc12345";
private $database = "mydatabase";

function __construct() {
    $conn = $this->connectDB();
    if(!empty($conn)) {
        $this->selectDB($conn);
    }
}

function connectDB() {
    $conn = mysql_connect($this->host,$this->user,$this->password);
    return $conn;
}

function selectDB($conn) {
    mysql_select_db($this->database,$conn);
}

function runQuery($query) {
    $result = mysql_query($query);
    while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        $resultset[] = $row;
    }
    if(!empty($resultset))
        return $resultset;
}

function numRows($query) {
    $result  = mysql_query($query);
    $rowcount = mysql_num_rows($result);
    return $rowcount;
}
}
?>