JSON HTML

const dbParam = JSON.stringify({table:"customers",limit:20});
const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onload = function() {
  myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
  let text = "<table border='1'>"
  for (let x in myObj) {
    text += "<tr><td>" + myObj[x].name + "</td></tr>";
  }
  text += "</table>"
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = text;
}
xmlhttp.open("POST", "/files/gethint.php");
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xmlhttp.send("x=" + dbParam);

<select id="myselect" onchange="change_myselect(this.value)">
  <option value="">Choose an option:</option>
  <option value="customers">Customers</option>
  <option value="products">Products</option>
  <option value="suppliers">Suppliers</option>
</select>

<script>
function change_myselect(sel) {
  const dbParam = JSON.stringify({table:sel,limit:20});
  const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlhttp.onload = function() {
    const myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
    let text = "<table border='1'>"
    for (let x in myObj) {
      text += "<tr><td>" + myObj[x].name + "</td></tr>";
    }
    text += "</table>"
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = text;
  }
  xmlhttp.open("POST", "json_demo_html_table.php");
  xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  xmlhttp.send("x=" + dbParam);
}
</script>

const dbParam = JSON.stringify({table:"customers",limit:20});
const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onload = function() {
  const myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
  let text = "<select>"
  for (let x in myObj) {
    text += "<option>" + myObj[x].name;
  }
  text += "</select>"
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = text;
};
xmlhttp.open("POST", "json_demo_html_table.php", true);
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xmlhttp.send("x=" + dbParam);