how to store the value of an html element in jquery code example

Example 1: simple return data jquery

$(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
        url: 'ajaxfile.php',
        type: 'get',
        dataType: 'JSON',
        success: function(response){
            var len = response.length;
            for(var i=0; i<len; i++){
                var id = response[i].id;
                var username = response[i].username;
                var name = response[i].name;
                var email = response[i].email;

                var tr_str = "<tr>" +
                    "<td align='center'>" + (i+1) + "</td>" +
                    "<td align='center'>" + username + "</td>" +
                    "<td align='center'>" + name + "</td>" +
                    "<td align='center'>" + email + "</td>" +
                    "</tr>";

                $("#userTable tbody").append(tr_str);
            }

        }
    });
});

Example 2: simple return data jquery

<?php

include "config.php";

$return_arr = array();

$query = "SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY NAME";

$result = mysqli_query($con,$query);

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
    $id = $row['id'];
    $username = $row['username'];
    $name = $row['name'];
    $email = $row['email'];

    $return_arr[] = array("id" => $id,
                    "username" => $username,
                    "name" => $name,
                    "email" => $email);
}

// Encoding array in JSON format
echo json_encode($return_arr);