How to change field value in PHP code

Hi: I use “Shortcodes,Acctions and Filters” create the shortcode for show my DB data，like as:

require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/CFDBFormIterator.php’);

$exp = new CFDBFormIterator();
$exp->export($atts[‘form’], $atts);

global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo(); // call WordPress system function

while ($row = $exp->nextRow())
{
echo ‘<table border=”1″><tbody>’;
echo ‘<tr style=”background-color: #eee”>’;
echo ‘<td>’ . $row[‘department’] . ‘</td>’;
echo ‘<td>’ . $row[‘Engineer-name’] . ‘</td>’;
echo ‘</tr>’;
echo ‘</tbody></table>’;

echo $row[‘request-form-status’];

if($current_user->user_level >= 3)
{
echo “<button onclick=’updateData();’>Change Status</button></td>”;
}
}

And, I need some login user can press button (or click link) to call and run some function for change some field value (like change status)，
But I am not very familiar with php.
So, I am confused how to complete updateData() program fragment，
Can you give me some guidance it?

Thank you~

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