Introduction
In this article I will explain how to use jQuery to show a span on Hover in PHP. I will use a simple example of showing a span on hover using HTML, jQuery and CSS. You can include our PHP project for showing a span.
Example
This is your CSS script. Include this code in the head section. 
ul
{
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
}
#pictures li
{
  list-style:inline;
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
}
#pictures span
{
  display:none;
}
 
#pictures hover
{
  visibility:none;
}
 
The following is your jQuery code for showing a span on a Hover using jQuery functions:
 
 $(function () {
       $(".imageanimation").hover(function () {
            $(this).closest("li").next("span").show(500);
       },
       function () {
           $(this).closest("li").next("span").hide(400);
       });
  });
 
This is your final code. You can try this example for showing a span on the Hover event:
 
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul
{
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
}
#pictures li
{
  list-style:inline;
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
}
#pictures span
{
  display:none;
}
 
#pictures hover
{
  visibility:none;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<SCRIPT language="javascript">
    $(function () {
        $(".imageanimation").hover(function () {
            $(this).closest("li").next("span").show(500);
        },
        function () {
            $(this).closest("li").next("span").hide(400);
        });
    });
</script>
<title>Example of Show span on hover</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="pictures">
  <li>
    <img src="bird.gif" class="imageanimation"/>
  </li>
  <span>
    Flying Bird
  </span>
  <li>
    <img src="white_horse.gif" class="imageanimation"/>
  </li>
  <span>
   Running Horse
  </span>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
 
Output
 
For example, you can see that:
![show span.jpg]() 
 
![show span1.jpg]()
![show span2.jpg]()