Codeigniter SQL table update with Ajax param not working - php

Question

I hope someone can give me a hand because I've tried and tried to find the error with no luck, I'm trying to execute an update SQL statement which gets the values from a POST AJAX request and everything seems to work ok but the table's values doesn't get updated.
The App flow is like this (and it actually works, just without the data update):
In my view I have a button which detonates a modal window for the user to input values in 4 text fields, then the user can click on a button and it sends such values through a POST AjAX call, then the controller and the method takes care of the update, then the user is sent back to the same page where he/she originally clicked the button.
As additional information, paths are correct, the flow works correctly, the values are being sent correctly through the AJAX call to the controller but I'm lost from that point on... :S
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, any help is appreciated
// My View - HTML button //
<i class="fa fa-file fa-2x" aria-hidden="true" ></i>
// My View - HTML modal window code //
<div id="confirmation_box_service_report_additional_data" title="" style="display:none;">
<h1 align="center" style="color: #333333"><?php echo $this->lang->line('service_report_title') ?></h1><br />
<h2 align="center" style="color: #DF9E0A"><strong><?php echo $this->lang->line('project_service_comments') ?></strong></h2><br />
<form id="form_service_report_additional_data" name="form_service_report_additional_data" method="post" action="">
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="45%" class="red_cell_background">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="client_images_comments"><?php echo $this->lang->line('client_images_comments') ?></label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" id="client_images_comments"></textarea>
</div>
</td>
<td width="5%" class="purple_cell_background"> </td>
<td width="45%" class="purple_cell_background"><div class="form-group">
<label for="specialist_images_comments"><?php echo $this->lang->line('specialist_images_comments') ?></label>
<textarea name="specialist_images_comments" rows="5" class="form-control" id="specialist_images_comments"></textarea>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="red_cell_background"><div class="form-group">
<label for="spare_parts_comments"><?php echo $this->lang->line('spare_parts_comments') ?></label>
<textarea name="spare_parts_comments" rows="5" class="form-control" id="spare_parts_comments"></textarea>
</div></td>
<td class="purple_cell_background"> </td>
<td class="purple_cell_background"><div class="form-group">
<label for="final_comments"><?php echo $this->lang->line('final_comments') ?></label>
<textarea name="final_comments" rows="5" class="form-control" id="final_comments"></textarea>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</div>
// My Javascript modal window code //
function service_report_additional_data(jobId) {
$("#spare_parts_comments").val("<?php echo $jobDetails[0]['spare_parts_description']; ?>");
$("#confirmation_box_service_report_additional_data").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
resizable: false,
width: 900,
heightStyle: "content",
modal: true,
closeOnEscape: false,
open: function(event, ui) {
$(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close", ui.dialog | ui).hide();
},
buttons: [
{
text: "<?php echo $this->lang->line('save_and_close'); ?>",
class: "btn btn-warning",
click: function() {
var clientImagesComments = $('#client_images_comments').val();
var technicianImagesComments = $('#specialist_images_comments').val();
var sparePartsDescription = $('#spare_parts_comments').val();
var finalThoughts = $('#final_comments').val();
//alert(finalThoughts)
servicereportadditionaldatasaving(jobId, clientImagesComments, technicianImagesComments, sparePartsDescription, finalThoughts);
},
},
{
text: "<?php echo $this->lang->line('Cancel'); ?>",
class: "btn btn-default",
click: function() {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
],
close: function() {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
});
$("#confirmation_box_service_report_additional_data").dialog('open');
}
//My AjAX call //
function servicereportadditionaldatasaving(jobId, clientImagesComments, technicianImagesComments, sparePartsDescription, finalThoughts) {
//alert(clientImagesComments)
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "<?php echo base_url() . DISPATCHERADMIN . '/jobs/servicereportadditionaldatasaving/' ?>",
data: {
'jobId': jobId,
'clientImagesComments': clientImagesComments,
'technicianImagesComments': technicianImagesComments,
'sparePartsDescription': sparePartsDescription,
'finalThoughts': finalThoughts
},
success: function (data){
//alert(data);
location.href = '<?php echo base_url() . DISPATCHERADMIN . '/myjob/details/' ?>' + jobId;
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
console.log('error:: ' + errorThrown);
}
});
}
// My Controller //
<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Jobs extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct() {
// Construct the parent class
parent::__construct();
$this->lang->load('message', 'english'); // language file
$this->load->model('dispatcher/jobs_model');
}
public function servicereportadditionaldatasaving() {
$postData = $this->input->post();
$data = array(
'table_name' => 'jobs',
'job_id' => $postData['jobId'],
'client_images_comments' => $postData['clientImagesComments'],
'technician_images_comments' => $postData['technicianImagesComments'],
'spare_parts_description' => $postData['sparePartsDescription'],
'final_thoughts' => $postData['finalThoughts']
);
$this->jobs_model->update_job_service_report_additional_data($data);
}
}
?>
// My Model //
<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Jobs_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
public function update_job_service_report_additional_data($data) {
extract($data);
$this->db->where("job_id", $job_id);
$success = $this->db->update($table_name, array('client_images_comments' => $client_images_comments,
'technician_images_comments' => $technician_images_comments,
'spare_parts_description' => $spare_parts_description,
'final_thoughts' => $final_thoughts
));
if($success) {
return $success;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
?>

Answer 1

I found the answer myself, after many attempts of looking into the code here and there I found that the problem was at the Ajax call at the following line:
url: "<?php echo base_url() . DISPATCHERADMIN . '/jobs/servicereportadditionaldatasaving/' ?>",
it was expecting an ID to be passed as part of the original URL as follows:
url: "<?php echo base_url() . DISPATCHERADMIN . '/jobs/servicereportadditionaldatasaving/' ?>" + jobId,
To be honest I need to review my code more in detail but that was the issue, everything is working as expected.