Why do the responses of my new plugin not save? - php

Question

So below are some of the actions that my plugin is supposed to perform when submitting the survey. On my console I should get 'response saved', but I get absolutely nothing, not even 'Could not save response'. I have looked through the code, but I can't see why ajax is not performing the function of saving the response. Can anyone else see what is going on here?
// 5.3
// hint: ajax form handler for saving question responses expects: $_POST['survey_id'] and $_POST['response_id']
function ssp_ajax_save_response() {
$result = array(
'status'=>0,
'message'=>'Could not save response.',
'survey_complete'=>false
);
try {
$survey_id = (isset($_POST['survey_id'])) ? (int)$_POST['survey_id']: 0;
$response_id = (isset($_POST['response_id'])) ? (int)$_POST['response_id']: 0;
$saved = ssp_save_response($survey_id, $response_id);
if($saved) {
$survey = get_post($survey_id);
if(isset($survey->post_type) && $survey->post_type = 'ssp_survey') {
$complete = true;
$html = ssp_get_question_html($survey_id);
$result = array(
'status'=>1,
'message'=>'Response saved!',
'survey_complete'=>$complete,
'html'=>$html
);
} else {
$result['message'].='Invalid survey.';
}
}
} catch(Exception $e) {
// php error
}
ssp_return_json($result);
}
// 5.4
// hint: saves single question response
function ssp_save_response($survey_id, $response_id) {
global $wpdb;
$return_value = false;
try {
$ip_address = ssp_get_client_ip();
// get question post object
$survey = get_post($survey_id);
if($survey->post_type == 'ssp_survey'):
// get current timestamp
$now = new DateTime();
$its = $now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// query sql
$sql = "INSERT INTO {$wpdb->prefix}ssp_survey_responses (ip_address, survey_id, response_id, created_at) VALUES (%s, %d, %d, %s) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE survey_id = %d";
// prepare query
$sql = $wpdb->prepare($sql, $ip_address, $survey_id, $response_id, $ts, $survey_id);
// run query
$entry_id = $wpdb->query($sql);
// If response saved successfully...
if($entry_id):
// return true
$return_value = true;
endif;
endif;
} catch(Exception $e) {
// php error
ssp_debug('ssp_save_response php error', $e->getMessage());
}
return $return_value;
}
Someone made me aware that I need to add the jQuery code and so here it is and thank you in advance.
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
// do something after jQuery has loaded
ssp_debug('public js script loaded!');
// hint: displays a message and data in the console debugger
function ssp_debug(msg, data) {
try {
console.log(msg);
if(typeof data !== "undefined") {
console.log(data);
}
} catch(e) {
}
}
// setup our wp ajax URL
var wpajax_url = document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
// bind custom function to survey form submit event
$(document).on('submit', 'ssp-survey-form', function(e){
// prevent form from submitting normally
e.preventDefault();
$form = $(this);
$survey = $form.closest('.ssp-survey');
// get selected radio button
$selected = $('input[name^="ssp_question_"]:checked', $form);
// split field name into array
var name_arr = $selected.attr('name').split('_');
// get the survey id from the last item in name array
var survey_id = name_arr[2];
// get the response id from the value of the selected item
var response_id = $selected.val();
var data = {
_wpnonce: $('[name="wp_nonce"]', $form).val(),
_wp_http_referer: $('[name="wp_http_referer"]', $form).val(),
survey_id: survey_id,
response_id: response_id
};
ssp_debug('data', data);
// get the closest dl.ssp-question element
$dl = $selected.closest('dl.ssp-question');
// submit the chosen item via ajax
$.ajax({
cache: false,
method: 'post',
url: wpajax_url + '?action=ssp_ajax_save_response',
dataType: 'json',
data: data,
success: function(response) {
// return response in console for debugging...
ssp_debug(response);
// If submission was successful...
if(response.status) {
// update the html of the current li
$dl.replaceWith(response.html);
// hide survey content message
$('.ssp-survey-footer', $survey).hide();
} else {
// If submission was unsuccessful...
// notify user
alert(response.message);
}
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
// output error information for debugging...
ssp_debug('error', jqXHR);
ssp_debug('textStatus', textStatus);
ssp_debug('errorThrown', errorThrown);
}
});
});
});