Display PHP echo in a textarea using AJAX/jQuery? - php

Question

I am trying to display a PHP echo in a textarea using AJAX that auto refreshes every second. So far everything I do this doesn't want to work and I get nothing in the textarea.
Here is my code:
<?php
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($db_conx,"SELECT message FROM chat WHERE asker = ?");
$stmt->bind_param('s', $asker);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($message);
/* fetch values */
while ($stmt->fetch()) {
$currvalue[] = array('message'=>$message);
}
echo $message;
echo '333333333';
?>
HTML code:
<textarea id="chattercontent" style="width:90%; height:150px; resize:none;" readonly></textarea>
AJAX/jQuery code:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
function load() {
$.ajax({ //create an ajax request to load_page.php
type: "GET",
url: "file.php",
dataType: "text", //expect html to be returned
success: function (response) {
$("#chattercontent").html(response);
setTimeout(load, 1000)
}
});
}
load();
});
</script>
What happens with the code above, I get the echo '333333333'; in my textarea like so 333333333 which is good and fine. But I don't get the echo $message; in my textarea.
I have checked to see if the MySQL table and column to see if its not empty and I can confirm that it is not empty and it has some values in it.
I also, viewed the file.php page directly from the browser and it does echo $user_message; properly. But it doesn't get echoed in AJAX call and in my textarea.
Could someone please advise on this issue?

Answer 1

Your $message variable is not being assigned anywere
replace your echo $message; with
print_r($currvalue);
and you will see your output.
In other words, you $message variable contains nothing! (assign it something with $message = 'someting';)