Get a single row from the database using AJAX in CodeIgniter? - php

Question

I wonder how to get data from database using AJAX in CodeIgniter. Could you please check the code below to find out the reason of problem? Nothing happens when I click on the link from my view.
Here is my view:
<?php echo $faq_title; ?>
Here is my controller:
public function get_faq_data() {
$this->load->model("model_faq");
$title = $_POST['title'];
$data["results"] = $this->model_faq->did_get_faq_data($title);
echo json_encode($data["results"]);
}
Here is my model:
public function did_get_faq_data($title) {
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('faq');
$this->db->where('faq_title', $title);
$query = $this->db->get('faq');
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result();
} else {
return false;
}
}
Here is my JavaScript file:
$(".faq_title").click(function() {
var title = $(this).text();
$.ajax({
url: 'faq/get_faq_data',
data: ({ title: title }),
dataType: 'json',
type: 'post',
success: function(data) {
response = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
console.log(response);
}
});
});

Answer 1

Try this:
$(function(){ // start of doc ready.
$(".faq_title").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault(); // stops the jump when an anchor clicked.
var title = $(this).text(); // anchors do have text not values.
$.ajax({
url: 'faq/get_faq_data',
data: {'title': title}, // change this to send js object
type: "post",
success: function(data){
//document.write(data); just do not use document.write
console.log(data);
}
});
});
}); // end of doc ready
The issue as i see is this var title = $(this).val(); as your selector $(".faq_title") is an anchor and anchors have text not values. So i suggested you to use .text() instead of .val().

Answer 2

The way I see it, you aren't using the anchor tag for its intended purpose, so perhaps just use a <p> tag or something. Ideally, you should use an id integer instead of a title to identify a row in your database.
View:
<p class="faq_title"><?php echo $faq_title; ?></p>
If you had an id integer, you could use a $_GET request an receive the id as the lone parameter of the get_faq_data() method.
Controller:
public function faqByTitle(): void
{
if (!$this->input->is_ajax_request()) {
show_404();
}
$title = $this->input->post('title');
if ($title === null) {
show_404();
}
$this->load->model('model_faq', 'FAQModel');
echo json_encode($this->FAQModel->getOne($title));
}
FAQ Model:
public function getOne(string $title): ?object
{
return $this->db->get_where('faq', ['faq_title' => $title])->row();
}
JavaScript:
$(".faq_title").click(function() {
let title = $(this).text();
$.ajax({
url: 'faq/faqByTitle',
data: {title:title},
dataType: 'json',
type: 'post',
success: function(response) {
console.log(response);
}
});
});
None of these snippets have been tested.