So, I am using jquery to make an ajax call to a php script on my server.
For some reason I cannot figure out, however, there is no querystring sent. Using var_dump() on the $_GET object shows that it is an empty string, and Chrome's network activity developer tool indicates no string is sent.
$.ajax({
"url":"../script/content.php",
"settings": {
"dataType":"html",
"type":"GET",
"data":{
"id":$(this).prop('id')
}
}
}).done( function(msg) {
//$('#debug').html(msg);
$('#dialog').html(msg);
$('#dialog').load(function() {
$('#close').click(function() {
$('#over').fadeOut(fadeTime);
});
if ($('#unique') > 0) {
$('#unique').load(function(){
$('#over').fadeIn(fadeTime);
});
}
else {
$('#over').fadeIn(fadeTime);
}
});
});
I had tried the ajax call without the quotes where they weren't necessary before hand, and the result was the same... I just put those in because I thought it might be the problem... though I think that in such notation the quotes don't make a difference unless one of the field values is supposed to be a string.
Is there anything clear in that code which might cause a querystring not to be sent? I guess there is a problem with my syntax... I just can't see it.
The #dialog load callback seems to never be called, either... but I guess that is another question.
Try this
$.ajax({
//The link we are accessing with params
url:'http://example.com/script/content.php'
+ '?id='
+ $(this).prop('id'),
// The type of request.
type: "get",
//The type of data that is getting returned.
dataType: "html",
error: function(){
//something here
},
success: function( strData ){
//something here
}
});
Related
I have a javascript that needs to pass data to a php variable. I already searched on how to implement this but I cant make it work properly. Here is what I've done:
Javascript:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".filter").click(function() {
var val = $(this).attr('data-rel');
//check value
alert($(this).attr('data-rel'));
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'signage.php',
data: "subDir=" + val,
success: function(data)
{
alert("success!");
}
});
});
});
Then on my php tag:
<?php
if(isset($_GET['subDir']))
{
$subDir = $_GET['subDir'];
echo($subDir);
}
else
{
echo('fail');
}?>
I always get the fail text so there must be something wrong. I just started on php and jquery, I dont know what is wrong. Please I need your help. By the way, they are on the same file which is signage.php .Thanks in advance!
When you answer to a POST call that way, you need three things - read the data from _POST, put it there properly, and answer in JSON.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'signage.php',
data: {
subDir: val,
}
success: function(answer)
{
alert("server said: " + answer.data);
}
});
or also:
$.post(
'signage.php',
{
subDir: val
},
function(answer){
alert("server said: " + answer.data);
}
}
Then in the response:
<?php
if (array_key_exists('subDir', $_POST)) {
$subDir = $_POST['subDir'];
$answer = array(
'data' => "You said, '{$subDir}'",
);
header("Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8");
print json_encode($answer);
exit();
}
Note that in the response, you have to set the Content-Type and you must send valid JSON, which normally means you have to exit immediately after sending the JSON packet in order to be sure not to send anything else. Also, the response must come as soon as possible and must not contain anything else before (not even some invisible BOM character before the
Note also that using isset is risky, because you cannot send some values that are equivalent to unset (for example the boolean false, or an empty string). If you want to check that _POST actually contains a subDir key, then use explicitly array_key_exists (for the same reason in Javascript you will sometimes use hasOwnProperty).
Finally, since you use a single file, you must consider that when opening the file the first time, _POST will be empty, so you will start with "fail" displayed! You had already begun remediating this by using _POST:
_POST means that this is an AJAX call
_GET means that this is the normal opening of signage.php
So you would do something like:
<?php // NO HTML BEFORE THIS POINT. NO OUTPUT AT ALL, ACTUALLY,
// OR $.post() WILL FAIL.
if (!empty($_POST)) {
// AJAX call. Do whatever you want, but the script must not
// get out of this if() alive.
exit(); // Ensure it doesn't.
}
// Normal _GET opening of the page (i.e. we display HTML here).
A surer way to check is verifying the XHR status of the request with an ancillary function such as:
/**
* isXHR. Answers the question, "Was I called through AJAX?".
* #return boolean
*/
function isXHR() {
$key = 'HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH';
return array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER)
&& ('xmlhttprequest'
== strtolower($_SERVER[$key])
)
;
}
Now you would have:
if (isXHR()) {
// Now you can use both $.post() or $.get()
exit();
}
and actually you could offload your AJAX code into another file:
if (isXHR()) {
include('signage-ajax.php');
exit();
}
You are send data using POST method and getting is using GET
<?php
if(isset($_POST['subDir']))
{
$subDir = $_POST['subDir'];
echo($subDir);
}
else
{
echo('fail');
}?>
You have used method POST in ajax so you must change to POST in php as well.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['subDir']))
{
$subDir = $_POST['subDir'];
echo($subDir);
}
else
{
echo('fail');
}?>
Edit your javascript code change POST to GET in ajax type
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".filter").click(function() {
var val = $(this).attr('data-rel');
//check value
alert($(this).attr('data-rel'));
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: 'signage.php',
data: "subDir=" + val,
success: function(data)
{
alert("success!");
}
});
});
});
when you use $_GET you have to set you data value in your url, I mean
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'signage.php?subDir=' + val,
data: "subDir=" + val,
success: function(data)
{
alert("success!");
}
});
or change your server side code from $_GET to $_POST
I'm trying to test an ajax call on post by doing the following just for testing purposes, but for some reason the call is never successful. I've been searching around and there isn't much that I could find that would explain why this isn't working.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "file.php",
success: function(data) {
if(data == 'true'){
alert("success!");
}
},
error: function(data) {
alert("Error!");
}});
file.php contains the following:
<?php
return true;
?>
Can someone please point me in the right direction. I realize that this may seem simple but I am stumped. Thank.
return true will make the script exit. You need:
echo 'true';
Firstly check your paths. Is file.php residing in the same folder as the file that your javascript is contained in?
If your path is incorrect, you will get a 404 error printed to your javascript console if you are using chrome.
Also you should change your php to:
<?php
echo 'true';
Once your path is correct and your php is amended you should be good to go.
Have you tried by accessing to the file directly and see if it outputs something?
return true shouldn't be use in that case (or any other, it's better to use exit or die), everything get by a AJAX call is hypertext generated by server side, you should use (as they pointed you before echo 'true';)
You could also try a traditional AJAX call XMLHttpRequest (without JQuery) if problem persists, and then check if there is any problem between the request and server..
EDIT: also, do not check by comparison, just make an alert to 'data' to see what it gets.
In addition to the echo 'true' suggestion, you can also try to alert the actual data that's returned to ajax. That way you can see if you have the proper value/type for your if statement.
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
}
try this, the new ajax syntax
$.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "file.php" }).done(function(resp){
alert(resp);
});
Here is correct way:
$.ajax({
type : "POST",
url : "file.php",
success : function (data) {
/* first thing, check your response length. If you are matching string
if you are using echo 'true'; then it will return 6 length,
Because '' or "" also considering as response. Always use trim function
before using string match.
*/
alert(data.length);
// trim white space from response
if ($.trim(data) == 'true') {
// now it's working :)
alert("success!");
}
},
error : function (data) {
alert("Error!");
}
});
PHP Code:
<?php
echo 'true';
// Not return true, Because ajax return visible things.
// if you will try to echo true; then it will convert client side as '1'
// then you have to match data == 1
?>
I am writing a javascript which will post hostname of the site to a php page and get back response from it, but I don't know how to assign the hostname to adrs in url and not sure that code is correct or not.And this needs to done across server
javascript:
function ursl()
{
$.ajax({
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php?adrs=',
success: function (response)
if (response)=='yes';
{
alert("yes");
}
});
}
track.php
$url=$_GET['adrs'];
$sql="SELECT * FROM website_ad where site='$url'";
$res=mysqli_query($link,$sql);
if(mysqli_num_rows($res)==0)
{
echo"no";
}
else
{
echo"yes";
}
Your ajax function should be written thusly:
$.ajax({
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php?adrs=' + window.location.hostname,
success: function (response) {
if (response === 'yes') {
$.getScript('http://example.com/en/pop.js', function () {
// do anything that relies on this new script loading
});
}
}
});
window.location.hostname will give you the host name. You are passing it to the ajax url by concatenating it. Alternatively, as katana314 points out, you could pass the data in a separate parameter. Your ajax call would then look like this:
$.ajax({
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php?adrs=',
data: {adrs: window.location.hostname},
success: function (response) {
if (response === 'yes') {
$.getScript('http://example.com/en/pop.js', function () {
// do anything that relies on this new script loading
});
}
}
});
I'm not sure what you intend response to be, but this code assumes it is a string and will match true if the string is 'yes'. If response is meant to be something else, you need to set your test accordingly.
$.getScript() will load your external script, but since it's asynchronous you'll have to put any code that is dependent on that in the callback.
In this type of GET request, the variable simply comes after the equals sign in the URL. The most basic way is to write this:
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php?adrs=' + valueToAdd,
Alternatively, JQuery has a more intuitive way of including it.
$.ajax({
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php',
data: { adrs: valueToAdd }
// the rest of the parameters as you had them.
Also note that you can't put a script tag inside a script. You will need some other way to run the Javascript function mentioned; for instance, wrap its contents in a function, load that function first (with a script tag earlier in the HTML), and then call it on success.
And for the final puzzle piece, you can retrieve the current host with window.location.host
You'll need to change this line to look like so:
url: 'http://example.com/en/member/track.php?adrs='+encodeURIComponent(document.URL)
The full success function should look like so:
success: function (response){
if (response==="yes"){
//do your thing here
}
}
That should solve it...
Im performing an ajax query to check the name of a car in a mysql database, if a car is found it will return "Car name unavailable", otherwise "Car name available". This text is put into a div with an id of "checkname".
All this runs fine, but when I try to hide the add button if the car name is unavailable it fails to do so and I dont know why :/
function check_name(){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "http://localhost/Framework/library/php_files/check_car_name.php",
data: "carName=" + document.getElementById("carName").value,
success: function(html){
$("#checkname").html(html);
}
});
var currentHtml = $("#checkname").html();
var compareString = "Car name unavailable";
if (currentHtml==compareString) {
$("#submit").hide();
} else {
$("#submit").show();
}
}
Any code that relies on the response from the AJAX request, must be called inside a callback to the request.
function check_name() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "http://localhost/Framework/library/php_files/check_car_name.php",
data: "carName=" + document.getElementById("carName").value,
success: function (html) {
$("#checkname").html(html);
// I placed your code here instead.
// Of course you wouldn't need to set and then get the HTML,
// since you could just do a direct comparison.
var currentHtml = $("#checkname").html();
var compareString = "Car name unavailable";
if (currentHtml == compareString) {
$("#submit").hide();
} else {
$("#submit").show();
}
}
});
}
The reason is that by default, an AJAX request is asynchronous, which means that the code that comes after the request will execute immediately instead of waiting for the response to return.
Another possible issue when comparing HTML to keep in mind is white space. If you're doing a string comparison, it must be exactly the same, so if there's whitespace, you'll need to trim it first. You can use jQuery.trim()(docs) to do this.
You have to put the code inside of you AJAX requests success callback, otherwise it will be called before the AJAX call has completed. Putting it inside the success callback means that the code containing the IF statement will only run after the AJAX call has completed. Try:
function check_name(){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "http://localhost/Framework/library/php_files/check_car_name.php",
data: "carName=" + document.getElementById("carName").value,
success: function(html){
$("#checkname").html(html);
var currentHtml = $("#checkname").html();
var compareString = "Car name unavailable";
if (currentHtml==compareString) {
$("#submit").hide();
} else {
$("#submit").show();
}
}
});
}
You could probably solve the problem doing what patrick dw suggested (it's likely that the ajax call has not been completed yet (i.e. div content wasn't updated) and the check returns false), but since string comparison can really bring to many errors (like string not matching because of newlines, trailing spaces, case sensitiveness, etc...) I would suggest you use another comparison method.
For example you could add a class using .addClass() if the car is found, and then checking if that div has the "found" class using .hasClass()
I use .post(). The third argument of post() is the returned data from the file where the data was posted.
I pass to validate.php the inputed email address, validate.php checks it and if it is valid, it returns 1.
$('a.post').click(function() {
$.post('validate.php',{email : $("#email-field").val()},
function(data){
if(data==1)
{
//do something if the email is valid
} else {
//do other thing
});
});
Hope this helps.
I am attempting to create a simple comment reply to posts on a forum using the AJAX function in jQuery. The code is as follows:
$.ajax({type:"POST", url:"./pages/submit.php", data:"comment="+ textarea +"& thread="+ currentId, cache:false, timeout:10000,
success: function(msg) {
// Request has been successfully submitted
alert("Success " + msg);
},
error: function(msg) {
// An error occurred, do something about it
alert("Failed " + msg);
},
complete: function() {
// We're all done so do any cleaning up - turn off spinner animation etc.
// alert("Complete");
}
});
Inside the submit.php file I have this simple if->then:
if(System::$LoggedIn == true)
{
echo "Yes";
} else {
echo "No";
}
This call works on all other pages I use on the site, but I cannot access any of my variables via the AJAX function. I've tested everything more than once and I can echo back whatever, but anytime I try to access my other PHP variables or functions I just get this error:
Failed [object XMLHttpRequest]
Why am I unable to access my other functions/variables? I must submit the data sent into a database inside submit.php using my already made $mySQL variable, for example. Again these functions/variables can be accessed anywhere else except when I call it using this AJAX function. After hours of Googling I'm just spent. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Many thanks.
The PHP script that you have only returns a single variable. Write another script that that returns JSON or if you are feeling brave XML. below is a quick example using JSON.
In your javascript
$.ajax({
type: 'GET'
,url: '../pages/my_vars.php'
,dataType: 'json'
,success: function(data){
// or console.log(data) if you have FireBug
alert(data.foo);
}
});
Then in the php script.
// make an array or stdClass
$array = array(
'foo' => 'I am a php variable'
,'bar' => '... So am I'
);
// Encodes the array into JSON
echo json_encode($array);
First thing, you have a space in the Data Parameter String for the URL - will cause problems.
Secondly, your success and error functions are referencing a variable msg. It seems you are expecting that variable to be a string. So, the question then becomes - What is the format of the output your PHP script at submit.php is producing?
A quick read of the jQuery API suggests that, if the format of the response is just text, the content should be accessible using the .responseText property of the response. This is also inline with the response you say you are getting which states "Failed [object XMLHttpRequest]" (as you are trying to turn an XHR into a String when using it in an alert.
Try this:
$.ajax( {
type: "POST" ,
url: "./pages/submit.php" ,
data: "comment="+ textarea +"&thread="+ currentId ,
cache: false ,
timeout: 10000 ,
success: function( msg ) {
// Request has been successfully submitted
alert( "Success " + msg.responseText );
} ,
error: function( msg ) {
// An error occurred, do something about it
alert( "Failed " + msg.responseText );
} ,
complete: function() {
// We're all done so do any cleaning up - turn off spinner animation etc.
// alert( "Complete" );
}
} );