How do I pass a variable in a php file that is loaded into a page (DOM) to a jQuery function??
Iv'e tried various method's while searching online but I haven't figured out how to use them correctly.
I need the var navHeaderTitle to be passes to the jQuery load() callback function so it sets the HTML tag, #navHeaderTitle, to the variable called in the php file.
Thnx for you help.
php:
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pw");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("db", $con);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM some_list");
$navHeaderTitle = "MY NEW TITLE";//<--I NEED 2 INJECT THIS!!
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<div id='navItem' title='$navHeaderTitle'>";
echo "<h1>" . $row['label'] . "</h1>";
echo "<h2>" . $row['title'] . "</h2>";
echo "<p>" . $row['description'] . "</p>";
echo "</div>";
}
mysql_close($con);
?>
JavaScript in the HTML Head:
<script type="text/javascript">
var navHeaderTitle = '';
$(document).ready(
function() {
$("#navContent").load('http://url/my_list.php', function() {
$('#navHeaderTitle').text($(html).find('div#navItem').attr('title'));//<--GET THE VAR FROM LOADED PHP FILE!!
});
});
</script>
<body>
<div id="navPanel">
<div id="navHeader">
<img src="images/ic_return.png" style="float: left;"/>
<img id="listSortBtn" src="images/ic_list_sort.png" style="float: right;"/>
<h4 id="navHeaderTitle"></h4>//THIS IS WHAT NEEDS THE VAR DATA!!
</div>
<div id="navScrollContainer" class="navContentPosition">
<div id="navContent">HTML CONTENT from PHP GETS DUMPED IN HERE</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
Ive tried using this but not sure how to:
$.get('scripts/my_list.php', {}, function(data){
data = split(':');
})
I would have the php file return a json object that contains two parts, the html you want to echo and the title you want to use.
Then I would use jQuery's .ajax() function instead of .load() to get the return value from your php script in a javascript variable instead of dumping it directly as .load() does.
replace echo("$navHeaderTitle"); with
echo("<script> var navHeaderTitle = $navHeaderTitle </script>");
and remove var navHeaderTitle = ''; from the <head> script..
that will setup a JS variable like you're using, but you have to do that before the code in the <head> loads...
EDIT
ok don't echo("$navHeaderTitle"); you can put it into the HTML like:
echo "<div id='navItem' title='$navHeaderTitle'>";
then in the JS you can do:
<script type="text/javascript">
var navHeaderTitle = '';
$(document).ready(
function() {
$("#navContent").load('http://url/my_list.php', function(response) {
$('#navHeaderTitle').text($(response).attr('title'));
});
});
</script>
here's a jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/JKirchartz/hdBzF/ (it's using fiddle's /echo/html/ so the load has some extra stuff to emulate the ajax)
It would be cleaner to pass the var in a custom attribute (data-var), then fetch it width JQuery
$(some_element).attr("data-var");
I hate to mess my JS code with php.
Related
I want to refresh two variables named profittext and sumtext which will be refreshed and echoed in the following places every few seconds. I know AJAX is needed to do this but how do i actually make it work ? The only way i found out was to refresh the content of the whole file. is there any way to refresh specific variables? Any answers will be greatly appreciated . Thank you very very much.
<table>
if($profitandloss<$zero) {
$profitText = "<div style=\"color: red;\">$profitandloss</div>";
} elseif ($profitandloss>$zero) {
$profitText = "<div style=\"color: green;\">$profitandloss</div>";
}
// for profit and loss counting
$sum+= $profitandloss;
//
echo "<tr><td>" . $row['trade_id'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['selection'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['date'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['type'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['size'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['bidprice'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['offerprice'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['stoploss'] .
"</td><td>" . $row['takeprofit'] .
"</td><td>" . $profitText .
"</td><td><a href ='delete.php?id=".
$row['trade_id']."'>X</a>
</td></tr>";
$profitandloss=0;
if($sum<$zero) {
$sumText = "<div style=\"color: red;\">$sum</div>";
} elseif ($sum>$zero) {
$sumText = "<div style=\"color: green;\">$sum</div>";
}
}
echo "</table><br>";
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<table style="border:1px solid black;">
<tr>
<th style="border:1px solid black;">Profit/Loss</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border:1px solid black;"><?php echo $sumText ;?></td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>
I struggled with the concept of how to structure such code when I first started too. Although it's not specific to your particular variables, here's a quick example for how to update a var through AJAX with jQuery/PHP.
Prologue: If this is something you're going to be doing often, you'll want to learn jQuery, rather than using normal javascript alone. There are lots of great, free, resources on how to learn jQuery. Alternatively, if you're not satisfied with the free tutorials online, this is an excellent book. I'll write the example in jQuery.
Design: Okay, so the way it works is this:
Set a timer in javascript to execute a particular function every X seconds (you DO NOT want to do it every second).
That function makes an AJAX call (with jQuery) to a .PHP file on the server, sending it the data necessary so that the .PHP code knows what to send back.
The .PHP code grabs the data required (e.g., with MySQL) encodes it in a JSON format, and exits.
A promise on the AJAX call is fired and the data sent from PHP is received. Process it as you will.
Repeat from step 2.
If you have any questions about what the code is doing, please ask.
AJAX.PHP
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$return_obj = array();
$request_obj = NULL;
// our AJAX call used "POST" as it's 'type', so we look in that
// variable.
if ( array_key_exists("func",$_POST) ) {
if ( $_POST['func'] === "get_update" ) {
if ( array_key_exists("which_var",$_POST) ) {
$which_var = $_POST['which_var'];
$which_var = $mysqli->real_escape_string($which_var); // should use prepared statements
// we sent 'num_people_logged_in' as our value here, so we'll be looking for a column/field
// with that value. this assumes that some other code, somewhere else,
// is regularly updating the table. it also assumes that there will only
// be a single row returned, which will hold the value.
$query = "SELECT '$which_var' FROM site_stats ";
if ( $result = $mysqli->query($query) ) {
if ( $row = $result->fetch_assoc() ) {
$request_obj[$which_var] = $row[$which_var];
}
}
}
}
}
$return_obj['request'] = $request_obj;
echo json_encode($return_obj);
die();
?>
MYCODE.JS
// this actually sends the AJAX request to the server.
function getUpdate() {
var jqXHR = $.ajax({
url : "ajax.php",
data : {
'func' : 'get_update',
'which_var' : 'num_people_logged_in'
},
dataType : 'json',
type : 'POST',
timeout : 10000
});
// attach 'promises' to the jqXHR object, which represents
// the AJAX call itself. 'promises' are, in this context,
// just events.
jqXHR.done(function(data,textStatus,jqXHR) {
// this executes if the AJAX call succeeded.
// the variable 'data' holds what the server
// sent us.
if ( ( data ) && ( data.request ) ) {
receiveUpdate(data.request);
}
});
jqXHR.fail(function(jqXHR,textStatus,errorThrown) {
// this executes if it failed
console.log("Fail: " + textStatus + " (" + errorThrown + ")");
});
jqXHR.always(function(a,textStatus,c){
// this executes either way, after .done or .fail
});
}
// this is called from jqXHR.done, on success
function receiveUpdate(request_obj) {
if ( request_obj.num_people_logged_in ) {
updateDOM(request_obj.num_people_logged_in);
}
}
function updateDOM(num_people_logged_in) {
if ( num_people_logged_in ) {
$("#mydiv > p.update").html("The updated value is: " + num_people_logged_in);
}
}
var timeoutID = null;
// setup our timer, to periodically make an
// AJAX call
function init() {
timeOutID = setInterval(function(){
getUpdate();
},5000);
}
// stop the timer
function cleanup() {
clearTimeout(timeoutID);
}
INDEX.HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<title>AJAX practice</title>
<!-- <link href="mycss.css" rel='stylesheet'> if needed -->
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="mycode.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
init();
$("#cleanup").on("click",function(){
cleanup();
});
}); // end ready
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='mydiv'>
<p>
How many people are online?
</p>
<p class='update'>
</p>
</div>
<button id='cleanup'>Stop updating!</button>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You will needd two PHP pages:
- one with HTML and JS, which periodicly makes ajax calls and puts the result to the HTML
- second with json (or even plain text) output of your dynamic data piece
Unfortunately, writing the full code in the answer is not someting that people do at stackoverflow, so just look at small example below, and try to figure out the missing parts.
http://jsfiddle.net/AMEqz/
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onload = function(r) {
// your render logic HERE
setTimeout(send, 1000);
}
function send() {
xhr.open("GET", "/", true);
xhr.send();
}
send();
p.s.: keep in mind that each ajax request will mean extra connection to your server, so make sure it can deal with the load ;)
Use a timer : https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM/window.setInterval
setInterval(function(){
//update your var here
},1000);
My javascript code isn't working. I went to the page and it was displaying the content. Why isn't it appending the data to .userStats? invest_process.php contains the information that grabs the values shown in the PHP. That's not what would be causing the issue. Thanks, code below.
HTML Code:
<div id="content1" class="tabscontent">
<p>
<span class="userStats"></span>
</p>
</div>
JavaScript:
<script type="text/javascript">
var auto_refresh_stats = setInterval(
function (){
$('.userStats').load('get_user_stats.php').show();
}, 1000 );
</script>
PHP Code:
<?php
require 'invest_process.php';
echo
'<span><h3>You have:
' . $select_invested['amtInvested'] .
' Invested in GigaDice | You have:
' . $select_invested['amtInvested']/$select_invested_total['siteInvested']*100 .
' % of the site\'s bankroll</span></h3> <span><h3> You have
' . $select_balance_gg['gigagold'] .
' in GG Balance | You have profitted:
' . $siteProfit*$select_invested['amtInvested']/$select_invested_total['siteInvested'] .
'</span></h3>';
?>
Add $(document).ready() block
$(document).ready(function()
{
var auto_refresh_stats = setInterval(
function ()
{
$('.userStats').load('get_user_stats.php').show(); // if you want to replace
}, 1000 );
});
If you want to append the contents then use the following
$('.userStats').append($('<div>').load('get_user_stats.php'));
try this
<script type="text/javascript">
var auto_refresh_stats = setInterval(
function (){
$('.userStats').load('get_user_stats.php');
}, 1000 );
</script>
I just have a quick question how do I delete the item I just clicked? I don't have a great way of tracking it and I'm at my last resort way right now (which is what I'm posting) which deletes everything in the list.
PHP/HTML/jQuery:
<div class="image-list">
<?php
$count = 1;
if ($hotelId) {
foreach(glob($hotelDir) as $filename=>$hotelvalue){
echo '<li id="del'.$count.'" class="image-list"><a class="enlargeUser" href="'.$hotelvalue.'"><img class="imageListMain" src="'.$hotelvalue.'" width="50px" height="50px"/><p class="filename">' . basename($hotelvalue) . '</p></a> <a class="btn btn-mini btn-primary image-list" style="width: 18px;margin-top: -35px;position: relative\9;top: -25px\9;border-radius: 100%;-moz-border-radius: 100%;-o-border-radius: 100%;-webkit-border-radius: 100%;margin-left:330px;" id="del'.$count.'" value="Delete"><i class="icon-remove-circle icon-2" style="margin-left:-3px;"></i></a></li>' . "\n" . "<br>";
$count++;
}
}else{}
?>
</div>
</div>
<script>
$('div.image-list li a.image-list').live('click', function() {
bootbox.confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this image?", "Cancel", "Confirm", function(result) {
if (result) {
$('ul.image-list li a.image-list').closest('li').fadeOut();
$.post('assets/php/deletefile.php');
}
});
});
</script>
Here is the delete information (right now it is static PHP that only deletes the first file I don't have another way of doing this yet):
<?php
session_start();
$files = glob("upload/" . $_SESSION['curHotelId'] . "/" . '*.*');
if(is_file($files[0]))
#unlink($files[0]);
?>
UPDATE:
Thanks to Karl's answer I got a better idea of what I'm doing, but I still cannot get these to remove. I don't know why. They stay blank and act as if they don't even exist or the button does not work.
Here is my updated PHP/HTML/jQuery:
<div class="image-list">
<?php
$count = 1;
if ($hotelId) {
foreach(glob($hotelDir) as $filename=>$hotelvalue){
echo '<li data-filename="' . basename($hotelvalue) . '" id="del'.$count.'" class="image-list"><a class="enlargeUser" href="'.$hotelvalue.'"><img class="imageListMain" data-filename="' . basename($hotelvalue) . '" src="'.$hotelvalue.'" width="50px" height="50px"/><p class="filename">' . basename($hotelvalue) . '</p></a> <a data-filename="' . basename($hotelvalue) . '" class="btn btn-mini btn-primary image-list" style="width: 18px;margin-top: -35px;position: relative\9;top: -25px\9;border-radius: 100%;-moz-border-radius: 100%;-o-border-radius: 100%;-webkit-border-radius: 100%;margin-left:330px;" id="del'.$count.'" value="Delete"><i class="icon-remove-circle icon-2" style="margin-left:-3px;"></i></a></li>' . "\n" . "<br>";
$count++;
}
}else{}
?>
</div>
</div>
<script>
$('li.image-list a.image-list').click( function () {
var filename = $(this).attr('data-filename');
$(this).remove();
$.get('assets/php/deletefile.php?filename=' + filename).done( function() {
// it succeeded
}).fail( function (){
// it failed
});
});
});
</script>
And the PHP was updated too:
<?php
session_start();
$filename = $_get['filename'];
$files = glob("upload/" . $_SESSION['curHotelId'] . "/" . $filename);
if(is_file($files))
#unlink($files);
?>
HOPEFULLY FINAL UPDATE:
I'm so close, I just wanna throw everything I love out a window. So here is where I'm having an issue. It isn't deleting the images when the code executes so here is PHP:
ALL OF THIS CODE WORKS. C: Thank you everyone that helped!
<?php
session_start();
$file = $_POST['filename'];
$selHotelId = $_SESSION['curHotelId'];
$files = "upload/" . $selHotelId . "/" . $file;
unlink($files);
?>
jQuery:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#imageClick").live("click", "li.image-list a.image-list", function () {
var _clicked = $(this);
var _filename = _clicked.attr('data-filename');
_clicked.parents("li.image-list").fadeOut(function(){
$(this).empty().remove();
});
$.post('assets/php/deletefile.php', {filename: _filename}).done( function(data) {
bootbox.alert('File has been deleted!');
}).fail( function (error){
bootbox.alert('There has been an error. Contact admin.');
});
});
});
There were still a few issues in your updated code. I've made some changes, and pasted in the code below. I've changed the method to $.post(), so your PHP file will need to access the parameter as $_POST['filename'].
A couple issues I noticed, you had more than one element with the same id attribute. I removed the redundant data-filename attributes from elements that didn't need them. I placed your jQuery inside a $(document).ready() in order to make sure that nothing was called until all DOM elements had been loaded. I also used the .on method for binding the event...just in case you ever dynamically add more li elements with the a.image-list element. This way you are binding the event to an element that will always be there, and catching it on the a.image-list. (I might be explaining that incorrectly...it's late).
Hope this helps.
<ul class="image-list">
<?php
$count = 1;
if ($hotelId) {
foreach(glob($hotelDir) as $filename=>$hotelvalue){
echo '<li id="del'.$count.'" class="image-list"><a class="enlargeUser" href="'.$hotelvalue.'"><img class="imageListMain" src="'.$hotelvalue.'" width="50px" height="50px"/><p class="filename">' . basename($hotelvalue) . '</p></a> <a class="btn btn-mini btn-primary image-list" style="width: 18px;margin-top: -35px;position: relative\9;top: -25px\9;border-radius: 100%;-moz-border-radius: 100%;-o-border-radius: 100%;-webkit-border-radius: 100%;margin-left:330px;" title="Delete" data-filename="' . basename($hotelvalue) . '" ><i class="icon-remove-circle icon-2" style="margin-left:-3px;"></i></a></li>' . "\n" . "<br>";
$count++;
}
}
?>
</ul>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("ul.image-list").on("click", "li.image-list a.image-list", function () {
var _clicked = $(this);
var _filename = _clicked.attr('data-filename');
_clicked.parents("li.image-list").fadeOut(function(){
$(this).empty().remove();
});
$.post('assets/php/deletefile.php', {filename: _filename}).done( function(data) {
// it succeeded
}).fail( function (error){
// it failed
});
});
})
</script>
UPDATE: I had a typo in my code...not sure you caught it.
var _filename = clicked.attr('data-filename');
SHOULD BE...
var _filename = _clicked.attr('data-filename');
My apologies.
To see if you are hitting your PHP file, you can do something simple like this...
<?php
$data["response"] = $_POST['filename'];
echo json_encode($data);
?>
And then modify your .done method to look like this...
$.post('assets/php/deletefile.php', {filename: _filename}).done( function(data) {
// it succeeded
console.log(data);
}).fail( function (error){
// it failed
});
You can delete or remove a DOM element with jQuery using a syntax similar to this and pull the value passed in your item:
$('div.image-list li a.image-list').click( function () {
var filename = $(this).attr('data-filename');
$(this).parents('li').remove();
});
You will have pass the data to the PHP file like you are doing but with the filename in the url:
$.get('assets/php/deletefile.php?filename=' + filename).done( function() {
// it succeeded
}).fail( function (){
// it failed
});
When you load the page you will have to load in the data-filename="filename.jpg" into the element you clicked.
In your deletefile.php, you can use $_GET['filename'] to get the filename.
I am writing an application in JQTouch, and am using a big red button
Red
I am using PHP to dynamically build the JQT page with multiple divs. The app is a server management console that gets data from MySQL. My idea is that I use a While loop to make a div for each server returned in the MySQL query, and each div will have a delete server button(the big red button). I have to call the dame bit of code because of the whole dynamic page generating thing. So I was wondering if there was a way I could have the onClick function that I call with the button
Red
know what div the button is in that is calling the function. There will be a button in multiple divs that call the same code, but i have to know WHAT server to delete. Any suggestions?
Here is the full source code.
<html>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="jq_touch/themes/css/jqtouch.css" title="jQTouch">
<script src="jq_touch/src/lib/zepto.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="jq_touch/src/jqtouch.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- Uncomment the following two lines (and comment out the previous two) to use jQuery instead of Zepto. -->
<!-- <script src="../../src/lib/jquery-1.7.min.js" type="application/x-javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> -->
<!-- <script src="../../src/jqtouch-jquery.min.js" type="application/x-javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> -->
<script src="../../extensions/jqt.themeswitcher.min.js" type="application/x-javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var jQT = new $.jQTouch({
icon: 'jqtouch.png',
icon4: 'jqtouch4.png',
addGlossToIcon: false,
startupScreen: 'jqt_startup.png',
statusBar: 'black-translucent',
themeSelectionSelector: '#jqt #themes ul',
preloadImages: []
});
// Some sample Javascript functions:
$(function(){
// Show a swipe event on swipe test
$('#swipeme').swipe(function(evt, data) {
var details = !data ? '': '<strong>' + data.direction + '/' + data.deltaX +':' + data.deltaY + '</strong>!';
$(this).html('You swiped ' + details );
$(this).parent().after('<li>swiped!</li>')
});
$('#tapme').tap(function(){
$(this).parent().after('<li>tapped!</li>')
});
$('a[target="_blank"]').bind('click', function() {
if (confirm('This link opens in a new window.')) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
});
// Page animation callback events
$('#pageevents').
bind('pageAnimationStart', function(e, info){
$(this).find('.info').append('Started animating ' + info.direction + '… And the link ' +
'had this custom data: ' + $(this).data('referrer').data('custom') + '<br>');
}).
bind('pageAnimationEnd', function(e, info){
$(this).find('.info').append('Finished animating ' + info.direction + '.<br><br>');
});
// Page animations end with AJAX callback event, example 1 (load remote HTML only first time)
$('#callback').bind('pageAnimationEnd', function(e, info){
// Make sure the data hasn't already been loaded (we'll set 'loaded' to true a couple lines further down)
if (!$(this).data('loaded')) {
// Append a placeholder in case the remote HTML takes its sweet time making it back
// Then, overwrite the "Loading" placeholder text with the remote HTML
$(this).append($('<div>Loading</div>').load('ajax.html .info', function() {
// Set the 'loaded' var to true so we know not to reload
// the HTML next time the #callback div animation ends
$(this).parent().data('loaded', true);
}));
}
});
// Orientation callback event
$('#jqt').bind('turn', function(e, data){
$('#orient').html('Orientation: ' + data.orientation);
});
});
</script><?php
//Connect
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "root") or die(mysql_error());
//Make and store queries
mysql_select_db("servermgr") or die(mysql_error());
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM servers")
or die(mysql_error());
//Echo some constant HTML
echo'<div id="serverset">';
echo'<div class="toolbar">';
echo'<h1>Servers Home</h1> ';
echo'</div>';
echo'<ul class="rounded">';
//Begin printing out MYSQL rows (List Items)
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
//$row_friendlyName = $_row['friendly_name']
$friendlyName_noSpaces = str_replace(' ', '_', $row[friendly_name]);
echo'<li class="">'.$row["friendly_name"].'</li>';
}
//Close list
echo'</ul>';
echo '</div>';
//Redo all previous queries to print out the divs
mysql_select_db("servermgr") or die(mysql_error());
$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM servers")
or die(mysql_error());
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array( $result2 )) {
$friendlyName_noSpaces2 = str_replace(' ', '_', $row2[friendly_name]);
echo '<div id="'.$friendlyName_noSpaces2.'">';
echo'<div class="toolbar">';
echo'<h1>'.$row2[friendly_name].'</h1> ';
echo 'Back';
echo'</div>';
echo'<ul class="rounded">';
echo '<li>Friendly Name: '.$row2[friendly_name].'</li>';
echo '<li>IP Address: '.$row2[ip].'</li>';
echo '<li>Server Hostname: '.$row2[hostname].'</li>';
echo '<li>MAC Address: '.$row2[MAC].'</li>';
echo'</ul>';
echo'<button href="#" class="redButton">Red</button>';
echo'</div>';
}
//END OF PHP
?>
</body>
</html>
add a data attribute to your "Big Red Button" as follows
Red
and from your handling code retrieve the data value as follows
var server = $(this).attr('data-server');
Then you can do your condition logic.
DevZer0's answer is probably what you want to go with but an alternative approach is to add a class to the containing div like
echo '<div id="'.$friendlyName_noSpaces2.'" class="server">';
Then you can do this in your callback
var server = $(this).closest(".server").attr("id");
to get the id of the containing div.
I have a problem with some JSON data. I don't know how to take some data generated in PHP and turn that into something that I can use in my jQuery script. The functionality I need is this: I need to be able to click on images on the page, and depending on the selected element, I need to show results from my DB.
Here's the HTML page that I've got:
<html>
<head>
<title>pippo</title>
<script><!-- Link to the JS snippet below --></script>
</head>
<body>
Contact List:
<ul>
<li><a href="#">
<img src="contacts/pippo.png" onclick="javascript:change('pippo')"/>pippo
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<img src="contacts/pluto.png" onclick="javascript:change('pluto')"/>pluto
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<img src="contacts/topolino.png" onclick="javascript:change('topolino')"/>topolino
</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Here's PHP code being called:
<?php
include('../dll/config.php');
$surname = $_POST['surname'];
$result = mysql_query("select * from profile Where surname='$surname'") or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$_POST['name'] = ucfirst($row['name']);
$_POST['tel'] = $row['telephone'];
$_POST['companymail'] = $row['companymail'];
$_POST['mail'] = $row['email'];
$_POST['fbid'] = $row['facebook'];
}
?>
Here's the Ajax JavaScript code I'm using:
<script type="text/javascript">
function change(user) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "chgcontact.php",
data: "surname="+user+"&name=&tel=&companymail=&mail=&fbid",
success: function(name,tel,companymail,mail,fbid){
alert(name);
}
});
return "";
}
</script>
Someone told me that this JS snippet would do what I want:
$.getJSON('chgcontact.php', function(user) {
var items = [name,surname,tel,companymail,email,facebook];
$.each(user, function(surname) {
items.push('surname="' + user + "'name='" + name + "'telephone='" + telephone + "'companymail='" + companymail + "'mail='" + mail + "'facebook='" + facebook);
});
/*
$('<ul/>', {
'class': 'my-new-list',
html: items.join('')
}).appendTo('body');
*/
});
But it is not clear to me - I don't understand how I need to use it or where I should include it in my code.
You will have to create a proper JSON string in your PHP script, and then echo that string at the end of the script.
A simple example:
$person = new stdClass;
$result = mysql_query("select * from profile Where surname='$surname'")
or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
$person->name = ucfirst($row['name']);
$person->tel = $row['telephone'];
$person->companymail = $row['companymail'];
$person->mail = $row['email'];
$person->fbid = $row['facebook'];
}
echo json_encode($person);
There are several problems with your code I have tried to explain via the corrected and commented code here:
HTML & JavaScript
<html>
<head><title>pippo</title>
<!-- added link to jQuery library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- javascript can go here -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "chgcontact.php",
// use javascript object instead of `get` string to represent data
data: {surname:user, name:'', tel:'', companymail:'', mail:'', fbid:''},
success: function(data){
// removed name,tel,companymail,mail,fbid
alert(JSON.parse(data));
}
});
return "";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
Contact List:
<ul>
<!-- removed `javascript` form onclick handler -->
<li><img src="contacts/pippo.png" onclick="change('pippo')"/>pippo</li>
<li><img src="contacts/pluto.png" onclick="change('pluto')"/>pluto</li>
<li><img src="contacts/topolino.png" onclick="change('topolino')"/>topolino</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
PHP
<?php
$surname = $_POST['surname'];
$result = mysql_query("select * from profile Where surname='$surname'")
or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )){
// create data object
$data = new stdClass();
// add values to data object
$data->name = ucfirst($row['name']);
$data->tel = $row['telephone'];
$data->companymail = $row['companymail'];
$data->mail = $row['email'];
$data->fbid = $row['facebook'];
// send header to ensure correct mime type
header("content-type: text/json");
// echo the json encoded data
echo json_encode($data);
}
?>
All code is untested, but you should be able to see what I have done at each step. Good luck.
And to expand on Brian Driscoll's answer. You will need to use the user.name format to access the name field from the returned $.getJSON("blah", function(user){});
so...
items.push('surname="'+user+"'name='"+user.name+"'telephone='"+user.telephone+"'companymail='"+user.companymail+"'email='"+user.email+"'facebook='"+user.facebook+);
In this format that you have created it will just push a long ugly looking string so you might want to spend some time making it look better. Good luck!
JSON that is POSTed to a PHP page generally isn't in the $_POST variable, rather it is in $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA.