jQuery with Codeigniter AJAX Post problem - php

Question

I've been trying to figure this out, but it seems to be harder than i first thought. However, what I'm trying to do is make an ajax post request, but the POST seems to be empty when I'm sending it.
My HTML File
<div id="statusUpdate">
<?php echo form_open(base_url() . 'profile/statusUpdate', array('id' => 'statusUpdateForm', 'name' => 'statusUpdateForm')); ?>
<input type="text" value="Hva tenker du på?" name="profileUpdate" id="profileUpdate" onfocus="if(this.value == 'Hva tenker du på?')this.value=''" onblur="if(this.value == '')this.value='Hva tenker du på?'" />
<input type="submit" value="" name="profileUpdateButton" id="profileUpdateButton" />
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
</div>
My Javascript
$('#statusUpdateForm').submit(function() {
$.ajax({ // Starter Ajax Call
method: "POST",
url: baseurl + 'profile/statusUpdate',
data: $('#statusUpdateForm').serialize(),
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
}
});
return false;
});
My PHP (Some of my medhod in the controller)
// Check if the input is a ajax request
if($this->input->is_ajax_request()) {
echo $_POST['profileUpdate'];
}
Notice, when i put echo "Hello World" etc in the controller, i do get "Hello World" in the alert box from the javascript.
I've also tried a var_dump on $_POST and it returns array(0){} When I'm trying to output the specific $_POST['profileUpdate'] variable i get an error like this,
I've also done a alert from the seralize function i JS, this is what i got,
Is there anyone who know how i can fix this problem?

Answer 1

Try changing method to type.
I'm guessing the script is performing a GET request, which is the default setting when using ajax(), instead of a POST request. Like this:
$.ajax({ // Starter Ajax Call
// "method" isn't an option of $.ajax
// method: "POST",
type: "POST",
url: baseurl + 'profile/statusUpdate',
data: $('#statusUpdateForm').serialize(),
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
}
});

Answer 2

Try The following Code
In View add the following form
<?php echo form_open('welcome/CreateStudentsAjax'); ?>
<label for="roll">Student Roll Number</label>
<input type="text" id="txtRoll" value="" name="roll"/>
<label for="Name">Students Name</label>
<input type="text" id="txtName" value="" name="name"/>
<label for="Phone">Phone Number</label>
<input type="text" id="txtPhone" value="" name="phone"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Insert New Students" />
<?php echo '</form>'; ?>
The JQuery Part is below
$(document).ready(function(){
$('form').submit(function(){
//alert('ok');
$.ajax({
url:this.action,
**type:this.method,**
data:$(this).serialize(),
success:function(data){
var obj = $.parseJSON(data);
if(obj['roll']!=null)
{
$('#message').text("");
$('#message').html(obj['roll']);
$('#message').append(obj['name']);
$('#message').append(obj['phone']);
}
else
{
$('#message').text("");
$('#message').html(obj);
}
},
erro:function(){
alert("Please Try Again");
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>