Multi Delete using checkbox - php

Question

I am learning Cakephp and I've been trying to delete multiple (checked) record using checkbox, but still not success. here's my jQuery :
var ids = [];
$(':checkbox:checked').each(function(index){
ids[index] = $(this).val();;
alert(ids[index]);
});
//alert(ids);
var formData = $(this).parents('form').serialize();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "tickets/multi_delete",
data:"id="+ids,
success: function() {
alert('Record has been delete');
},
error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert(XMLHttpRequest);
alert(textStatus);
alert(errorThrown);
}
});
and here is code in controller :
function multi_delete() {
$delrec=$_GET['id'];
//debuger::dump($del_rec);
foreach ($delrec as $id) {
$sql="DELETE FROM tickets where id=".$id;
$this->Ticket->query($sql);
};
}
anybody will help me please. thank

Answer 1

you could try a .join(',') on the array of IDs and then an explode() on the server side to get the array of IDs passed to the script.
e.g.
var idStr = ids.join(',');
pass it (idStr) to the ajax call
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "tickets/multi_delete",
data: {id:idStr},
//more code cont.
on the server side:
$ids = explode(',',$_POST['ids']);
OR
check the jquery.param() function in the jquery docs. Apply and to the IDS array and then pass it to $.ajax({});
Note: You are using POST and not GET HTTP METHOD in the code you provided

Answer 2

use json encode and decode for serialized data transfer

Answer 3

Since JSON encoding is not supported in jQuery by default, download the JSON Plugin for jQuery.
Your javascript then becomes:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "tickets/multi_delete",
data: { records: $.toJSON(ids) },
success: function() {
alert('Records have been deleted.');
},
});
In the controller:
var $components = array('RequestHandler');
function multi_delete() {
if (!$this->RequestHandler->isAjax()) {
die();
}
$records = $_POST['records'];
if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION,"5.2","<")) {
require_once("./JSON.php"); //if php<5.2 need JSON class
$json = new Services_JSON();//instantiate new json object
$selectedRows = $json->decode(stripslashes($records));//decode the data from json format
} else {
$selectedRows = json_decode(stripslashes($records));//decode the data from json format
}
$this->Ticket->deleteAll(array('Ticket.id' => $selectedRows));
$total = $this->Ticket->getAffectedRows();
$success = ($total > 0) ? 'true' : 'false';
$this->set(compact('success', 'total'));
}
The RequestHandler component ensures that this is an AJAX request. This is optional.
The corresponding view:
<?php echo '({ "success": ' . $success . ', "total": ' . $total . '})'; ?>
Wish you luck!