ajax call to php script

[waps2]

Hi Guys,

Im new to ajax so need some help.

I tried to create the code below to call to a php file and us the result given back to perform an action. But its not working ??

The code is

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
$('#button-cart').bind('click', function() {
$.ajax({
            action:'checksess.php',
            cache:false,
            success:function(data){
                // Do something with the result
                if(data=="true"){
                    $('#product_data').hide();
                }else{
                    $('#product_data').show();
                }
            }
        );

});
//--></script>

and my php code in the file is:


	
PHP Code:
	

		
			
<?php 
session_start()
if(isset($_SESSION['hiredate'])) {
echo "true"; }
?>


		
	

Can you see what is wrong with it please ?

[waps2]

Ok so I got that working now.

How do I activate another ajax call on success of this one ??

$('#button-cart').bind('click', function() {
$.ajax({
			url: 'checksess.php',
            cache:false,
            success:function(data){
				if (data.msg == 'yes') {
                    $('#product_data').hide(); /// want to activate another ajax call now here 
                }else{
                    $('#date_data').hide();
                }
            }
        });

});

[devnull69]

By starting $.ajax() inside of the success callback of the other one

$.ajax({
			url: 'checksess.php',
            cache:false,
            success:function(data){
				if (data.msg == 'yes') {
                    $('#product_data').hide(); /// want to activate another ajax call now here 
                }else{
                    $('#date_data').hide();
                }

                // start next one here
                $.ajax(.....);
            }
        });

});

[waps2]

Ok thanks

Another bit im stuck with now is passing data from a form input field to a named function within my php file.

This is all the code I have so far, but as Im new to it not sure if its the right way.

The script is:

$('#add-dates').bind('click', function() {
$.ajax({
			url: 'checksess.php',
			action: 'addhiredates',
			type: 'post',
            cache:false,
			data: $('.datepicker input[type=\'text\']'),
            success:function(data){
				if (data == 'yes') {
                    add();
					$('#date_data').hide();
                }else{
                    $('#product_data').show();
					$('#date_data').show();
                }
            }
        });

});

My php code is:

PHP Code:

function addhiredates() {
if (isset($this->request->post['hiredate'])) {
$hiredate = 'yes'; }
echo 'yes';
} 


And the html code is:

  <div id="datepicker" class="datepicker">
  <input type="text" id="acdate" name="hiredate" class="hasDatepicker">
  <a id="add-dates" class="button-cart"></a>
  </div>

[devnull69]

This

data: $('.datepicker input[type=\'text\']')

is a jQuery object and NOT the value of this object. Try this

data: {"data" : $('.datepicker input[type=\'text\']').val()}

You can access the data inside PHP using $_POST["data"]

[waps2]

Hi devnull69 thanks for your help.

How do I target a php function in my file ?? The code I have built so far is not working.

$('#add-hiredates').bind('click', function() {
$.ajax({
			url: 'checksess.php?test=adddates',
			type: 'post',
            cache:false,
			data: {"data" : $('.datepicker input[type=\'text\']').val()},
            success:function(data){
				if (data == 'yes') {
					$('#product_data').show();
					$('#date_data').hide();
					additemtosession();
                }else{
                    $('#product_data').show();
					$('#date_data').show();
                }
            }
        });

});

PHP Code:

$destination = $_GET['test'];
switch ($destination){
    case "adddates":
        addhiredates();
        break;    
}

function addhiredates() {
$hiredate = $_POST['data'];
if (!isset($hiredate) || ($hiredate = '')) {
echo 'no';
}
else {
echo 'yes';
}
} 


[devnull69]

Hm you are mixing a POST with a GET request ... I don't know where this will end up. Either make it a full GET request or add the test parameter to the "data" parameter list for the POST request.

Generally your code should work ... it should either give you "no" or "yes". What does it give you?