hi guys...iam a new member nd im new to ajax nd php... iam trying to update my database through ajax. the problem is that when i m passing parameters to the update file it only pass the id not the edited text. its in a textarea. here is some code: database name is backend.
<a onclick="updatedata(<?php echo $id; ?>)" href="#"><img src="images/save.png"></a>
update.js
// JavaScript Documentvar xmlhttp
function updatedata(id)
{
var xmlhttp
xmlhttp= GetXmlHttpObject()
if(xmlhttp==null)
{
alert("browser does not support HTTP request")
return
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange= function()
{
if(xmlhttp.readystate==4)
{
var updt= document.getElementById("mydata");
updt.value=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
var str= document.getElementById("mydata").value;
var url="insert.php?id=" + id + "&data=" + str;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}
function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
// code for IE6, IE5
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
return null;
}
update.php
<?php
$id=$_GET["id"];
$data=$_GET["data"];
$conn= mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
if(!$conn)
{
die("connection failed!" . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("backend", $conn);
$query = "UPDATE myfirst SET description ='$data' WHERE id='$id'";
mysql_query($query);
?>
what is the problem?kindly spot it to me......
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