jQuery Ajax: change php function perameter

[surreal5335]

code updated below... should have put it here I know

[surreal5335]

Ok I made adjustments and went with a $.get() for the ajax.

I am trying to pass in the jquery variable of id through to my php file.

Here is how I am sending the variable:

function show_post(id)
{

	$.get('ajax_post.php', { post: id}, function(data)
	{
		$('.get_post_container').html(data)
	});
	
}

Here is how I am trying to get the variable to process in php:


$id = $_GET[id];


I have also tried:

$id = $_GET[post];


any ideas on how to pass it properly?

Thanks

[devnull69]

You passed it properly but you need to quote the parameter name

$id = $_GET["post"];

[surreal5335]

Thanks for the reply,

I made the changes in my php file. I tried click event and nothing happened still. I belive it maybe how I am trying to add the parameter to the javascript function call in my <a>

onClick="show_post(<?php echo $i; ?>);"

Firebug shows that the proper value is in place. I did an alert(); in my show_post() but it would not fire.

I got rid of the php variable and all the associated parameters in my javascript along with the $.get(), alert() still would not fire.

Could this be bc I have href="javascript:void(0);"?

I appreciate the help

[devnull69]

show_post() as posted above seems to be fine. If it is not fired at all, usually there is a Syntax Error somewhere else(!) in your javascript. Every single Syntax Error anywhere in your Javascript code will prevent any javascript from running, even if it is correct by itself. Please check the console in Firebug. If you don't see any error, please set a breakpoint somewhere and see if it is being reached.

[surreal5335]

Thanks for the suggestion, I narrowed things down and now I got the function to fire and take in the parameter.

Here is what I have now

$('.show_post').click(function()
	{
		var id = this.id;
		alert(id);
		// $.get('ajax_post.php', { post: id}, function(data)
		// {
			// $('.get_post_container').html(data)
		// });
	});

All the code commented out currently does not work, no errors are being reported either.

Any ideas?

[devnull69]

Are you sure that ajax_post.php is in the same folder as the current HTML document and that you really have at least one element with class="get_post_container"? Otherwise that piece of code seems to be just fine.

[surreal5335]

Thanks a lot, it was the file path for the php that was wrong.