chapter 5 help

francat · #1 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2010, 01:59 PM

at chapter 5 i'm trying to use request manager but i have a problem,
this is my submit function:

function addSubmit() {
RequestManager.submit({
type : "post",
url : "queue.php",
data : "name=Nicholas",
onsuccess : outputSuccessResult,
onfailure : outputFailureResult,
onnotmodified : outputNotModifiedResult
});
}

i have modified output result to get data from php file

function outputResult(oResponse, sColor) {
var divResponses = document.getElementById("divResponses");
var oRequest = oResponse.request;
var sMessage = "<div style=\"background-color:" + sColor + "\">"
+ oResponse.status + " (" + oRequest.priority + ") "
+ oRequest.type + " " + oRequest.url + " " + oRequest.age + " " + oRequest.data + " " + oResponse.data + "</div>";
divResponses.innerHTML += sMessage;
}

the post is done to queue.php if i have this:
$a = 'hi';
echo $a;

no problem at function outputResult
oRequest.data outputs 'hi' on browser

but if at queue.php i have this:
$a = $_POST[“name”];
echo $a;
function outputResult
oRequest.data outputs nothing on browser
i cannot get post value,
i dont have experience with js and ajax
could someone tell me how to get and output on screen the post value from
queue.php file

thanks a lot

nzakas · #2 (**permalink**) May 9th, 2010, 12:01 AM

It's a bit difficult to tell what could be wrong from your description, but you should double-check that $_POST is available and readable first. Although $_POST is usually available, it might not always be. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...perglobals.php

You may also want to try sending other data to queue.php to see if it gets through, or try using a GET instead of a POST to rule out general data transmission issues.

Lonestarjack · #3 (**permalink**) August 30th, 2012, 02:28 PM

No problem -- I forgot the "<tr>" function. Dumb me.

What is the secret in having AJAX return a formatted table?
I plan on displaying a series of detail records.

Code:

  if ($sInfo == "") {
        if($oResult = mysql_query($sQuery) and mysql_num_rows($oResult) > 0) {
		$aValues = mysql_fetch_array($oResult,MYSQL_ASSOC);
		echo '<table border = "2">	';	
		echo '<th>Name</th></th>Address<th>City</th><th>State</th><th>ZIP</th><th>Phone</th></ p>';
		$sInfo = "<td>".$aValues['Nam_Last']."</td><td>".$aValues['Nam_Street']."<td><td>".
                 $aValues['Nam_City']."<td><td>".$aValues['Nam_StateCode']."<td><td>".
                 $aValues['Nam_Zip']."<td><td>".$aValues['Nam_R_Phone']."<td><td>";
			"</table>";
	        } else {
           		 $sInfo = "Customer with ID $sID doesn't exist.";
        	}
  	  }

Returns with a border and heading plus detail, but not formatted as atable
Name Address City State ZIP Phone Catran 5240 Bothwell Rd Tarzana CA 91356
Thanks

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