Using JS to run PHP script on server - javascript

I've been at this for quite a while now, and I have pretty much no experience with PHP and I've only begun with JavaScript.
I'm attempting to run a PHP script that I have on my server from the JavaScript on the webpage using AJAX. To be honest, I don't really have much of an idea of what I'm doing.
My current code:
JS:
function Write() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "Write.php",
data: {
'GUID': "12345678987654321",
'IP': "127.0.0.2",
'USERNAME': "George",
'BAN_REASON': "Broke my pencil."
},
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
});
}
PHP:
<?php
exec("java -jar Database.jar '.$_POST['GUID']' '.$_POST['IP']' '.$_POST['USERNAME']' '.$_POST['BAN_REASON']'");
?>
(I'm also not too entirely sure that I did that String correctly, so help on that would be appreciated)
Basically, that PHP code is using a Java program I made to write to a MySQL database using the arguments that are being sent by the PHP "exec()." It's not writing to the database at all, so I'm assuming it's something with the AJAX going to the PHP function.
When "Write()" is ran, all it does is print out the PHP code to the console...
NEW CODE
<?php
//Server
$servername = "localhost";
$dbusername = $_POST['DB_USERNAME'];
$password = $_POST['DB_PASSWORD'];
$dbname = "bansdb";
$username = $_POST['USERNAME'];
$guid = $_POST['GUID'];
$ip = $_POST['IP'];
$ban_reason = $_POST['BAN_REASON'];
$connection = new mysqli($servername, $dbusername, $password, $dbname);
if ($connection->connect_error) {
die("Connection Failed: " . $connection->connect_error);
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO bans (GUID, IP, USERNAME, BAN_REASON)
VALUES ('$guid', '$ip', '$username', '$ban_reason')";
if (mysqli_query($connection, $sql)) {
echo "Ban successfully added.";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . mysqli_error($connection);
}
mysqli_close($connection);
?>

I would not pass your DB user/password over the network. Just make a simple application password and store the password statically in the PHP with the db user/password (in HTML modify form to have APP_PASSWORD input). With parameterized queries aside from closing SQL injection you also can have single quotes in your value and don't have to worry about the query breaking (the driver handles the quoting).
<?php
//Server
$servername = "localhost";
$dbusername = 'static_db_user';//$_POST['DB_USERNAME'];
$password = 'staticpassword';//$_POST['DB_PASSWORD'];
$dbname = "bansdb";
if($_POST['APP_PASSWORD'] != 'Some generic password') {
die('Invalid Credentials');
}
$username = $_POST['USERNAME'];
$guid = $_POST['GUID'];
$ip = $_POST['IP']; // I would store IP as an unsigned int, ip2long
$ban_reason = $_POST['BAN_REASON'];
$connection = new mysqli($servername, $dbusername, $password, $dbname);
if ($connection->connect_error) {
die("Connection Failed: " . $connection->connect_error);
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO bans (GUID, IP, USERNAME, BAN_REASON)
VALUES (?,?,?,?)";
if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($connection, $sql)) {
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, , 'ssss', $guid, $ip, $username, $ban_reason;
if(mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt)) {
echo "Ban successfully added.";
} else {
echo "Execute Error: " . $sql . mysqli_error($connection);
}
} else {
echo "Prepare Error: " . $sql . mysqli_error($connection);
}
mysqli_close($connection);
?>

all it does is print out the PHP code to the console...
Do you have a web server that's configured to execute PHP code? You must realize that you cannot just run a plain php file in your browser opened from the filesystem on your "server".
Make a new file called info.php and save it to your web server. Inside it should only be this:
<?php
phpinfo();
If you see that code when you browse to it, then you do not have PHP enabled. Otherwise, you will see a lot of information about your configuration.
not too entirely sure that I did that String correctly
pretty close, but you should read up about some quotes
this might work for you:
<?php
exec("java -jar Database.jar $_POST[GUID] $_POST[IP] $_POST[USERNAME] $_POST[BAN_REASON]");

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