Live changes on site

Live changes on site - javascript

I am trying to make a php file in which I will send data from database and through them i will show 0 or 1. In my example I have a table with two user_ids and a parameter in which takes the value 0 or 1. From test.php I fill a form by giving the user_id and I submit it. When I submit it for this user the parameter in becomes 0 if it was 1 and vise versa. In next.php I use <iframe src="show.php"> and in show.php I show the user_id and in. What I want is when I submit a user_id, immediately to see the changes in show.php. What I did is to refresh the page all the time but it was too disturbing. Can you suggest something else? Here is some code.
test.php
<?php
require_once 'include_php/db.php';
global $dbcnx;
?>
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="text" name="id"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit"/>
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET['submit']))
{
$id = $_GET['id'];
$res = mysqli_query($dbcnx, "select * from people where uid = ".$id.";");
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($res);
if($row['in'] == 0) $up = mysqli_query($dbcnx, "UPDATE `people` SET `in`=1 WHERE uid=".$id.";");
else $up = mysqli_query($dbcnx, "UPDATE `people` SET `in`=0 WHERE uid=".$id.";");
}
show.php
<?php
require_once 'include_php/db.php';
global $dbcnx;
$res = mysqli_query($dbcnx, "select * from people");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res))
{
echo $row['uid']." ".$row['in']."<br/>";
}
print "<script>window.location.replace('show.php');</script>"; //here is the disturbing refresh
next.php
<iframe src="show.php">

What you want is live updates without hard refreshing your page. You can achieve this by using AJAX requests, or by using websockets.
With an ajax request, you could easily set a timeout function to refresh your iframe every x-seconds/minutes.
This question gives a good description on how to give it a go.

Related

Javascript in PHP to get the value of a selected option [duplicate]

I want to pass JavaScript variables to PHP using a hidden input in a form.
But I can't get the value of $_POST['hidden1'] into $salarieid. Is there something wrong?
Here is the code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// View what the user has chosen
function func_load3(name) {
var oForm = document.forms["myform"];
var oSelectBox = oForm.select3;
var iChoice = oSelectBox.selectedIndex;
//alert("You have chosen: " + oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text);
//document.write(oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text);
var sa = oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text;
document.getElementById("hidden1").value = sa;
}
</script>
<form name="myform" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="hidden1" id="hidden1" />
</form>
<?php
$salarieid = $_POST['hidden1'];
$query = "select * from salarie where salarieid = ".$salarieid;
echo $query;
$result = mysql_query($query);
?>
<table>
Code for displaying the query result.
</table>

You cannot pass variable values from the current page JavaScript code to the current page PHP code... PHP code runs at the server side, and it doesn't know anything about what is going on on the client side.
You need to pass variables to PHP code from the HTML form using another mechanism, such as submitting the form using the GET or POST methods.
<DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My Test Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST">
<p>Please, choose the salary id to proceed result:</p>
<p>
<label for="salarieids">SalarieID:</label>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM salarie";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if ($result) :
?>
<select id="salarieids" name="salarieid">
<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo '<option value="', $row['salaried'], '">', $row['salaried'], '</option>'; //between <option></option> tags you can output something more human-friendly (like $row['name'], if table "salaried" have one)
}
?>
</select>
<?php endif ?>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Sumbit my choice"/>
</p>
</form>
<?php if isset($_POST['salaried']) : ?>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM salarie WHERE salarieid = " . $_POST['salarieid'];
$result = mysql_query($query);
if ($result) :
?>
<table>
<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>', $row['salaried'], '</td><td>', $row['bla-bla-bla'], '</td>' ...; // and others
echo '</tr>';
}
?>
</table>
<?php endif?>
<?php endif ?>
</body>
</html>

Just save it in a cookie:
$(document).ready(function () {
createCookie("height", $(window).height(), "10");
});
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var expires;
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
}
else {
expires = "";
}
document.cookie = escape(name) + "=" + escape(value) + expires + "; path=/";
}
And then read it with PHP:
<?PHP
$_COOKIE["height"];
?>
It's not a pretty solution, but it works.

There are several ways of passing variables from JavaScript to PHP (not the current page, of course).
You could:
Send the information in a form as stated here (will result in a page refresh)
Pass it in Ajax (several posts are on here about that) (without a page refresh)
Make an HTTP request via an XMLHttpRequest request (without a page refresh) like this:
if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else{
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
var PageToSendTo = "nowitworks.php?";
var MyVariable = "variableData";
var VariablePlaceholder = "variableName=";
var UrlToSend = PageToSendTo + VariablePlaceholder + MyVariable;
xmlhttp.open("GET", UrlToSend, false);
xmlhttp.send();
I'm sure this could be made to look fancier and loop through all the variables and whatnot - but I've kept it basic as to make it easier to understand for the novices.

Here is the Working example: Get javascript variable value on the same page in php.
<script>
var p1 = "success";
</script>
<?php
echo "<script>document.writeln(p1);</script>";
?>

Here's how I did it (I needed to insert a local timezone into PHP:
<?php
ob_start();
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
var d = new Date();
document.write(d.getTimezoneOffset());
</script>
<?php
$offset = ob_get_clean();
print_r($offset);

When your page first loads the PHP code first runs and sets the complete layout of your webpage. After the page layout, it sets the JavaScript load up.
Now JavaScript directly interacts with DOM and can manipulate the layout but PHP can't - it needs to refresh the page. The only way is to refresh your page to and pass the parameters in the page URL so that you can get the data via PHP.
So, we use AJAX to get Javascript to interact with PHP without a page reload. AJAX can also be used as an API. One more thing if you have already declared the variable in PHP before the page loads then you can use it with your Javascript example.
<?php $myname= "syed ali";?>
<script>
var username = "<?php echo $myname;?>";
alert(username);
</script>
The above code is correct and it will work, but the code below is totally wrong and it will never work.
<script>
var username = "syed ali";
var <?php $myname;?> = username;
alert(myname);
</script>
Pass value from JavaScript to PHP via AJAX
This is the most secure way to do it, because HTML content can be edited via developer tools and the user can manipulate the data. So, it is better to use AJAX if you want security over that variable. If you are a newbie to AJAX, please learn AJAX it is very simple.
The best and most secure way to pass JavaScript variable into PHP is via AJAX
Simple AJAX example
var mydata = 55;
var myname = "syed ali";
var userdata = {'id':mydata,'name':myname};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "YOUR PHP URL HERE",
data:userdata,
success: function(data){
console.log(data);
}
});
PASS value from JavaScript to PHP via hidden fields
Otherwise, you can create a hidden HTML input inside your form. like
<input type="hidden" id="mydata">
then via jQuery or javaScript pass the value to the hidden field. like
<script>
var myvalue = 55;
$("#mydata").val(myvalue);
</script>
Now when you submit the form you can get the value in PHP.

I was trying to figure this out myself and then realized that the problem is that this is kind of a backwards way of looking at the situation. Rather than trying to pass things from JavaScript to php, maybe it's best to go the other way around, in most cases. PHP code executes on the server and creates the html code (and possibly java script as well). Then the browser loads the page and executes the html and java script.
It seems like the sensible way to approach situations like this is to use the PHP to create the JavaScript and the html you want and then to use the JavaScript in the page to do whatever PHP can't do. It seems like this would give you the benefits of both PHP and JavaScript in a fairly simple and straight forward way.
One thing I've done that gives the appearance of passing things to PHP from your page on the fly is using the html image tag to call on PHP code. Something like this:
<img src="pic.php">
The PHP code in pic.php would actually create html code before your web page was even loaded, but that html code is basically called upon on the fly. The php code here can be used to create a picture on your page, but it can have any commands you like besides that in it. Maybe it changes the contents of some files on your server, etc. The upside of this is that the php code can be executed from html and I assume JavaScript, but the down side is that the only output it can put on your page is an image. You also have the option of passing variables to the php code through parameters in the url. Page counters will use this technique in many cases.

PHP runs on the server before the page is sent to the user, JavaScript is run on the user's computer once it is received, so the PHP script has already executed.
If you want to pass a JavaScript value to a PHP script, you'd have to do an XMLHttpRequest to send the data back to the server.
Here's a previous question that you can follow for more information: Ajax Tutorial
Now if you just need to pass a form value to the server, you can also just do a normal form post, that does the same thing, but the whole page has to be refreshed.
<?php
if(isset($_POST))
{
print_r($_POST);
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="data" value="1" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
Clicking submit will submit the page, and print out the submitted data.

We can easily pass values even on same/ different pages using the cookies shown in the code as follows (In my case, I'm using it with facebook integration) -
function statusChangeCallback(response) {
console.log('statusChangeCallback');
if (response.status === 'connected') {
// Logged into your app and Facebook.
FB.api('/me?fields=id,first_name,last_name,email', function (result) {
document.cookie = "fbdata = " + result.id + "," + result.first_name + "," + result.last_name + "," + result.email;
console.log(document.cookie);
});
}
}
And I've accessed it (in any file) using -
<?php
if(isset($_COOKIE['fbdata'])) {
echo "welcome ".$_COOKIE['fbdata'];
}
?>

Your code has a few things wrong with it.
You define a JavaScript function, func_load3(), but do not call it.
Your function is defined in the wrong place. When it is defined in your page, the HTML objects it refers to have not yet been loaded. Most JavaScript code checks whether the document is fully loaded before executing, or you can just move your code past the elements it refers to in the page.
Your form has no means to submit it. It needs a submit button.
You do not check whether your form has been submitted.
It is possible to set a JavaScript variable in a hidden variable in a form, then submit it, and read the value back in PHP. Here is a simple example that shows this:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['hidden1'])) {
echo "You submitted {$_POST['hidden1']}";
die;
}
echo <<<HTML
<form name="myform" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" method="post" id="myform">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Test this mess!" />
<input type="hidden" name="hidden1" id="hidden1" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("hidden1").value = "This is an example";
</script>
HTML;
?>

You can use JQuery Ajax and POST method:
var obj;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#button1").click(function(){
var username=$("#username").val();
var password=$("#password").val();
$.ajax({
url: "addperson.php",
type: "POST",
async: false,
data: {
username: username,
password: password
}
})
.done (function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
obj = JSON.parse(data);
})
.fail (function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
})
.always (function(jqXHROrData, textStatus, jqXHROrErrorThrown) {
});
});
});
To take a response back from the php script JSON parse the the respone in .done() method.
Here is the php script you can modify to your needs:
<?php
$username1 = isset($_POST["username"]) ? $_POST["username"] : '';
$password1 = isset($_POST["password"]) ? $_POST["password"] : '';
$servername = "xxxxx";
$username = "xxxxx";
$password = "xxxxx";
$dbname = "xxxxx";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO user (username, password)
VALUES ('$username1', '$password1' )";
;
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo json_encode(array('success' => 1));
} else{
echo json_encode(array('success' => 0));
}
$conn->close();
?>

Is your function, which sets the hidden form value, being called? It is not in this example. You should have no problem modifying a hidden value before posting the form back to the server.

May be you could use jquery serialize() method so that everything will be at one go.
var data=$('#myForm').serialize();
//this way you could get the hidden value as well in the server side.

This obviously solution was not mentioned earlier. You can also use cookies to pass data from the browser back to the server.
Just set a cookie with the data you want to pass to PHP using javascript in the browser.
Then, simply read this cookie on the PHP side.

We cannot pass JavaScript variable values to the PHP code directly... PHP code runs at the server side, and it doesn't know anything about what is going on on the client side.
So it's better to use the AJAX to parse the JavaScript value into the php Code.
Or alternatively we can make this done with the help of COOKIES in our code.
Thanks & Cheers.

Use the + sign to concatenate your javascript variable into your php function call.
<script>
var JSvar = "success";
var JSnewVar = "<?=myphpFunction('" + JSvar + "');?>";
</script>`
Notice the = sign is there twice.

Deleting bootstrap alerts from database mysql php

So i have a notification page created using bootstrap alerts.
here's a snippet, each notification is an echo from a row of the database
<div class="container" >
<?php
$fetch = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM notifications");
while($row = $fetch->fetch_assoc()) {
$id = ''.$row["id"].'';
$notification = ''.$row["notifications"].'';
?>
<div class="alert alert-warning alert-dismissable ">
<a href="#" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="close" id="close">
<form action='deletenotifications.php' method='post' id='myform' >
<input type='hidden' name='id' id='id' value="<?php echo $id ?>" />
<span type="submit">×</span>
</form></a>
<?php echo $notification; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
The user when pressing X needs to delete the notification, thus from the database too, so a hidden form containing the id of the alert to be sent to action deletenotication.php using jquery AJAX method
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#close').click(function(){
$.post(
$('#myform').attr('action'),
$('#myform :input').serializeArray(),
);
});
</script>
and here is the deletenotification.php snippet
$id = $_POST['id'];
$sqlf = $conn->query("SELECT * from notifications");
while($rown = $sqlf->fetch_assoc()){
$idbase = ''.$rown['id'].'';
if($id == $idbase){
$sql = $conn->query("DELETE FROM notifications WHERE id=$id");
}
}
it is deleting from the database but only if the alerts are closed in order, and only one alert is deleted, in order to delete the successive one, the page need to be refreshed.
closing the alerts 2, 3 and 4 wont delete the rows unless notification 1 is deleted,
I need if the user close ANY random alert to be deleted, and not in order
Thank you!

You don't need to iterate through all of the results just to delete a specific row by its ID. That costs you two queries instead of one, and the first one could potentially be costly if there are a ton of notifications in the database. Instead, you can just delete by the ID, like so.
if ( ! empty( $_POST['id'] ) && (int) $_POST['id'] ) {
$id = (int) $_POST['id'];
$conn->query("DELETE FROM notifications WHERE id=$id");
}
In the example above, I am casting the ID to an integer, for safety. But really, you should look at the database class you're using there, and instead use a prepared statement.
Aside: I noticed a couple of lines like this one with two single quotes. You don't need all of those. They are only helpful if you're concatenating. Or, if you were you defining a string literal.
$id = ''.$row["id"].'';
Instead, just assign it the value of the ID.
$id = $row['id'];
It's also a good idea to use and verify a CSRF token before responding to a request to delete a row from the database; i.e., make sure this request is a legitimate one. Maybe you're already doing this elsewhere, but I wanted to caution you in case.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery

Php/Javascript Update variable after loop [duplicate]

I want to pass JavaScript variables to PHP using a hidden input in a form.
But I can't get the value of $_POST['hidden1'] into $salarieid. Is there something wrong?
Here is the code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// View what the user has chosen
function func_load3(name) {
var oForm = document.forms["myform"];
var oSelectBox = oForm.select3;
var iChoice = oSelectBox.selectedIndex;
//alert("You have chosen: " + oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text);
//document.write(oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text);
var sa = oSelectBox.options[iChoice].text;
document.getElementById("hidden1").value = sa;
}
</script>
<form name="myform" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="hidden1" id="hidden1" />
</form>
<?php
$salarieid = $_POST['hidden1'];
$query = "select * from salarie where salarieid = ".$salarieid;
echo $query;
$result = mysql_query($query);
?>
<table>
Code for displaying the query result.
</table>

You cannot pass variable values from the current page JavaScript code to the current page PHP code... PHP code runs at the server side, and it doesn't know anything about what is going on on the client side.
You need to pass variables to PHP code from the HTML form using another mechanism, such as submitting the form using the GET or POST methods.
<DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My Test Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST">
<p>Please, choose the salary id to proceed result:</p>
<p>
<label for="salarieids">SalarieID:</label>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM salarie";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if ($result) :
?>
<select id="salarieids" name="salarieid">
<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo '<option value="', $row['salaried'], '">', $row['salaried'], '</option>'; //between <option></option> tags you can output something more human-friendly (like $row['name'], if table "salaried" have one)
}
?>
</select>
<?php endif ?>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Sumbit my choice"/>
</p>
</form>
<?php if isset($_POST['salaried']) : ?>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM salarie WHERE salarieid = " . $_POST['salarieid'];
$result = mysql_query($query);
if ($result) :
?>
<table>
<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>', $row['salaried'], '</td><td>', $row['bla-bla-bla'], '</td>' ...; // and others
echo '</tr>';
}
?>
</table>
<?php endif?>
<?php endif ?>
</body>
</html>

Just save it in a cookie:
$(document).ready(function () {
createCookie("height", $(window).height(), "10");
});
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var expires;
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
}
else {
expires = "";
}
document.cookie = escape(name) + "=" + escape(value) + expires + "; path=/";
}
And then read it with PHP:
<?PHP
$_COOKIE["height"];
?>
It's not a pretty solution, but it works.

There are several ways of passing variables from JavaScript to PHP (not the current page, of course).
You could:
Send the information in a form as stated here (will result in a page refresh)
Pass it in Ajax (several posts are on here about that) (without a page refresh)
Make an HTTP request via an XMLHttpRequest request (without a page refresh) like this:
if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else{
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
var PageToSendTo = "nowitworks.php?";
var MyVariable = "variableData";
var VariablePlaceholder = "variableName=";
var UrlToSend = PageToSendTo + VariablePlaceholder + MyVariable;
xmlhttp.open("GET", UrlToSend, false);
xmlhttp.send();
I'm sure this could be made to look fancier and loop through all the variables and whatnot - but I've kept it basic as to make it easier to understand for the novices.

Here is the Working example: Get javascript variable value on the same page in php.
<script>
var p1 = "success";
</script>
<?php
echo "<script>document.writeln(p1);</script>";
?>

Here's how I did it (I needed to insert a local timezone into PHP:
<?php
ob_start();
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
var d = new Date();
document.write(d.getTimezoneOffset());
</script>
<?php
$offset = ob_get_clean();
print_r($offset);

When your page first loads the PHP code first runs and sets the complete layout of your webpage. After the page layout, it sets the JavaScript load up.
Now JavaScript directly interacts with DOM and can manipulate the layout but PHP can't - it needs to refresh the page. The only way is to refresh your page to and pass the parameters in the page URL so that you can get the data via PHP.
So, we use AJAX to get Javascript to interact with PHP without a page reload. AJAX can also be used as an API. One more thing if you have already declared the variable in PHP before the page loads then you can use it with your Javascript example.
<?php $myname= "syed ali";?>
<script>
var username = "<?php echo $myname;?>";
alert(username);
</script>
The above code is correct and it will work, but the code below is totally wrong and it will never work.
<script>
var username = "syed ali";
var <?php $myname;?> = username;
alert(myname);
</script>
Pass value from JavaScript to PHP via AJAX
This is the most secure way to do it, because HTML content can be edited via developer tools and the user can manipulate the data. So, it is better to use AJAX if you want security over that variable. If you are a newbie to AJAX, please learn AJAX it is very simple.
The best and most secure way to pass JavaScript variable into PHP is via AJAX
Simple AJAX example
var mydata = 55;
var myname = "syed ali";
var userdata = {'id':mydata,'name':myname};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "YOUR PHP URL HERE",
data:userdata,
success: function(data){
console.log(data);
}
});
PASS value from JavaScript to PHP via hidden fields
Otherwise, you can create a hidden HTML input inside your form. like
<input type="hidden" id="mydata">
then via jQuery or javaScript pass the value to the hidden field. like
<script>
var myvalue = 55;
$("#mydata").val(myvalue);
</script>
Now when you submit the form you can get the value in PHP.

PHP runs on the server before the page is sent to the user, JavaScript is run on the user's computer once it is received, so the PHP script has already executed.
If you want to pass a JavaScript value to a PHP script, you'd have to do an XMLHttpRequest to send the data back to the server.
Here's a previous question that you can follow for more information: Ajax Tutorial
Now if you just need to pass a form value to the server, you can also just do a normal form post, that does the same thing, but the whole page has to be refreshed.
<?php
if(isset($_POST))
{
print_r($_POST);
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="data" value="1" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
Clicking submit will submit the page, and print out the submitted data.

We can easily pass values even on same/ different pages using the cookies shown in the code as follows (In my case, I'm using it with facebook integration) -
function statusChangeCallback(response) {
console.log('statusChangeCallback');
if (response.status === 'connected') {
// Logged into your app and Facebook.
FB.api('/me?fields=id,first_name,last_name,email', function (result) {
document.cookie = "fbdata = " + result.id + "," + result.first_name + "," + result.last_name + "," + result.email;
console.log(document.cookie);
});
}
}
And I've accessed it (in any file) using -
<?php
if(isset($_COOKIE['fbdata'])) {
echo "welcome ".$_COOKIE['fbdata'];
}
?>

Your code has a few things wrong with it.
You define a JavaScript function, func_load3(), but do not call it.
Your function is defined in the wrong place. When it is defined in your page, the HTML objects it refers to have not yet been loaded. Most JavaScript code checks whether the document is fully loaded before executing, or you can just move your code past the elements it refers to in the page.
Your form has no means to submit it. It needs a submit button.
You do not check whether your form has been submitted.
It is possible to set a JavaScript variable in a hidden variable in a form, then submit it, and read the value back in PHP. Here is a simple example that shows this:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['hidden1'])) {
echo "You submitted {$_POST['hidden1']}";
die;
}
echo <<<HTML
<form name="myform" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" method="post" id="myform">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Test this mess!" />
<input type="hidden" name="hidden1" id="hidden1" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("hidden1").value = "This is an example";
</script>
HTML;
?>

You can use JQuery Ajax and POST method:
var obj;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#button1").click(function(){
var username=$("#username").val();
var password=$("#password").val();
$.ajax({
url: "addperson.php",
type: "POST",
async: false,
data: {
username: username,
password: password
}
})
.done (function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
obj = JSON.parse(data);
})
.fail (function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
})
.always (function(jqXHROrData, textStatus, jqXHROrErrorThrown) {
});
});
});
To take a response back from the php script JSON parse the the respone in .done() method.
Here is the php script you can modify to your needs:
<?php
$username1 = isset($_POST["username"]) ? $_POST["username"] : '';
$password1 = isset($_POST["password"]) ? $_POST["password"] : '';
$servername = "xxxxx";
$username = "xxxxx";
$password = "xxxxx";
$dbname = "xxxxx";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO user (username, password)
VALUES ('$username1', '$password1' )";
;
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo json_encode(array('success' => 1));
} else{
echo json_encode(array('success' => 0));
}
$conn->close();
?>

Is your function, which sets the hidden form value, being called? It is not in this example. You should have no problem modifying a hidden value before posting the form back to the server.

May be you could use jquery serialize() method so that everything will be at one go.
var data=$('#myForm').serialize();
//this way you could get the hidden value as well in the server side.

This obviously solution was not mentioned earlier. You can also use cookies to pass data from the browser back to the server.
Just set a cookie with the data you want to pass to PHP using javascript in the browser.
Then, simply read this cookie on the PHP side.

We cannot pass JavaScript variable values to the PHP code directly... PHP code runs at the server side, and it doesn't know anything about what is going on on the client side.
So it's better to use the AJAX to parse the JavaScript value into the php Code.
Or alternatively we can make this done with the help of COOKIES in our code.
Thanks & Cheers.

Use the + sign to concatenate your javascript variable into your php function call.
<script>
var JSvar = "success";
var JSnewVar = "<?=myphpFunction('" + JSvar + "');?>";
</script>`
Notice the = sign is there twice.

How to auto-save and auto-update textarea

I'm currently attempting to create a test-website based on the "Secret Diary" project of a web developer course. I'm trying to create a page that saves all of the notes written into a textbox, and displays them when I log in again. Almost everything works - I can start a session and display the saved text when I log in, but the box is deleting the textbox's saved data when the page is loaded. I know that there are better ways of storing the info, I'm just looking for how to get this method to work. This should be all of the relevant code:
mainpage.php:
<?php include("updatediary.php"); ?>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form method="post">
<textarea class="form-control"><?php echo $diary; ?></textarea>
</form>
<script>
$("textarea").keyup(function() {
$.post("updatediary.php", function(){diaryInput:($("textarea").val());} );
});
</script>
updatediary.php:
<?php
include("connection.php");
$query = "SELECT content FROM users WHERE id='".$_SESSION['id']."' LIMIT 1";
$result = mysqli_query($dbCon,$query);
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
$diary = $row['content'];
if ($_POST['diaryInput']!="") {
$updateQuery = "UPDATE `users` SET `content`='".mysqli_real_escape_string($dbCon, $_POST['diaryInput'])."' WHERE id='".$_SESSION['id']."' LIMIT 1";
if (mysqli_query($dbCon, $updateQuery)) {
echo "saved";
} else {
echo "not saved";
};
}
?>
connection.php:
$dbCon = mysqli_connect("localhost", "owenxwfg_admin", "(password)", "owenxwfg_users");
Any help would be awesome. I personally think that there's a problem with my $.post part.

delete a certain comment in comment-reply system in php

I have created a comment-reply system in php. It is similar to wall in facebook. User writes a comment and then post it in "wall". I use the following tables in my database to hold comments: comments(comments_id, comment, comment_date, user, comment_hash, flash) and table users that hold user's details: users(user_id, name, surname). Everything works perfect, the only problem is that I cannot delete a certain comment. Deleting a comment means to set flag=1 for this comment in my database.
On each comment there is a link named "delete". When user press delete, a light box starts in javascript and user by pressing delete, the function "deletepost" is executed. My only problem is that this function sets flag=1 to all comments in my databe and not for the certain comment that I press delete. Any idea how to improve my code?
I use the following function in order to display comments:
<?php
function getComments(){
$session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$comments = "";
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM comments WHERE (`flag`=0) ORDER BY comment_date DESC LIMIT 40") or die (mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($sql) == 0){
$comments = "<div class='each_comment'> Write your first posts ...</div> ";
}
else{
while ($row= mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)) {
$comment_id = $row['comments_id'];
$hash = $row['comment_hash'];
$personal_1 = mysql_query("SELECT `user_id`, `name`, `surname`, `email`, `profile` FROM `users` WHERE `user_id`='{$row['user']}' ");
while ($run_personal_1= mysql_fetch_assoc($personal_1)) {
$comment_user_id = $run_personal_1['user_id'];
$comment_user_name = $run_personal_1['name'];
$comment_user_surname = $run_personal_1['surname'];
}
// displays comment that includes user's name and surname and hash
$comments .= " $comment_user_surname $comment_user_name $hash";
$comments .= ".$row['comment'].";
//---- at this point I insert a delete link , that when user presses it a javascript light box ask user if wants to delete the comment. If user press the delete button it is called the function named "deletepost".
//---- first checks if the comment is from the user that is logged in ($session_user_id) in order to have the right to delete post
if($comment_user_id == $session_user_id){
if(isset($_POST['submit_2'])) {
deletepost($session_user_id, $comment_id);
header('Location: wall.php');
}
$comments .= <<<EOD
<font color='grey' >Delete</font>
<div id="light" class="white_content">
<form action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit_2" value="Delete Post ">
</form>
<button>Cancel</button>
</div>
<div id="fade" class="black_overlay"></div>
EOD;
}
}
return $comments;
}
?>
I use the following function in order to post comments:
<?php
function postComments($comment){
$comment = mysql_real_escape_string(strip_tags($comment));
$session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$random_num = rand(0, 99999999999);
$sql = mysql_query(" INSERT INTO `comments` (comment, comment_date, user, comment_hash) VALUES ('".$comment."', now(), '$session_user_id', '$random_num') ");
return getComments();
}
?>
I use the following function in order to delete comments. Deleting comments means that I set flag=1, and in my function that displays the comments (function getComments), if flag is equal to 1 I do not display this comment:
<?php
function deletepost($comment_user_id, $comment_id){
$get_hash = mysql_query("SELECT `comment_hash` from `comments` WHERE (`user`='$comment_user_id' AND `comments_id` = '$comment_id') ");
while ($run_hash= mysql_fetch_assoc($get_hash)) {
$hash = $run_hash['comment_hash'];
}
$sql="UPDATE `comments` SET `flag`=1 WHERE (`user`='$comment_user_id' AND `comment_hash`='$hash')";
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die("Error when trying to delete...");
}
?>

My first instinct is to guess that comment_hash isn't working quite right, for whatever reason. Try simplifying your delete function:
function deletepost($comment_user_id, $comment_id){
$sql="UPDATE `comments` SET `flag`=1 WHERE (`user`='$comment_user_id' AND `comments_id`='$comment_id')";
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die("Error when trying to delete...");
}
I'm not sure why your current delete function is querying your database to grab a hash from a table and then using the hash to find the same row from the same table. It seems pointless and inefficient, and introduces more things that can break.
Incidentally, Vascowhite is correct that you shouldn't be using the old mysql library, but I don't think changing that would fix your problem here.

In deletepost why did you run while loop to get the hash , if you are deleting one comment one time . Another thing is that flag=1 happens in all your comment because hash may be common for that users all comment . You need to make hash unique for every comment of a particular user .

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