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Posting js variables to PHP not running in any method

In my JS code, I take in 3 inputs on a html page and save them to local storage. I then want to send these variables to php in order to save them to my database. No matter how hard I try no tutorial using ajax, jquery etc allows me to successfully post and echo variables from javascript in my php code. I see no reason why my code below doesn't echo the variables, but it doesn't.
Full code: https://codeshare.io/ayvK9e
Exact PHP elements (just trying to send normal variables right now as it still won't work"
PHP:
foreach($_POST as $post_var){
echo($post_var);
}
JS:
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onload = function(){
const serverResponse = document.getElementById("serverResponse");
serverResponse.innerHTML = this.responseText
};
xhr.open("POST", "eDBase.php");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.send("name=dominic&message=bumbaclaat");

If $post not work try using input php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);

When calling my function with the inputs onclick=showFunction; I was passing nothing to the function. In order for my values to be echoed in php I had to pass a parameter to the function onclick=function('text or variable'); IDK how I missed that.

Try using the FormData()
let form = new FormData();
form.append('name', 'dominic');
form.append('message', 'bumbaclaat');
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", "eDBase.php");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(xhr.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE && xhr.status === 200) {
const serverResponse = document.getElementById("serverResponse");
serverResponse.innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
else console.log('error')
};
xhr.send(form);
Comment out the setRequestHeader to test it.
And at PHP
if(isset($_POST['name'])){
echo $_POST['name'];
echo $_POST['message'];
}
else{
echo 'There was a problem';
}

Ajax xmlhttprequest with POST to php file

Hello guys I am kina new in ajax and I have an issue, I want to call a php file to do some db queries from the javascript file. JS code
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".delete").click(function(){
var xhttp;
if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
else
xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(xhttp.readyState==4 && xhttp.status==200){
$(".delete").css("color", "pink");
}
};
xhttp.open("POST","../admin-tasks/admin-delete-appointment.php",true);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhttp.send("date="+date+ "&hour="+time);
});
});
And php file.
<?php
session_start();
require_once("../connection.php");
if($_SESSION["password"]!=null)
{
if(!empty($_POST["date"]) && !empty($_POST["hour"])){
$_SESSION["msg"]= "<script type='text/javascript'> alert('The appointment has been removed!');</script>";
$date=$_POST["date"];
$hour=$_POST["hour"];
...
I would like to point that the request is going properly, the php file is running if I sent data through html form with post,the problem is when I try it through the js file. The status is 200 and the readyState is going to 4 eventually. Is this below right when I call it from js??
$_POST["date"]
$_POST["hour"]

Did you try to add some brackets ?
if(xhttp.readyState==4 && xhttp.status==200) {
$(".delete").css("color", "pink");
xhttp.open("POST","../admin-tasks/admin-delete-appointment.php",true);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhttp.send("date="+date+ "&hour="+time);
}

The code is completely right, I found the mistake on method date. If I give date("Y-m-d", strtotime($date)) and the var $date instead of - has / or w/e it wont change the date to the format you expect.

Why is PHP not receiving my AJAX request string?

I am puzzled as to why PHP sees my request string as undefined.
$_GET['ask'] in my php file
produces this error -> Notice: Undefined index: ask.
But when I query the php file from the url bar in the browser like this
localhost/Websites/webProject/data.php?ask=myquery
I have set the php file to echo my string and it does do exactly that but only when I query it from the browser URL bar.
But when running the AJAX code normally from the parent html/php file
request.open("GET", "data.php?ask=myquery", true);
The PHP file does not see the query string and thinks its undefined.
Why is this the case?
I have tried to use
$_REQUEST[]; but to no avail.
I am using pure javascript for the AJAX requests.
Here is the javascript
requestResponse();
function requestResponse()
{
var READY_STATE_DONE = 4; /* request finished and response is ready */
var SUCCESS = 200; /* "OK" */
setInterval(function(){
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(this.readyState == READY_STATE_DONE && this.status == SUCCESS)
{
var response = this.responseText;
console.log(request.responseText);
document.getElementById("test").innerHTML += "<br>" + response;
}
}
request.open("GET", "data.php?ask=myquery", true);
request.send();
}, 3000)
}
Here is the PHP content
testRequest();
function testRequest()
{
$reqString = $_REQUEST['ask'];
include("dbCredentials.php");
include("dbConnect.php");
if($reqString == "myquery")
{
echo("<br />REQUEST IS: " . $reqString);
echo("<br /> Your request is granted");
}
}
DISCLOSURE: I have replaced the previous php file with data.php.

Try using Jquery Ajax request. this is mostly effective when you want to pass strings instead of serialized data
HTML:
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
url: 'data.php?ask=whut',
success: function(response){
alert(response);
}
});
});
</script>
PHP Content:
echo $_GET['ask'];

Receive paramter with cURL PHP using XMLHTTP JavaScript

My program is using a JS XMLHTTP request to a PHP file with cURL code to retrieve the contents of another page. I'm calling a PHP file in order to avoid a cross-origin-request error by the browser. I need to send my PHP file a JS variable, psswd, so it can use it when executing a cURL request.
I'm using the following JavaScript code to get the contents of another page:
var psswd = "test";
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
else{ xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
xmlhttp.open("POST", "parsefeed.php?psswd=" + psswd, false);
xmlhttp.send();
My cURL PHP script where i need to use this variable is:
$options = array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
CURLOPT_URL => $url ,
CURLOPT_SSLCERT => $cert_file ,
CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD => $< * VARIABLE GOES HERE * >,
);
curl_setopt_array($ch , $options);
$output = curl_exec($ch);
echo $output;
I've tried using $_POST['psswd'] and checking if anything is even posted, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas how I can verify the variable is being passed?

For a valid POST request which is accessable through PHP you have to specify a header and pass your data in the .send() method:
xmlhttp.open("POST", "parsefeed.php", false);
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xmlhttp.send("psswd=" + psswd);
But it would be a lot more secure and easier to use jQuerys ajax abilities instead.

Data not getting passed via Ajax to PHP script

I'm trying to send the value of a variable number via ajax to a PHP script. But the PHP script is not printing the desired output on opening on a browser. Tried but couldn't find whats wrong here.
Any pointers ?
index.html
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success" id = 'first' onclick='process();'>Submit</button>
<script>
var number = 0;
function process()
{
number++;
var xhr;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
var data = "num=" + number;
xhr.open("POST", "index.php", true);
xhr.send(data);
}
</script>
index.php
<?php
session_start();
$number = $_POST['num'];
$_SESSION['numb'] = $number;
echo $_SESSION['numb'] ;
?>

Editing my long winded lame answer since you fixed the close curly bracket... but bloodyKnuckles is right you also need something in your 'process' function to take the response from your PHP page and output it... or whatever you want to do. You can basically use the method 'onreadystatechange' in the XMLHttpRequest object and then look for a 'readyState' property value of 4 which means everything is done. Here is a simple example of that just outputting the results to the console (which you can view using developer tools in your browser of choice).
<script>
var number = 0;
function process()
{
number++;
var xhr;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
var data = "num=" + number;
xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (xhr.readyState==4 && xhr.status==200){
console.log('xhr.readyState=',xhr.readyState);
console.log('xhr.status=',xhr.status);
console.log('response=',xhr.responseText);
}
else if (xhr.readyState == 1 ){
xhr.send(data)
}
};
xhr.open("POST", "ajax-test.php", true);
}
</script>
As you go further you may want to update your PHP page to only update the session when the POST value is there.
<?php
//ini_set('display_errors',1);
//ini_set('display_startup_errors',1);
//error_reporting(-1);
if(isset($_POST['num'])){
session_start();
$_SESSION['numb'] = $_POST['num'];
echo $_SESSION['numb'];
}
?>
You can uncomment those ini_set and error_reporting lines to try to figure out what is going on with your PHP script.

This is because you are not sending header information with request...
Append this code
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-length", data.length);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
after
xhr.open("POST", "index.php", true);