将数据发送到服务器

Question

I recently perform some ajax request on my website but I'm still beginner.

Here is a stupid question: How to send (POST) a data to the server without waiting any response ?

In all the example I found on internet, the ajax call is used to reload a part of the page. It work perfectly, but my idea here is just to send a data that could be store in DB for example without waiting any response.

I'm using Zend framework with MVC pattern. I tried something like:

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url:'/controller/action',
    data: { myDataToPost: aData },

        success:function(response){
        },
        failure:function(){
         alert('Could not save your entry');
        }
});  

It works fine if I define an action in my controller but I can see in firebug an 404 error on controller/action page. For sure it doesn't exist because i don't want any response...

Many thanks for your help! Cedric.

Answer 1

"Here is a stupid question: How to send (POST) a data to the server without waiting any response ?"

$.ajax({
     timeout: 1
});

Set the request timeout to 1 millisecond (zero doesn't work), thus giving the xmlHttpRequest 1 millisecond to complete (go to server, process request, return response, which is virtually impossible), otherwise mark it as timed out (failed).