So I am trying to post some some data from one PHP file to another PHP file using jquery/ajax. The following code shows a function which takes takes data from a specific div that is clicked on, and I attempt to make an ajax post request to the PHP file I want to send to.
$(function (){
$(".commit").on('click',function(){
const sha_id = $(this).data("sha");
const sha_obj = JSON.stringify({"sha": sha_id});
$.ajax({
url:'commitInfo.php',
type:'POST',
data: sha_obj,
dataType: 'application/json',
success:function(response){
console.log(response);
window.location.replace("commitInfo");
},
error: function (resp, xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
console.log(resp);
}
});
});
});
Then on inside the other php file 'commitInfo.php' I attempt to grab/print the data using the following code:
$sha_data = $_POST['sha'];
echo $sha_data;
print_r($_POST);
However, nothing works. I do not get a printout, and the $_POST array is empty. Could it be because I am changing the page view to the commitInfo.php page on click and it is going to the page before the data is being posted? (some weird aync issue?). Or something else? I have tried multiple variations of everything yet nothing truly works. I have tried using 'method' instead of 'type', I have tried sending dataType 'text' instead of 'json'. I really don't know what the issue is. Also I am running my apache server on my local mac with 'sudo apachectl start' and running it in the browser as 'http://localhost/kanopy/kanopy.php' && 'http://localhost/kanopy/commitInfo.php'.
Also, when I send it as dataType 'text' the success function runs, but I recieve NO data. When I send it as dataType 'json' it errors. Have no idea why.
If anyone can help, it would be greaat!