I asked a question recently about sending a POST variable off of jquery to another php page, redirecting to that page, doing some action with the sent information, and redirecting off of the original page.
jQuery post method and directory confusion
I am asking for help on almost the exact same code, since the person who commented on it only answered half of my question and marked it as a duplicate. While it did help, it did not solve the problem.
I have made edits according what was suggested in the previous attempt to get this problem solved. As you will see, hitting the save button in this example will bring you to changePage.inc.php, the first redirect, but the second redirect does not happen, which should bring you to secondPage.php.
File named index.php
<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"
integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4="
crossorigin="anonymous">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#saveForm').submit(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var message = "";
var changeText = function(){
message = "You wrote: " + $('#text').val();
};
var send = function(){
if(message !== ""){
$.post("includes/changePage.inc.php", {message: message});
window.location.href = "includes/changePage.inc.php";
}
};
changeText();
send();
});
});
</script>
<body>
<textArea id="text"></textArea>
<form id="saveForm" action="includes/saveEssay.inc.php" method="POST">
<button type="submit" id="saveButton">Save!</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File named changePage.inc.php (within a folder named includes)
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['message'])){
header("Location: ../secondPage.php");
}
exit();
File named secondPage.php
<?php
echo 'Hello World';
?>
