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Reputation: 8970

jQuery access Ajax Response from PHP function

I have a PHP function where I pass a variable to and it returns an array containing a start date and end date.

<?php
 function dateRangeTimeFrame($var1){
  ...

  $date['startDate'] = $startDate;
  $date['endDate'] = $endDate;

  return $date;
 }
?>

I am also trying to use this PHP function in an AJAX call so I can reuse the code. I have added this to the beginning of the page:

if (isset($_POST['dateFunction'])) {
  print_r(dateRangeTimeFrame($_POST['dateFunction']));
}

My jQuery code is as follows:

$.ajax({
    url: 'includes/functions.php',
    type: 'post',
    data: { "dateFunction": theDate},
    success: function(response) { 
        console.log(response['startDate']); 
        console.log(response.startDate); 
    }
});

My issue is that I do not know how to access the response that the php function is returning.

Here is the response I am getting from the PHP function:

Array
(
  [startDate] => 2015/01/17
  [endDate] => 2015/02/16
)

How would I go about getting these 2 vars from the PHP response?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 108

Answers (3)

user254153
user254153

Reputation: 1883

<?php
function dateRangeTimeFrame($var1) {
   // ...

   $date['startDate'] = $startDate;
   $date['endDate'] = $endDate;

   echo json_encode($date);
}
?>

Ajax

$.ajax({
   url: 'includes/functions.php',
   type: 'post',
   data: { "dateFunction": theDate },
   success: function(response) { 
      for (var i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
         alert(response[i].startDate);
      } 
   }
});

Upvotes: 0

user1130272
user1130272

Reputation: 

    <?php
     function dateRangeTimeFrame($var1){
      ...

      $date['startDate'] = $startDate;
      $date['endDate'] = $endDate;

      return json_encode($date);
     }

?>

jQuery

$.ajax({
    url: 'includes/functions.php',
    type: 'post',
    data: { "dateFunction": theDate},
    dataType: "json",
    success: function(response) { 
       console.log(response.startDate); 
    }
});

Upvotes: 1

Machavity
Machavity

Reputation: 31654

You need to use JSON. Your Javascript natively understands and can parse it

if (isset($_POST['dateFunction'])) {
   echo json_encode(dateRangeTimeFrame($_POST['dateFunction']));
}

And your jQuery (note I added dataType)

$.ajax({
    url: 'includes/functions.php',
    dataType: 'json',
    type: 'post',
    data: { "dateFunction": theDate},
    success: function(response) { 
        console.log(response.startDate); 
    }
});

Upvotes: 4

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