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tyler5819
tyler5819

Reputation: 58

Use AJAX/PHP to have an HTML button insert data into a MySQL database

My goal is when I click a button on this webpage, there will be data entered into the MySQL database.

On the .html page:

<html>
<body>
<p id="output">Output here</p>
  <!-- Primary Page Layout
  –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– -->
  <div class="container" style="background-image: url(images/background.png); width: 640px; height: 1400px; ">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="one-half column" style="margin-top: 25%">
          <button onclick="submitFunction()" style="width: 150px; height: 100px; position: absolute; left: 70px; top: 880px;">test</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

<!-- Scripts-->
<script>
function submitFunction() {
   $.ajax({
        url: 'sendcheck.php',
        type: 'post',
        data: {'Test1': 'data1', 'Test2': 'data2', 'Test3': 'data3', 'Test4': 'data4', 'Test5': 'data5'},
        success: function(data, status) {
          if(data == "ok") {
            document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = "Data sent";
          }
        },
        error: function(xhr, desc, err) {
          console.log(xhr);
          console.log("Details: " + desc + "\nError:" + err);
        }
      }); // end ajax call
}
</script>

<!-- End Document
  –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– -->
</body>
</html>

The "sendcheck.php" page here:

<?php


$db = "testBase";
$dbu = "root";
$dbp = "test_test";
$host = "localhost";

$dblink = mysql_connect($host,$dbu,$dbp);
$seldb = mysql_select_db($db);

if(isset($_GET['Test1']) && isset($_GET['Test2']) && isset($_GET['Test3']) && isset($_GET['Test4']) && isset($_GET['Test5'])){

     $Test1 = strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['Test1']));
     $Test2 = strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['Test2']));
     $Test3 = strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['Test3']));
     $Test4 = strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['Test4']));
     $Test5 = strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['Test5']));
     $sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `$db`.`tester_table` (`ID,`Test1`,`Test2`,`Test3`,`Test4`,`Test5`) VALUES ('','$Test1','$Test2','$Test3','$Test4','$Test5');");
     
     if($sql){
     
          echo 'Your data was submitted';
          
     }else{
       
          echo 'There was a problem. Please try again later.';
          
     }
     
}else{
     echo 'Your test wasnt passed in the request. Make sure you add ?Test1=data1_HERE&Test2=data2_here&Test3=data3_here&Test4=data4_here&Test5=data5_here to the tags.';
}

mysql_close($dblink);//Close off the MySQL connection to save resources.
?>

I have been stumped on this for a couple of days. When I hit the button, nothing happens. Am I even on the right track? Or is there possibly an easier way of doing what I'm trying to accomplish.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1693

Answers (1)

Patrick Sava
Patrick Sava

Reputation: 126

You are doing a post with Ajax and in the php you are using $_GET to read the variables. You should use $_POST instead of $_GET.

Upvotes: 1

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