Passing text from Javascript->HTML->PHP

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I have a JS variable like this

totalItems = 'TOTAL ITEMS';
        if(rck > 0)
                totalItems = totalItems+" \nRack(s) "+rck;

        if(totflat > 0)
                totalItems = totalItems+" \nFlat Shelf(s) "+totflat;

        if(db > 0)
                totalItems = totalItems+" \nDisplay bar(s) "+db;

        if(totslan > 0)
                totalItems = totalItems+" \nSlanted shelf(s) "+totslan;
document.getElementById('totalitems').innerHTML = totalItems;

Here totalitems is my <div> id in HTML form. The text is printing in a single line, but I want them in each line like

TOTALITEMS
Rack(s) 2
Flat Shelf(s) 2
...

How to do this? And my other question is I need to send that text in the same format to my PHP file. How to post the text from div to PHP? Any advices??? Thank you

Mostafa Shahverdy · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 11:00:19Z

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Just use <br> instead of \n. And for passing them to a PHP script you have multiple ways. first you can create a query to send them with JQuery, like:

data = "Rack="+rck+"&Flat_shelf="+totalFlat+"&db="+db+"&totslan="+totslan; //These are your variables that you want to send to PHP script
var saveData = $.ajax({
      type: 'POST'
      url: "page.php",
      data: data,
      dataType: "text",
      success: function(resultData) { alert("sent") }
});
saveData.error(function() { alert("Something went wrong"); });

Second you can create hidden input elements, and post them with a form.

edited Mar 21, 2013 at 11:00

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 10:44

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Dead Man Over a year ago

User also asked how to send that text in the same format to my PHP file?

Mostafa Shahverdy Over a year ago

Oh, sorry, just about to fix it

Mostafa Shahverdy Over a year ago

@DeadMan, Hope everything is correct now. I was trying to be fast :D

Dead Man Over a year ago

Just tell the way to get that div value into the data variable also.

Mostafa Shahverdy Over a year ago

Variable names depends on what he has before presented script of him.

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jksdua · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 10:49:32Z

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Part 1: Replace \n with <br/> in your code.

Part 2: Need more info:

What are you doing on the server side? (I am asking since in most cases you would be better off simply sending the values and simply reconstructing it in the same format on the server side. This avoids dependencies between server and client side logic)
Are you using jQuery or some other Javascript library?

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 10:49

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TheC4keIsASpy · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 10:51:10Z

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To display it in your dive use the <br> instead of \n as suggested in other answers.

Then to send it to your PHP server use a XmlHttpRequest (aka AJAX request). In this case sending the text with the \n should not be a problem.

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 10:51

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