Send $_GET variable to PHP and AJAX

Question

I am creating a simple database where I can run a 1 click email with a PDF attached. Currently I'm running that with the TCPDF function but I want to be able to send data to the PDF script using AJAX.

If someone can reference to what I need to read up on I would be grateful as most examples I can find only include pulling data from text files

For example:

<a href="tcpdf/PDF/testPDF.php?firstname=Ralph&datetime=2014-07-10 09:15:00&[email protected]" target="_blank">Send Invitation</a>

If it helps here is my mail code:

// random hash necessary to send mixed content
$separator = md5(time());

$eol = PHP_EOL;

// attachment name
$filename = "Invitation.pdf";

// encode data (puts attachment in proper format)
$pdfdoc = $pdf->Output("", "S");
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode($pdfdoc));

///////////HEADERS INFORMATION////////////
// main header (multipart mandatory) message
$headers  = "From: test<[email protected]>".$eol;
$headers .= "Bcc: [email protected]".$eol;
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0".$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$separator."\"".$eol.$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit".$eol;
$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.".$eol.$eol;

// message
$headers .= "--".$separator.$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
$headers .= $message.$eol.$eol;

// attachment
$headers .= "--".$separator.$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"".$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Disposition: attachment".$eol.$eol;
$headers .= $attachment.$eol.$eol;
$headers .= "--".$separator."--";


//Email message
mail($emailto, $emailsubject, $emailbody, $headers);

All I'm trying to do is essentially 'run' the hyperlink rather than navigate to the actual page — Joseph Gregory
– Joseph Gregory, Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 15:15

Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-05 15:52:01Z

2

Use $.get to perform a GET using AJAX.

$("a").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault(); // Don't follow the link
    $.get(this.href, function(response) {
        // Display response
    });
});

edited Jul 5, 2014 at 15:52

answered Jul 5, 2014 at 15:19

Barmar

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2 Comments

Joseph Gregory Over a year ago

Thank you! Wheres the best place to go to read up on how to expand on this?

Barmar Over a year ago

@JosephGregory The jQuery documentation, I've added a link to it in the answer.

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