Ajax & jQuery: Sending data to php script

Question

$("a.star").click(function(e){ 

e.preventDefault(); 

var dataID = $(this).data('id');

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "/engine/save.php",
    data: "id=dataID"
    success: {

         alert("FFS WORK " + data);

    }
});
return false;
});


<a href="javascript:void(0)" data-id="7" class="star">test</a>

How can I send data-id to save.php (/engine/save.php?id=7) successfully? Tried just about everything and no luck.

Fabrizio Calderan · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-05 16:20:03Z

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just with

data: { id : dataID },

the benefit of using an object (instead of a string concatenation) is that you don't need to worry to escape the value passed along with the ajax call

edited Jun 5, 2012 at 16:20

answered Jun 5, 2012 at 15:44

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ditto Over a year ago

I changed the data to this but it's still not processing anything to /engine/save.php. I wonder if there is an error in my syntax?

Fabrizio Calderan Over a year ago

you should also add a comma , before success: (look at your js console)

ditto Over a year ago

Found it just after posting. Tar. :P

asawyer · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-05 15:44:15Z

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url: "/engine/save.php?id=" + dataID

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ShankarSangoli · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-05 15:44:24Z

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First of all you should understand how to concatenate a string with a js variable. You should use + operator to concatenate a string and a js variable.

Use this

data: "id=" + dataID;

You can also send it as an object jQuery will take care of attaching it to the request.

data: { id: dataID }

answered Jun 5, 2012 at 15:44

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ditto Over a year ago

I see. This wasn't the actual problem with my code though. Even when changed to these the data will not be passed to /engine/save.php. :( Is there a problem with my syntax at all?

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