Sending data from javascript to Controller Yii

Question

I'm trying to send an array to an action from a controller in Yii but I'm getting 404 all the time. This is how I'm sending the data from javascript:

$.ajax({
    url: baseUrl + '/user/validateUser',
    data: $('#usr').val(),
    type: 'post',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(res)
    {
        console.log(res);
    }
});

In my UserController i have the following action:

public function actionValidateUser() {
    if ($_POST > 0){
        $username = $_POST['username'];
        var_dump($username);
    }
}

I'm getting this response:

Request URL:http://localhost/myapp/user/validateUser
Request Method:POST
Status Code:404 Not Found

What am I doing wrong? In Zend I did this and it worked just fine. Here ... I don't know.

Please, post your config with UrlManager settings. You get 404 when You open http://localhost/myapp/user/validateUser? Also You can try to use relative path /user/validateUser instead baseUrl + '/user/validateUser' — joni jones
– joni jones, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 20:07
@jonijones I realized that none of the urls are working, on my local machine. — Matei
– Matei, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 20:20
'urlManager'=>array( 'urlFormat'=>'path', 'showScriptName'=>false, 'rules'=>array( '<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/view', '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/<action>', '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<controller>/<action>', ), ), — Matei
– Matei, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 20:20
Do you have your rewrite rules correctly set up in your .htaccess? What do you get if you open http://localhost/myapp/index.php?r=user/validateUser in the browser? If you get a 200 OK response there is something wrong with your .htaccess rewrite. BTW you should not do a if ($_POST > 0). Better would be if (isset($_POST) && count($_POST)) if you want to check for an existing POST array. — chris---
– chris---, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 20:50
@chris--- hahaha, it worked how you said. but i don't know how to rewrite it. That's a problem, too. — Matei
– Matei, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 20:54

chris--- · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12 09:13:28Z

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Seems like your apache rewrite rules are not correct/present. Create/edit the file named .htaccess under your htdocs folder. Put the following in it:

Options +FollowSymLinks
IndexIgnore */*
RewriteEngine on

# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php

Save it and restart apache. Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled in your apaches httpd.conf.

edited Aug 12, 2014 at 9:13

answered Aug 11, 2014 at 21:07

chris---

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Matei Over a year ago

sorry, but still not working. I edited the local .htaccess file, from myapp but still not working. It looks like yours. p.s.: I'm using Debian with Apache, not xampp.

chris--- Over a year ago

Weird. Check your apache config that mod_rewrite is enabled under your modules section in the apaches httpd.conf.

Callebe · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-11 20:25:35Z

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your ajax call receive a string as data, and there is not information about which field this string represent. You should indicate which field this data represents.

Try the code below:

$.ajax({
    url: baseUrl + '/user/validateUser',
    data: { username: $('#usr').val() },
    type: 'post',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(res)
    {
        console.log(res);
    }
});

your original request is generating some call to //localhost/myapp/user/validateUser?<username>. but the code above will generating a call to //localhost/myapp/user/validateUser?username=<username>

answered Aug 11, 2014 at 20:25

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Matei Over a year ago

still not working. i guess it's a config error. none of my actions are working on my local machine, on the servers are all good.

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