December 30, 2011
Sending a get variable to php file through getJSON?
Question by holyredbeard
Is it possible to send a parameter (eg. a get variable) with getJSON to a php file, and if so how to do it?
The code below doesn’t work, but hopefully it shows what I try to accomplish.
var url = "http://www.address.com/"
$.getJSON('http://anotheraddress.com/messages.php?url=+escape(url))', function(data) {
// code here
});
Answer by James Thorpe
$.getJSON accepts another parameter for data:
var url = "http://www.address.com/"
$.getJSON('http://anotheraddress.com/messages.php', { url: escape(url) }, function(data) {
// code here
});
Answer by Starx
Your jquery might look something like this
$.getJSON("messages.php",
{
data1: value1,
data2: value2,
url: escape(url)
},
function(data) {
alert(data.yourval);
});
The only thing you should remember while using getJSON is that, the php page message.php should return JSON string as a response. SO you have do something like this at the end of the file.
echo json_encode($responseArray);
// Remember not to echo or output anything or the JQuery will not execute
