i am using the following php
code to create a folder and a sub folder on xampp
server...
<?php
$userFolder = "poop";
mkdir($userFolder);
$newfolder = $userFolder . "/bla bla bla";
mkdir($newfolder, 0777);
// check to see if it has been created or not using is_dir
if (is_dir($newfolder)) {
echo "The $newfolder directory has been created<br /><br />";
}
?>
my question is how do i use ajax to do this..... any help would be appreciated... :) thanks in advance... :)
assuming your file is dir.php
<?php
$userFolder = "poop";
mkdir($userFolder);
$newfolder = $userFolder . "/bla bla bla";
mkdir($newfolder, 0777);
// check to see if it has been created or not using is_dir
if (is_dir($newfolder)) {
echo "The $newfolder directory has been created<br /><br />";
}
?>
you can use jquery to call it
$.ajax({
url: "dir.php",
context: document.body
}).done(function() {
//sucesss response here
});
With the jQuery library (using it for brevity here), simply:
$.ajax({
method: 'POST',
url: 'path/to/your/php/file.php',
data: {folderName: 'someFolderName'},
success: function(data) {
console.log(data); //"The directory has been created."
}
});
and in your php:
$userFolder = $_POST['folderName'];
jQuery isn't necessary for this. It's just less code to write. For plain javascript, see here (click).