I am trying to submit an AJAX request to update a row in my MySQL database. Whenever I try to submit the request via AJAX the row is not updating, but whenever I test the query and parameter values directly in the database the row is updated.
This is what the markup and AJAX look like:
$('body').on('change', '.cb_exempt', function() {
var checked = this.checked;
var business_id = $(this).attr('data-id');
var jqxhr = $.post("php/update_exempt.php", {
exempt: checked,
business_id: business_id
})
.done(function(data) {
alert("The business successfully updated");
})
.fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert(errorThrown);
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<table id="table_businesses" role="grid" aria-describedby="table_businesses_info">
<thead>
<tr role="row">
<th aria-controls="table_businesses">Name</th>
<th aria-controls="table_businesses">Active</th>
<th aria-controls="table_businesses">Exempt from Billing</th>
<th aria-controls="table_businesses">Billing History</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr role="row" class="odd">
<td>[removed]</td>
<td><input class="mx-auto cb_active" checked="checked" data-id="1" type="checkbox"></td>
<td><input class="mx-auto cb_exempt" data-id="1" type="checkbox"></td>
<td><a href="business.php?business_id=1">View Billing History</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
And this is what my PHP looks like:
<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' || empty($_POST['exempt']) || empty($_POST['business_id'])) {
// Get the database object from the configuration file
$db;
try {
$db = include('config_consumer_database.php');
} catch(PDOException $ex) {
throw new Exception('Database exception.');
}
// Update the business' exempt status
$stmt = $db->prepare('UPDATE IGNORE `business` SET `is_exempt` = :exempt WHERE `business_id` = :business_id;');
// Execute the query passing the new exempt value and the business_id
$stmt->execute(array(
':exempt' => $_POST['exempt'],
':business_id' => $_POST['business_id']
));
} else {
throw new Exception('The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated.');
}
?>
As I mentioned, it will not work whenever I try to use the AJAX request, but I've echoed the query String as well as the $_POST
so that I could copy/paste the output directly in my MySQL database to confirm that the query would run and it does.
UPDATE
I did notice an issue with my PHP code in that I was using OR statements instead of AND statements in my conditional statement, so I changed that. This did not solve my issue.
I also took the advice to use isset
or strlen($_POST['...']) > 0
instead of empty
. I tried both, neither of which solved my issue.
I also tried to use regular parameters instead of named parameters and passing my $_POST directly into the execute like the following:
// Update the business' exempt status
$stmt = $db->prepare('UPDATE IGNORE `business` SET `is_exempt` = ? WHERE `business_id` = ?;');
// Execute the query passing the new exempt value and the business_id
$stmt->execute(array_values($_POST));
This did not solve my issue either.
Whenever I check my JavaScript console log, nothing shows up after I submit the AJAX request. Whenever I check my error.txt log (xampp > apache > logs > error.txt), nothing shows up after I submit the AJAX request.
The parameters sent in the $.POST
request are as I expect them to be.
</div>
generally you should use empty for only array. Use strlen($_POST['exempt']) > 0
instead of empty($_POST['exempt])
in you condition.
did you check mysql query log to ensure what is the query being executed.
you can check sql log file by query:
show variables like '%log%';
you can enable sql log by executing:
set global general_log=1;
Can set log file by:
set global general_log_file='/var/log/mysql/mysql.log';
please check sql log once.
I was able to figure out my problem and it has to deal with PHP being a loosely typed language. To fix the issue, I used bindValue
explicitly converting the $_POST values by using boolval
and intval
, and then I also specified the PDO parameter type:
// Update the business' exempt status
$stmt = $db->prepare('UPDATE IGNORE `business` SET `is_exempt` = :exempt WHERE `business_id` = :business_id;');
// Add the parameters
$stmt->bindValue(':exempt', boolval($_POST['exempt']), PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->bindValue(':business_id', intval($_POST['business_id']), PDO::PARAM_INT);
// Execute the query passing the new exempt value and the business_id
$stmt->execute();
I would not have figured this out without Abhishek Sharma's suggestion of checking the SQL's general log and recognizing that SQL was actually passing String values rather than Integer values:
Execute UPDATE IGNORE `business` SET `is_exempt` = 'true' WHERE `business_id` = '1'
UPDATE
Actually, boolval
didn't work. I had to use this solution to convert the $_POST
values: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38616262/1920035