I'm trying to pass the data-value of the < li > I clicked to PHP in the same page. I'm using AJAX to pass the data to PHP, to be used in querying. I think the ajax request is working, but the php code inside the if is not running.
The codes:
offices.php
<?php
include 'connect.php';
$page = 'offices';
include 'header.php';
if (isset($_POST['postdata'])){
$filter1 = $_POST['postdata'];
echo $filter1;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="filter1">
<ul>
<li class="fteacher" data-value="teacher">Professor</li>
<li class="foffice" data-value="office">Gabinete</li>
</ul>
</div>
<script src="js/offices.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
offices.js
$('.filter1 li').click(function(){
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'offices.php',
data: {'postdata': $(this).attr('data-value')},
success: function(msg){
alert('Success');
}
});
});
I tried the code you provided, but had to ommit the two includes at the beginning of your PHP script, and it worked. Testing was done using file_put_contents("test.txt", "test"); in the if-clause.
You may have a look at what the PHP script returns by using alert(msg). Note that everything after the PHP part is returned, too. It might also help to use error_reporting(E_ALL) in the PHP to search for problems in the included scripts.
Please try this. Hope you are only expecting the output $filter1
<?php
if (isset($_POST['postdata'])){
$filter1 = $_POST['postdata'];
echo $filter1;
}else {
include 'connect.php';
$page = 'offices';
include 'header.php';
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="filter1">
<ul>
<li class="fteacher" data-value="teacher">Professor</li>
<li class="foffice" data-value="office">Gabinete</li>
</ul>
</div>
<script src="js/offices.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}
?>