I am trying to send a JavaScript array to a PHP file via POST.
JS:
var songlist = ['song1', 'song2', 'song3'];
var sendData = function(){
var data = songList.join(',')
$.post('test.php', {data: data}).always(function() {
window.location = 'test.php';
});
}
sendData();
test.php:
<?php
$songData = $_POST['data'];
$songData = explode(',', $songData);
print_r(array_values($songData));
?>
when sendData(); directs me to test.php I get:
Notice: Undefined index: data
Why doesn't the data variable have any value when I try to print or use it?
That's not how POST request works. Read more about Ajax, but for now, that's how you should do it.
var songlist = ['song1', 'song2', 'song3'];
var sendData = function() {
$.post('test.php', {
data: songlist
}, function(response) {
console.log(response);
});
}
sendData();// test.php
<?php
$songData = $_POST['data'];
print_r($songData);
?>1) $.post('url') - Ajax request is done by $.post() method and you have given "testing.php" as url which is invalid.
2) window.location = 'test.php' - This is used for redirecting to specific page and you have redirected to 'test.php' without any parameter/data. Thats why its showing "Notice: Undefined index: data"
3) Try to understand how ajax works. Follow it -
var songlist = ['song1', 'song2', 'song3'];
var sendData = function() {
$.post('test.php', {
data: songlist
}, function(response) {
console.log(response);
});
}
sendData();
// test.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST)){
if(isset($_POST['data'])){
$songData = $_POST['data'];
print_r($songData);
}}
?>