I would like to pass a variable to a specific page. I found a simple example explaining how to use ajax with wordpress.
JavaScript:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
// We'll pass this variable to the PHP function example_ajax_request
var fruit = 'Banana';
// This does the ajax request
$.ajax({
url: ajaxurl,
data: {
'action':'example_ajax_request',
'fruit' : fruit
},
success:function(data) {
// This outputs the result of the ajax request
console.log(data);
},
error: function(errorThrown){
console.log(errorThrown);
}
});
});
Piece of PHP to insert in functions.php
function example_ajax_request() {
// The $_REQUEST contains all the data sent via ajax
if ( isset($_REQUEST) ) {
$fruit = $_REQUEST['fruit'];
// Let's take the data that was sent and do something with it
if ( $fruit == 'Banana' ) {
$fruit = 'Apple';
}
// Now we'll return it to the javascript function
// Anything outputted will be returned in the response
echo $fruit;
// If you're debugging, it might be useful to see what was sent in the $_REQUEST
// print_r($_REQUEST);
}
// Always die in functions echoing ajax content
die();
}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_example_ajax_request', 'example_ajax_request' );
wp_localize_script( 'ajax-script', 'ajax_object', array( 'ajax_url' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );
Unfortunately I cannot pass the variable. I inspected the code and I get this error:
Error: ajax_object is not defined
Do you maybe know another way to obtain the same result?
You are very near, but there is some little things missing…
What I mean in my comment, is that you need to use it this way using 'ajax-script'
in both:
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_js_scripts');
add_js_scripts(){
wp_enqueue_script( 'ajax-script', get_template_directory_uri().'/js/script.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', true );
wp_localize_script( 'ajax-script', 'ajax_object', array( 'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );
}
Changed $_REQUEST
to $_POST
:
function example_ajax_request() {
// The $_REQUEST contains all the data sent via ajax
if ( isset($_POST) ) {
$fruit = $_POST['fruit'];
// Let's take the data that was sent and do something with it
if ( $fruit == 'Banana' ) {
$fruit = 'Apple';
}
// Now we'll return it to the javascript function
// Anything outputted will be returned in the response
echo $fruit;
// If you're debugging, it might be useful to see what was sent in the $_POST
// print_r($_POST);
}
// Always die in functions echoing ajax content
die();
}
Added add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_ … )
:
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_example_ajax_request', 'example_ajax_request' ); // <= this one
add_action( 'wp_ajax_example_ajax_request', 'example_ajax_request' );
For your jQuery script script.js
file, there is 2 important missing little things:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
/* We'll pass this variable to the PHP function example_ajax_request */
var fruit = 'Banana';
/* This does the ajax request */
$.ajax({
url: ajax_object.ajaxurl, /* <====== missing here */
type : 'post', /* <========== and missing here */
data: {
'action':'example_ajax_request',
'fruit' : fruit
},
success:function(data) {
/* This outputs the result of the ajax request */
console.log(data);
},
error: function(errorThrown){
console.log(errorThrown);
}
});
});
This should work now…
References:
You are using wp_localize_script wrong. In the PHP code, remove the wp_localize_script
line.
Optionally you can (and should) add the following
// this line is for users who are not logged in
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_example_ajax_request', 'example_ajax_request' );
Everything is correct except you have to add
ajax_object.ajax_url rather than ajaxurl in url: parameter of $.ajax function as
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
// We'll pass this variable to the PHP function example_ajax_request
var fruit = 'Banana';
// This does the ajax request
$.ajax({
url: **ajax_object.ajax_url**,
data: {
'action':'example_ajax_request',
'fruit' : fruit
},
success:function(data) {
// This outputs the result of the ajax request
console.log(data);
},
error: function(errorThrown){
console.log(errorThrown);
}
});
});
copy and paste above script in place of your $.ajax function
If you want to see what is ajax_object.ajax_url then
alert it inisde your code and it will alert path to your admin ajax file
which is required for using ajax in wordpress