I have a PHP function that looks like this:
addPhone('859080', '111111111');
How can I call that function, from JavaScript, using AJAX, when I select a specific field on the form?
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3Possible duplicate of [What is the difference between client-side and server-side programming?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13840429/what-is-the-difference-between-client-side-and-server-side-programming) – u_mulder Dec 01 '16 at 16:45
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See: [How to call a PHP file from HTML or Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20637944/how-to-call-a-php-file-from-html-or-javascript/20639432#20639432) – Theraot Dec 04 '16 at 00:27
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You can use ajax to make this work like this:
You HTML goes like this:
<button id="addPhone" data-phone="9999999999">
Add Phone 9999999999
</button>
You JS (jQuery) goes like this:
$('#addPhone').on('click', function(e) {
phone = $(this).data('phone');
addPhone(phone);
});
function addPhone(phone) {
$.ajax({
url: "url_to_php_function",
type: 'json',
data: {
'phone': phone
},
success: function(data){
// You can access response here in data variable
},
failure: function(data){
// handle errors here
}
});
}
Hope this Helps!
Saumya Rastogi
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Thank you for the comment. So in what part exactly in your code is the function addPhone being called? SHould it be under the data? – Tom Miron Dec 01 '16 at 16:55
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OK thanks! ALso, nowhere do you have the other field from the funciton. The 859080 – Tom Miron Dec 01 '16 at 16:57
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Currenly addPhone(), the PHP function, is an API call to add a phone number (11111111) to the contact (859080) – Tom Miron Dec 01 '16 at 16:58
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You should read about server side scripting and client-side scripting. I think you are miss-understanding these 2....I've updated the answer – Saumya Rastogi Dec 01 '16 at 16:59