Question

For some reason this jQuery function is not working properly. Here’s my code… the response div is not updating with my response.

WHEN AJAX FUNCTION IS CALLED

if ($action == 'sort') {

    echo 'getting a response';
    return 0;

}

JQuery FUNCTION

function sort() {

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "contributor_panel.php?action=sort",
        data:"sort_by=" + document.getElementById("sort_by").value +
             "&view_batch=" + document.getElementById("view_batch").value,
        success: function(html){

            $("#ajaxPhotographSortResponse").html(html);

        }
    });

}

DIV TO REPLACE

<div id="ajaxPhotographSortResponse"></div>

Answer 1

Move the action=sort into the data property of the $.ajax function. You’re making a POST request, but appending data onto your query string like a GET request. Data only appends to the query string if it’s a GET request.

Example:

$.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "contributor_panel.php",
        data: {action:'sort', sort_by: $('#sort_by').val(), view_batch: $('#view_batch').val()},
        success: function(html){

            $("#ajaxPhotographSortResponse").html(html);

        }
    });

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/