Question

Here is a very simple and silly question I’m going to ask:

I’m very new to PHP, I was wondering if there is a way to call just a function in a class of PHP by AJAX.

for instance something like this:

$.ajax({
        url:'newPHPClass.php/My_Function_Name'
        ...
});

So in php, it would be like:

<?php
class newPHPClass {
    function My_Function_Name(){

    }
}
?>

Why do I need this? So I wouldn’t have like so many php files. Instead I’ll have a single php class with different functions inside. It will look cleaner and less extra files.

I have used ASP.NET MVC C# before. and in ASP.NET I could just simply put my controller’s name in the URL section of AJAX followed by / and then my function’s name (which could be modified in my Global.asax.cs file).

Thanks.

Answer 1

<?php

$action = $_POST['action'];

class Foo {

    function execute($action) {
        switch($action) {
            case "method1":
                $this->doMethod1();
                break;
            case "method2":
                $this->doMethod2();
                break;
        }
    }

    function doMethod1() {
        echo "Foo::doMethod1";
    }

    function doMethod2() {
        echo "Foo::doMethod2";
    }
}

$foo = new Foo();
$foo->execute($action);

?>

And use foo.php?action=method1 as URL.