Question

Hey guys I have the following:

function sendUserfNotes()
    {
        $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '/pcg/popups/grabnotes.php',
        data:
        {
            'nameNotes': notes_name,
        },
        success: function() {

             }
    });
    }

I am trying to send a value – notes_name over to a .php file so I can use GET[”] but I get a weird error – Uncaught TypeError: Illegal invocation

the notes_name is defined at the bottom of the script based on if a link is clicked

code:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $(".NotesAccessor").click(function () {
        notes_name = $(this).parent().parent().find(".user_table");
      run();
    });
    });

The run() triggers a dialog box in Jquery ui and runs this function where I am getting the error.

I don’t know why I am getting this?

David

UPDATE:

I figured that it is with defining the JavaScript value to ‘nameNotes’: the notes_name is defined after this code but that shouldn’t matter. So how would I assign the JavaScript variable to this?

Answer 1

It’s because you’re assigning a jQuery object to notes_name, instead of a string (or some other basic type, like an int). This causes the $.ajax call to fail. Depending on what the .user_table element contains, use either .value() or .text() (or something of the sort) to extract the desired string instead of using a jQuery object.