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Asked: 2026-06-03T20:23:50+00:00

Hi everyone i write code for tracking user click on links and record them

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Hi everyone i write code for tracking user click on links and record them on php pages. Thi is my code

<!doctype html>
<html>
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Tracking outgoing links with JavaScript and PHP</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <p><a href="test2.html">Test link to Google</a></p>
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>
   $(function() {
    $('a').click(function() {
    $.post("get.php", { name: "John" }      
    });
   });
  </script>
 </body>
</html>

It is working, the page get.php is requseted but not completed. So the data cannot be saved. it seems page move too quick

How to solve this problems. Thanks so much

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  1. Editorial Team

    Navigating away might abort the AJAX request before it was fully sent. To avoid this, do not load the target page before the request has finished:

    $('a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var url = $(this).attr('href');
    $.post("get.php", { name: "John" }, function() {
        location.href = url;
    });
});

    However, middle-clicking a link will not trigger this event. If you always want to fire your event, use a mousedown event and check e.which. If it’s 1 it was the left button and you need to e.preventDefault() and redirect after the AJAX request finished. If it’s 2 it was the middle button and you only need to send the AJAX request and not do anything else – the page will open in a new tab anyway.

    $('a').on('click mousedown', function(e) {
    if(e.which == '3') {
        return; /* do not handle rightclick */
    }
    else if(e.type == 'click' || e.which == '1') {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
    var url = $(this).attr('href');
    $.post("get.php", { name: "John" }, function() {
        if(e.type == 'click' || e.which == '1') {
            location.href = url;
        }
    });
});
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