Question

How can I do this without the ajaxy goodness? I need to debug a troublesome php script. There isn’t a form just an image that when clicked performs the following.

$.post("php/navTabs.php", { action: "deleteTab", theHTM: thehtm }, function(jdata) {
    alert("The tab was " + jdata.is_deleted);
}, "json");

Thanks again,
Todd

Answer 1

Short answer: you can’t with Javascript.

Long answer:

If you want to avoid using AJAX, you have two options:

1) Make the image part of a form and submit hidden inputs upon clicking the button.

   <form method="form.php" action="post">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete"/>
        ...rest of form...
   </form>

2) Make the image a link with the inputs tacked onto the URL. Like:

   form.php?action=delete

Not sure why you’d want to avoid using AJAX, though.