Question

I have a simple question, I am currently handling php / ajax requests in the current way.

// ajax_requests.php

<?php
 if(isset($_POST['ajaxvar'] == 'send')){
   // send timestamp
 }
 if(isset($_POST['ajaxvar'] == 'get')){
   // return get
 }
?>

Is there a better way of coping with these requests? Other than this somewhat bloated way of handling with requests.

Answer 1

If you name your functions after the values you post in ‘ajaxvars’ then you can run them like this:

if (isset($_POST['ajaxvars'])) $_POST['ajaxvars']();

function send(){
    // send timestamp
}

function get(){
    // return get
}

So if you have $_POST[‘ajaxvars’] == ‘send’, the script will run the send() function. Same for get.

It’s also a good idea to first check if the posted function exists, so:

if (function_exists($_POST['ajaxvars'])) $_POST['ajaxvars']();