Question

I have the following javascript loop which correctly alerts the value I need to use in a Codeigniter method. Here is the js loop:

function myInsert(){
    $('input[name=r_maybe].r_box').each(function(){
      if( $(this).prop('checked') ){ 
          // need to replace this alert with codeigniter method below
          alert ($(this).prop('value'));                
       } 
    });
}

Instead of alerting the required value, I need to somehow execute this Codeigniter method:

//this would never work because it mixes JS with PHP, but I need a workaround
$this->appeal_model->myMethod($(this).prop('value'), 888, 999);

Is there someway that I can run this PHP code inside the javascript loop? I know about PHP being server-side and JS being client-side, but I’m sure there must be a solution to my problem that I’m just not aware of yet. Thanks.

Answer 1

The solution to this is to make an ajax call to the server, you can have a method on your controller which calls your codeigniter method. This divides your php call and your client side call.

If you are inserting something into the database, you should use the ajax post method.

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

function myInsert() { 
  $('input[name=r_maybe].r_box').each(function(){ 
    if( $(this).prop('checked') ){ 
      var value = $(this).prop('value');
      $.post("controllername/functionname", { value: value }, function(data) { 
        alert(data); // Returned message from the server
      }); 
     } 
  }); 
}