Question

I use an UrlHelper to perform a delete action, like so:

<?php echo link_to('delete', '@foo_delete?id=' . $foo->id, array('method'=>'DELETE'))?>

Which generates all sorts of magic javascript output, and it works.

Now I’m wondering, is there an easy way to use the UrlHelper to do the same thing ajax style?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The link_to_remote from Symfony 1.0 became deprecated.
So instead, you can install the sfJqueryReloadedPlugin and use the jq_link_to_remote()

<?php use_helper('jQuery');

<?php echo jq_link_to_remote('delete', array(
  'url' => '@foo_delete?id=1', 
  'confirm' => 'Are you sure?', 
  'csrf' => 1, 
  'method' => 'delete')) ?>

But, there is a problem with this: sfJqueryReloadedPlugin does not support the DELETE method, so what you can do is a small change on the plugin. In plugins/sfJqueryReloadedPlugin/lib/helper/jQueryHelper.phpwhere you read:

if ((isset($options['method'])) && (strtoupper($options['method']) == 'GET')) $method = $options['method'];

should be:

if ((isset($options['method'])) && (strtoupper($options['method']) == 'GET' || strtoupper($options['method']) == 'DELETE')) $method = $options['method'];

(just proposed this change to the plugin developers)