Question

I want to do an update statement in my database, after an element gets dropped on a jQuery UI droppable element.

$("#pictures th div").droppable({drop: function(ev, ui) { 
    alert('You filled this box with a picture');
    var this_id = $(ui.draggable).attr("alt");
    var draggableId = ui.draggable.attr("id"); 
}

I know how to get the information (see the code above) I need, but how can I put them now into the database ?

Thank you !

Answer 1

At this point, you can use jQuery’s $.post() method to post to a PHP file you’ve written. In the $.post(), you can pass the ids you would like to have written to your database.

So something like this:

$.post("/save.php", { imageId: this_id, draggedId: draggableId }, function (data) {
    alert("success!");
});