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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:04:55+00:00

I’m sending the variable like this: xmlhttp.open(GET,insert-karma.php?pid=<? echo $pid; ?>,true); The AJAX part doesn’t

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I’m sending the variable like this:

xmlhttp.open("GET","insert-karma.php?pid=<? echo $pid; ?>",true);

The AJAX part doesn’t seem to be the problem, if I check the Sript the PHP is echoing the integer correctly. (It displays the url as: insert-karma.php?pid=5). However the PHP isn’t getting the variable. (I tried echoing and it does’t show anthing)

This is the PHP file:

// Connect to db;

$pid = $_POST['pid'];

$sql="UPDATE Poems SET Karma = Karma + 1 WHERE Pid = '$pid'";

// Disconnect form database;

What am I doing wrong? How do I manage to send $pid to the PHP update-karma.php?

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  1. Editorial Team

    first you should not use PHP in you ajax requests it’s just make things more complicated and PHP is for server side scripting in the first place
    secound , you should use xmlhttp.open(“POST”,”insert-karma….) if u plain to use POST
    Third the only important difference (not the only but the important) between POST and Get is :

    GET requests can be cached

    GET requests can remain in the browser history

    GET requests can be bookmarked

    GET requests can be distributed & shared

    GET requests can be hacked lool

    so u cant use Get For unsecured and dangerous action like LOGIN OR …

    POST Can handel too long Data

    Post is more secured Cuz it’s not gonna be cached or saved in history or bookmarked

    u can clearly notice that POST’s dont display in the browsers address bar but Get do
    ‘www.anything.com/index.php?bla=bhe’

    i hope that i am helping here !! 🙂

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