[dbreezio]

ive got a html file that uses a post function to a php file in dreamweaver. can anyone help in telling me how to send Post variables from the html file to the php file in dreamweaver.

					function get() {
						$.post('data.php', { name: form.name.value },
							function(output) {
								$('#age').html(output).show();
							});
						
					} 

how can i tell the webserver to connect to the data.php file from my html file in dreamweaver
thankyou

[Dormilich]

if you have set up your project correctly in Dreamweaver, there shouldn't be a problem. besides that, do you really need Dreamweaver to test it?

[dbreezio]

i have two files one html and one php.
the html file is used for the testing and it does not pass to the php file that i have created. all of my coding has been created in dreamweaver and this is just a fraction of it

thank you

[Dormilich]

hm, do you have a web server set up?

[dbreezio]

im just using the live view and preview in firefox methods as the moment.
the html tags are being displayed on the webpage but Post method is not passing through to the php file.
i have used the same code in a ConText editor to check the code and it works fine, but just not in dreamweaver.

[Dormilich]

usually, if I have to test HTML-PHP interactions I fire up a browser and test it on my local server (which also includes XDebug and a DBG client). there might be issues in Dreamweaver a browser has not and vice versa. and I am way more comfortable with Firefox' or Chrome's dev tools to check what's up on the HTML side than any IDE I've used.

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Post method is not passing through to the php file.

PHP needs a webserver to run web applications properly

This post has been edited by Dormilich: 07 February 2012 - 06:32 AM

[CTphpnwb]

This is the classic beginner error of thinking that PHP and HTML are processed on the same machine.

Here's the basic order of operations:

• User takes an action.
  
• Browser sends a request to server.
  
• Server runs PHP script(s).
  
• PHP outputs data (including HTML) to browser.
  
• Browser renders the data.
  
• See step 1.

Without step 3 or some emulator your PHP isn't going to work.