Ajax & PHP delete

[MikeSpider]

Hi guys,
I have a form with a button and I'm trying to connect with the db via ajax.

form:

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 <form  method="get" >
                    <input type="button" name="submit" onClick="deleteSales()" value="Delete all" class="button">

     </form>



the Ajax:

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<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
        <!--
     var xmlHttp = false;
     if(window.ActiveXObject){
         xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
     }else if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
         xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
     }

function deleteSales(){

        var url = "../application/delete-sales.php";
        xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
        xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = updateDeleted;
    }

      function updateDeleted(){
        if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4){
            document.getElementById("messageD").innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;
        }
    }

//-->
</script>



the PHP:

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<?php require_once("../inc.php");

echo " script arrived here!";

$con = mysql_connect('localhost','root','password') or die ("Could not connect!");
mysql_select_db('quickbeamdb');
//check Session user
 if(isset($_SESSION['admin_user'])){
            $profit = "profit";
            $totals = "totals";
            }else if(isset($_SESSION['regis_user'])){
                $profit = $_SESSION['regis_user']."_profit";
                $totals = $_SESSION['regis_user']."_totals";
            }

           
           
           $sql = "TRUNCATE TABLE $profit" ;
           $result = mysql_query($sql);

                     
            $sql = "UPDATE $totals SET totalexpense ='0',
                                        totalsales ='0',
                                        totalprofit = '0',
                                        date = NOW() WHERE id='1'" ;

             $result = mysql_query($sql);

               
              if(isset($_SESSION['profit_total'])){
                  unset($_SESSION['profit_total']);
              }

              if(isset($_SESSION['expenses_total'])){
                  unset($_SESSION['expenses_total']);
              }
              if(isset($_SESSION['sales_total'])){
                  unset($_SESSION['sales_total']);
              }

       
          echo "All items have been deleted from table!";         
       
                       
mysql_close($con);
?>


Nothing happens. I tried to display a text when the ajax function(deleteSales) is called, and the text displays, so the script goes to ajax but never to php.

Any help will be much appreciated,
Mike

[Nullsig]

Problem #1: You have a submit button on a form that has no action. So when you click the button it calls the JS function but then it refreshes the page immediately after.

Problem #2: You should have all of your JS in one function. Instead of breaking it up however you were trying to do it.

Problem #3: If you ignore step 2, one reason you won't get the update to execute is because "deleteSales" is assigning xmlHttp.onreadystatechange the value of an uninitialized variable instead of calling the intended function.


Fix those and I will help further.

[MikeSpider]

hehehe, you were right though, i've done other form connecting with db via ajax with no action and the ajax script was separated with 2 functions, the diference being that it was passing some parameters in the url.

Thanks
Mike

[MikeSpider]

It's working now,
sorry I forgot to show my changes:

the form:

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<form  method="get" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" >
     <input type="button" name="submit" onClick="deleteSales()" value="Delete all" class="button">

     </form>


Ajax:

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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

function deleteSales(){

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
  {
  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
    document.getElementById("messageD").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
    }
  }
xmlhttp.open("GET","../application/delete-sales.php?",true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
//-->
</script>


I have one question:
regarding Ajax, which is the correct procedure:

1 - create only once xmlhttp object, and use it in as many ajax functions you like.
2 - create an xmlhttp object for every time you have an ajax function.

Thanks,
Mike