Call PHP function in particular class via Ajax

Question

I am using Zend Framework.

I have PHP class as:

FileName : AdminController.php Path : /admin/AdminController.php

Ajax Function :

function exportToExcel()
  {

  $.ajax({
  url: "/admin/AdminController/testFunction",
  type: "POST",
  success: function(output){
  alert("Sucess "+output);
  }
  });
 }

PHP Class:

class AdminController extends AbstractActionController
{
  public function testFunction()
  {
    return 'Its a test!!!';
  }
}

But i am not getting alert in sucess as:

Sucess Its a test!!!

What can be mistake?

How to call php function in particular phpclass/file???

Did you try to setup router (I do not use Zend) for GET and check in browser url /admin/AdminController/testFunction? Do you see any response? — Cheery
– Cheery, Commented Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00
But did you add path to the router?? As far as I see (and it is typical to Symfony, that I prefer) function from controllers are assigned in router and their name should end with Action — Cheery
– Cheery, Commented Oct 8, 2014 at 7:09
@Cheery means should i rename function name to testFunctionAction??? — C Sharper
– C Sharper, Commented Oct 8, 2014 at 7:19

Josh Crozier · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-11 01:41:22Z

1

try

class AdminController extends AbstractActionController
{
  public function testFunction()
  {
    echo 'Its a test!!!';
  }
}

when you do 'return' the function returns the object, this is how you return data from models to your controllers, but when you need to send data to the client, here using AJAX, you need to print the data.

UPDATE

try to open the url in browser, i.e. go to http://www.your.domain.com/admin/AdminController/testFunction and if the server is configerd as it should, you should see Its a test!!! on your screen. if you don't see it, follow this guide to configure your server, especially the part about 'Create Route'

edited Dec 11, 2015 at 1:41

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answered Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00

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6 Comments

C Sharper Over a year ago

I want to return text to ajax from this function

C Sharper Over a year ago

Used echo just now, but no effect

Kuf Over a year ago

what do you see when opening the url in browser?

C Sharper Over a year ago

nothing. I have a html button from which i am calling above javascript function and wanted to make ajax call to function in php class

C Sharper Over a year ago

@Kuf Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) example.com/admin/AdminController/testFunction

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Rakesh Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-08 07:10:01Z

0

Try with full url in ajax call

 url: "http://example.com/admin/AdminController/testFunction",

Make sure you have setup routes for this.

Must be send back a output with echo , print or any printing method

public function testFunction() {
  echo 'Its a test!!!';
}

For more error check your browser console for errors

answered Oct 8, 2014 at 7:10

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3 Comments

C Sharper Over a year ago

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) example.com/admin/AdminController/testFunction

Cheery Over a year ago

@ÁngelDiMaría It means that you did not setup the correct route to this function. Methods of the class are not called by url, this is what framework is doing when you are telling it to do so.

Cheery Over a year ago

@ÁngelDiMaría URL is not a route. In Zend Framework router is a class (or array in the framework's config), that makes correspondence between requested URL and Action Controller and method in it. I'm not sure that you looked at the Zend's manual.

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