I'm using PHP, but I have some variables that I'd like to post to another page using JavaScript. However, I cannot get it to work. The strange thing is that I use this exact same function on some other pages, so I can't figure out why it's doing this.
The function is simply an input button (linked to a person's name and ID). When the button is pressed, I'd like for the name and ID to be posted to another page.
function flagPost(replyID, userName){
if(!confirm("Flag Post?"))
return false;
$.post('postprocessing.php',"replyID=" + replyID + "&username=" +
userName + "&tableName=testTable&category=flagPost",
function(response){
window.location.reload()
}
);
}
I know replyID and userName are being set correctly, because when I write the variables to the page, they display correctly.
function flagPost(replyID, userName){
document.write(replyID + userName)
I even created a new page just to make sure something on postprocessing.php wasn't throwing off the POST.
I made this page titled postprocessing2.php where this was the only thing on it (aside from including the config file and whatnot).
$category = $_POST['category'];
if($category == "flagPost"){
$table = $_POST['tableName']; //just testing, I use escape strings in the "real" code
$postID = $_POST['replyID'];
$username = $_POST['username'];
mysql_query("insert into flaggedPosts VALUES('','$postID','$table','$username')");
}