I am trying to run an ajax request in CakePHP 2.3. I am working off of this post: simple ajax example with cakephp 2.3.0
I cant get it to work, here is my code:
$("#node-form-save").click(function(){
event.preventDefault();
var firstName = $("#node-form-first-name").val();
var lastName = $("#node-form-last-name").val();
var dob = $("#node-form-dob").val();
$.ajax({
url:'/persons/create',
type: 'GET',
datatype: 'json',
data: {firstName: firstName, lastname: lastName, dob:dob},
success: function(data){
alert("succes");
}
});
$('#modal-pop').jqmHide();
})
I started with a simple test, to see if the sucess function is reached, but I get no alert. What is wrong with my code? The url is correct. The url /persons works, and when I type in /persons/create I get a CakePHP screen saying that I have no view (but I don't want one, I am doing ajax. I list my controller (PersonsController.php) below
class PersonsController extends AppController
{
public $helpers = array('html', 'form');
public function index()
{
}
public function create()
{
}
}
I left the functions blank for now, just so I can get the basic functionality working.