Originally Posted by itisnot_me

ok so i am an avid php developer and i am starting to get into ajax so i can keep file sizes and code down to a minimum.

i am looking in the w3schools ajax examples but i am a little lost at how to send through a variable to the page i am using to process.

what i would like to do is send through an id that is being recalled from the database to tell it what to save over.

any help would be very helpful. thanks in advance

ajax

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function action()
{
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
  document.myForm.time.value=xmlhttp.responseText;
  }
}
xmlhttp.open("POST","action.php",true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function action() { var xmlhttp; if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else { // code for IE6, IE5 xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() { if(xmlhttp.readyState==4) { document.myForm.time.value=xmlhttp.responseText; } } xmlhttp.open("POST","action.php",true); xmlhttp.send(null); }

html form

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<form action="#" method="post"> 
        <button name="save" type="submit" value="Save" onclick="action();">Save</button>
<input type="text" name="address" />
</form>

<form action="#" method="post"> <button name="save" type="submit" value="Save" onclick="action();">Save</button> <input type="text" name="address" /> </form>