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1. Civil_777
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I am trying to use jQuery.post() in a page on the front end of WordPress. The first argument is the URL of the php file to which the post request is sent. Outside of WordPress, I simply enter the relative URL of the php file. Inside WordPress, that does not work (because of Apache mod_rewrite?). How do I specify the URL of the php file from within WordPress?

   Following is the code in question. The post request never gets to file testpost.php.
   

   jQuery(document).ready(function() {
   
   	jQuery( "#test-post" )
   		.button()
   		.click(function() {
   		//	alert("here");
   		        jQuery.post( "testpost.php", function(data){
   	   			alert(data);
   	    		     });
   		});
   
   });

2. markparolisi
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Couldn't you set this URL as a global JS variable and just call that. Just make sure you set it with the absolute path using something like

   bloginfo('template_url') . '/testpost.php'

   If your JS code is inside of a PHP file there is no need to set a global variable just do something like this

   jQuery.post( "<?php echo bloginfo('template_url') . '/testpost.php'; ?>", function(data){ ...

3. Civil_777
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Nice! It worked. I created a global javascript variable in my child theme functions.php file as follows:

   function civil_addto_header() { ?>
   <script>testpost_url = '<?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') . '/testpost.php'; ?>';</script>
   <?php }
   
   add_action('wp_head', 'civil_addto_header');

   Thanks!

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