How to echo an ajax variable in PHP file

Question

I am trying to send a variable from one PHP file to another PHP file and echo it:

<script>
 $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: 'AjaxCallTest.php',
        data: ({Imgname:"13"}),
        success: function() {
            alert('form was submitted');
        }
    });
<script>

And then in the receiving PHP file (AjaxCallTest.php):

<?php
    $temp = $_POST['Imgname'];
    echo $temp;
?>

but AjaxCallTest file doesn't echo anything? I need to get this variable and echo it. Note that I've included jQuery library in my code but I didn't include it in AjaxCallTest.php.

Possible duplicate of [Ajax passing data to php script](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6782230/ajax-passing-data-to-php-script) — Naruto, Nov 19 '15 at 12:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 12:31

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replace this line data: ({Imgname:"13"}), with data: {"Imgname":"13"}

answered Nov 19 '15 at 12:31

Santosh Patel

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 12:30

I tried this and it worked! Notice the closing <script> tag

I also added the return result to check the echo in 'AjaxCallTest.php'

<script>
 $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: 'AjaxCallTest.php',
        data: ({Imgname:"13"}),
        success: function(result) {
            alert(result + ' form was submitted');
        }
    });
</script>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 12:47

Your code worked fine for me. One error I could find is that you didnt closed the script tag correctly. close the script tag.

<script>
 $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: 'AjaxCallTest.php',
        data: ({Imgname:"13"}),
        success: function() {
            alert('form was submitted');
        }
    });
<script>

How to echo an ajax variable in PHP file

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