Hi all is it possible to call a an ajax call without using success? ie from:

                        $.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url: "/project/test/auto",
                                data: data,
                                success: function(msg){
                                   //window.location.replace(msg);
                                }
                             });

to something simply like:

                           $.ajax({
                                    type: "POST",
                                    url: "/project/test/auto",
                                    data: data,

                                 });

To give reasoning - I have written some php to insert items into a database and then redirect to another page, I don't want to have to re-write the same code again to insert into the DB and then redirect in JS.

Hi all is it possible to call a an ajax call without using success? ie from:

                        $.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url: "/project/test/auto",
                                data: data,
                                success: function(msg){
                                   //window.location.replace(msg);
                                }
                             });

to something simply like:

                           $.ajax({
                                    type: "POST",
                                    url: "/project/test/auto",
                                    data: data,

                                 });

To give reasoning - I have written some php to insert items into a database and then redirect to another page, I don't want to have to re-write the same code again to insert into the DB and then redirect in JS.

• javascript
• php
• jquery
• ajax

• 3 Have you tried your second code? – dkasipovic Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 12:39
• 2 Sending a redirect in server-side code that's accessed using an XMLHttpRequest generally doesn't result in the actual web page changing to the new location. – Anthony Grist Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 12:40
• sure guess so Ill give it a go - was just assuming it wouldn't work – TotalNewbie Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 12:40
• 2 @TotalNewbie, It tends to be better practice to try first before asking if something will work. – Emily Shepherd Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 12:42
• it doesn't work - cheers for the downvotes – TotalNewbie Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 12:43

2 Answers 2

jQuery.post() documentation

$.post( "/project/test/auto", data );

I don't think that you can redirect using PHP within ajax call.

It would be best to create a function out of DB insert and then with ajax call a page that executes that function and returns success:true in json for example. After that, redirect in success part of your ajax call. You can later call the same DB insert function from within your PHP code.