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Andrew McCombs
4,309 PointsJavascript/ajax issue - Please help
Hello everyone,
In my ajax i have a var named ajax for some reason when I run ajax.respondText instead of echoing out what I said in my php but its also including my header.
as you can see here - Andrew at the bottom of the first set of code.
<DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Better Gamerz United</title>
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
<div class="container">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a title="" class="navbar-brand " href="index.php">
<img src="img/BGU Logo.png" />
</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active"><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Recrutment</a></li>
<li><a href="servers.php">Servers</a></li>
<li><a href="forums.php">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="contactus.php">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li><a class="navbar-link" href="login.php">Login</a></li>
<li><a class="navbar-link" class="navbar-link"class="navbar-link" href="signup.php">Register</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div><!-- /.container-->
</nav>
</header>
Andrew
What could cause my header to be included in to my response so I did went alittle deeper and ran a console.log just the var ajax. which provided me this
XMLHttpRequest {statusText: "OK", status: 200, responseURL: "http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/login.php", response: "<DOCTYPE html>↵<html>↵<head>↵ <meta charset="UTF-8…iv><!-- /.container-->↵ </nav>↵</header>↵↵ Andrew", responseType: ""…}onabort: nullonerror: nullonload: nullonloadend: nullonloadstart: nullonprogress: nullonreadystatechange: function () {ontimeout: nullreadyState: 4response: "<DOCTYPE html>↵<html>↵<head>↵ <meta charset="UTF-8">↵ <title>Better Gamerz United</title>↵ <link rel="icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>↵ <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>↵ <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">↵ <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">↵</head>↵<body>↵ <header>↵ <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">↵ <div class="container">↵ <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->↵ <div class="navbar-header">↵ <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">↵ <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ </button>↵ <a title="" class="navbar-brand " href="index.php">↵ <img src="img/BGU Logo.png" />↵ </a>↵ </div>↵↵ <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->↵ <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">↵ <ul class="nav navbar-nav">↵ <li class="active"><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>↵ <li><a href="#">Recrutment</a></li>↵ <li><a href="servers.php">Servers</a></li>↵ <li><a href="forums.php">Forums</a></li>↵ <li><a href="contactus.php">Contact Us</a></li>↵ </ul>↵ <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">↵ <li><a class="navbar-link" href="login.php">Login</a></li>↵<li><a class="navbar-link" class="navbar-link"class="navbar-link" href="signup.php">Register</a></li>↵↵ </ul>↵ </div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->↵ </div><!-- /.container-->↵ </nav>↵</header>↵↵ Andrew"responseText: "<DOCTYPE html>↵<html>↵<head>↵ <meta charset="UTF-8">↵ <title>Better Gamerz United</title>↵ <link rel="icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>↵ <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>↵ <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">↵ <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">↵</head>↵<body>↵ <header>↵ <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">↵ <div class="container">↵ <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->↵ <div class="navbar-header">↵ <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">↵ <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ <span class="icon-bar"></span>↵ </button>↵ <a title="" class="navbar-brand " href="index.php">↵ <img src="img/BGU Logo.png" />↵ </a>↵ </div>↵↵ <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->↵ <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">↵ <ul class="nav navbar-nav">↵ <li class="active"><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>↵ <li><a href="#">Recrutment</a></li>↵ <li><a href="servers.php">Servers</a></li>↵ <li><a href="forums.php">Forums</a></li>↵ <li><a href="contactus.php">Contact Us</a></li>↵ </ul>↵ <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">↵ <li><a class="navbar-link" href="login.php">Login</a></li>↵<li><a class="navbar-link" class="navbar-link"class="navbar-link" href="signup.php">Register</a></li>↵↵ </ul>↵ </div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->↵ </div><!-- /.container-->↵ </nav>↵</header>↵↵ Andrew"responseType: ""responseURL: "http://www.bettergamerzunited.com/login.php"responseXML: nullstatus: 200statusText: "OK"timeout: 0upload: XMLHttpRequestUploadwithCredentials: false__proto__: XMLHttpRequest
Which the response is my header.
What I am asking is to please view my code below and trying to help me understand why this is happening. I'm confused and I have tried everything that I can to fix it.
File WIth Problem
<?php
include 'core/init.php';
include 'includes/overall/header.php';
// If user is already logged in, header that weenis away
if($user_ok == true){
header("location: user.php?u=".$_SESSION["username"]);
exit();
}
// AJAX CALLS THIS LOGIN CODE TO EXECUTE
if(isset($_POST["e"])){
// GATHER THE POSTED DATA INTO LOCAL VARIABLES AND SANITIZE
$e = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli, $_POST['e']);
$p = md5($_POST['p']);
// GET USER IP ADDRESS
$ip = preg_replace('#[^0-9.]#', '', getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'));
// FORM DATA ERROR HANDLING
if($e == "" || $p == ""){
echo "login_failed";
exit();
} else {
// END FORM DATA ERROR HANDLING
$sql = "SELECT id, username, password FROM users WHERE email='$e' AND activated='1' LIMIT 1";
$query = mysqli_query($mysqli, $sql);
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($query);
$db_id = $row[0];
$db_username = $row[1];
$db_pass_str = $row[2];
if($p != $db_pass_str){
echo "login_failed";
exit();
} else {
// CREATE THEIR SESSIONS AND COOKIES
$_SESSION['userid'] = $db_id;
$_SESSION['username'] = $db_username;
$_SESSION['password'] = $db_pass_str;
setcookie("id", $db_id, strtotime( '+30 days' ), "/", "", "", TRUE);
setcookie("user", $db_username, strtotime( '+30 days' ), "/", "", "", TRUE);
setcookie("pass", $db_pass_str, strtotime( '+30 days' ), "/", "", "", TRUE);
// UPDATE THEIR "IP" AND "LASTLOGIN" FIELDS
$sql = "UPDATE users SET ip='$ip', lastlogin=now() WHERE username='$db_username' LIMIT 1";
$query = mysqli_query($mysqli, $sql);
echo $db_username;
exit();
}
}
exit();
}
?>
<script>
function emptyElement(x){
_(x).innerHTML = "";
}
function login(){
var e = _("email").value;
var p = _("password").value;
var status = _("status");
if(e == "" || p == ""){
status.innerHTML = "Fill out all of the form data";
} else {
_("loginbtn").style.display = "none";
status.innerHTML = 'please wait ...';
var ajax = ajaxObj("POST", "login.php");
ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(ajaxReturn(ajax) == true) {
if(ajax.responseText == "login_failed"){
status.innerHTML = "Login unsuccessful, please try again.";
_("loginbtn").style.display = "block";
} else {
console.log(ajax.responseText); //debugging use
}
}
}
ajax.send("e="+e+"&p="+p);
}
}
</script>
<html>
<div class="container background">
<p class="heading-title">Log In</p>
<form id="loginform" class="form-horizontal" onsubmit="return false">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email Address</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="test"10 name="email" onfocus="emptyElement('status')" maxlength="88" class="form-control" id="email" value="" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Please enter your email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="password" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Password</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="password" name="password" onfocus="emptyElement('status')" maxlength="16" class="form-control" id="password" value="" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Please enter your password">
<li class=""><a class="navbar-link" href="#">Forgot your password?</a></li>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-offset-2 ">
<span class='pull-right text-danger' id="status"></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-10">
<button type="submit" id="loginbtn" onclick="login()" class="btn btn-primary pull-right">Log In</button><br><br>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</html>
<?php
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>
2 Answers
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 PointsHi Andrew,
On line 3 of your php script you have include 'includes/overall/header.php'; that gets included before you checking the posted data. Could that one be your problem?
Andrew McCombs
4,309 PointsOkay, I fixed it.
I moved the header include after the ajax call and bam its fixed thanks!!