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Problem with Wordpress and AJAX

Hi.

I have a Wordpress site and I want to refresh some data when user click on a link, but without reloading the full page, so I'm trying to use AJAX in Wordpress. I have added this code to functions.php file:

do_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_poll_results','show_poll_results');
do_action('wp_ajax_poll_results','show_poll_results');

function show_poll_results() {
   echo 'Hey!';
}

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And also I have this snipped of code on my page:

	<div id="sidebar-poll-results" class="widget mainbox">
<?php show_poll_results(); ?>
	</div><!-- end #side-leaders -->

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and finally I have this jQuery code on the same page:

	        jQuery('#poll_view_results', this).click(function() {
			show_results();
			return false;
	        });

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and finally I have this code that mades the ajax call:

	function show_results() {
		$.post("/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", {'action':'poll_results'}, function(response) {
			$('#sidebar-poll-results').html(response);
		});
	}

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When page is loaded, contents appear well (it appears the "Hey!" message, so php show_poll_results functions is working, but, after clicking on the link #poll_view_results, response variable of the ajax callback functions is getting a "-1" instead of "Hey!". Does anybody knows why this could happen ?

Thanks

Julian Hansen

What do you get if you browse to
/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=poll_results?

gplana

ASKER

Hi julianH. Thanks for your answer.

I'm getting "-1" (without quotes), so just 2 characters, looking at source html code, so I'm not getting html but this 2 characters.

So it looks like show_poll_results function is not beign executed. Maybe the hook addition I made on functions.php is not ok ?

Julian Hansen

It would seem that way - your show_poll_results is being executed at page render time so the function is working - but your call back to the function is not - the URL rules out a GET / POST issue and also indicates that the action is not being wired correctly.

gplana

ASKER

Thanks. I'm not sure if I fully understand. Do you mean the problem is on do_action() or on ajax call ?

and what can be the solution ?

Thanks.

Julian Hansen

The problem is not the AJAX call.

Here is what we know

1. When you load the page - hey is displayed - so the show_poll_results function is successfully called when the page is first generated.

2. When you access the link directly (the link used by the AJAX call) you get a -1 (or -2) result

3. You get the same result when you call from AJAX - which is obvious.

From what you have posted there is nothing wrong with your linking the click to the AJAX call or the AJAX call itself - the problem is therefore in how the event in Word Press for the action is being wired to the show_poll_results - you need to look there to solve the problem

The key thing is to get this URL to work when typed into the browser address bar
/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=poll_results?

Once that works - then the AJAX call should work .

gplana

ASKER

Ok, thanks. But I read do_action is the right way to link my function to a wordpress event, and wp_ajax_nopriv_xxx and wp_ajax_xxx are the events to use for ajax call with action param = xxxxx; so I don't understand what's wrong here.

You give me the clue of the problem, but can you or anyone else explain me what is wrong with these wordpress hooks ?

Thanks.

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gplana

ASKER

Thank you very much. You solved my problem. I should use add_action instead of do_action. This was the problem. Now I 'm getting some other errors, but the function is beign executed.