peter Ojeda
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Getting script result to php variable
Hi experts I am using a small script (posted below) to get the location for my web form. I am able to display the location. I want to turn that location into a php variable to use in a text input somewhere else on my web form. Any suggestion on how I should do this? I tried to use $_GET but I may have done it wrong.
Script:
Thankyou for any feedback
Script:
<script>
$.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", function (response) {
$location=$("#address").html("Location: " + response.city + ", " + response.region);
//$("#details").html(JSON.stringify(response, null, 4));
}, "jsonp");
</script>Address:<input type="text" name="Address" style="width: 150PX;" value="(location here)">Thankyou for any feedback
Scott Fell
One option is to use jquery/js to fill in the form field. A better option is to leave this out of your form and capture the data on the back end when the form is processed. The docs show you can use curl https://ipinfo.io/developers
http://jsbin.com/yolukenisi/edit?html,output
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" name="Address" style="width: 150PX;" value="(location here)">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.0.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
$location="123456";
$('input[name="Address"]').val($location);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
greetings peter Ojeda, , You ask about -
"I want to turn that location into a php variable to use in a text input somewhere else on my web form"
The javascript and PHP operations are on TWO separate computers, the user browser computer and the server Host computer, so to have any javascript variables exchanged from the javascript to the server, you can use a page <form> submit (not good for you here) , , an AJAX exchange of info-data (that could be used here, and or sometimes by a cookie, also not good for you here?
This may be a way to handle this? ? depending on what you need? ? -
you will need a PHP page to process the $_GET['location']; sent to it by the ajax, and use or save that value
ask questions if you need other information.
"I want to turn that location into a php variable to use in a text input somewhere else on my web form"
The javascript and PHP operations are on TWO separate computers, the user browser computer and the server Host computer, so to have any javascript variables exchanged from the javascript to the server, you can use a page <form> submit (not good for you here) , , an AJAX exchange of info-data (that could be used here, and or sometimes by a cookie, also not good for you here?
This may be a way to handle this? ? depending on what you need? ? -
<script>
$.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", function (serverObj) {
// get the text you want for location into a variable like stringLoc
var stringLoc = serverObj.city + ", " + serverObj.region;
$("#address").html("Location: " + stringLoc); // change the html
$("input[name='Address']").val(stringLoc);// change the value
// now send the string for location to the PHP page ajax-var.php to save it
// using a GET Ajax, this does NOT use JSON return, but you can do that here
$.get( "ajax-var.php", { location: stringLoc }, function (serverText) {
alert( "This is what the PHP server sent\n"+serverText);
});
}, "jsonp");
</script>you will need a PHP page to process the $_GET['location']; sent to it by the ajax, and use or save that value
ask questions if you need other information.
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