AJAX/PHP - Cannot get 'json' info to return properly.

[pizzipie1]

Hi,
My PHP code will not send 'json' data back to caller.

My System: PHP 7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19 (cli) (built: Jun 27 2023 15:49:59)
Firefox 115.0.2(64bit)
Ubuntu 20.04

The echoed return: ["Crocodile2.JPG","FireHydrant.JPG","FlowerForPolly.JPG","JustFlowers.JPG","LeafySeaHorse1.JPG","LeafySeaHorse2.JPG","OurBuickDallas.JPG"].

If dataType is changed to "text" then request.done() is triggered ok.

Thanks in advance for help is this,

R

JAVASCRIPT
var request=$.ajax({ url: "exiftools_php/exec_exiftools_v0.1.php", data: { ajaxArr, "srcdir": "<?php echo $imageSrcDir; ?>" , "targetdir": "<?php echo $imageTargetDir; ?>"}, type: "POST", dataType : "json" }) request.done(function (mydata) { // fails - get nothing blank not even errors or Object messages alert("done"); alert(mydata[0]); }) request.fail(function (mydata) { // fails every run alert("fail"); // alert box shows - "fail" alert(status); // doesn't show - means alert box doesn't show alert(errorThrown); // doesn't show - means alert box doesn't show }) request.always(function (mydata) { // doesn't show - means alert box doesn't show alert("always"); alert(status); alert(errorThrown); alert(data); })

PHP
set_include_path( '/home/rick/DBases/Dbmysql/include/'); error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors", 1); // true ini_set('html_errors', 'On'); require_once "myPhpFunctions.inc"; require_once "exifPhpFunctions_v0.inc"; myprint($_POST); // my version of print_r() $source=$_POST['srcdir']; $target=$_POST['targetdir']; echo json_encode($_POST['ajaxArr']); bye(19); // my version of exit()

OUTPUT from PHP
$_POST -
Array
(
[ajaxArr] => Array
(
[0] => Crocodile2.JPG
[1] => FireHydrant.JPG
[2] => FlowerForPolly.JPG
[3] => JustFlowers.JPG
[4] => LeafySeaHorse1.JPG
[5] => LeafySeaHorse2.JPG
[6] => OurBuickDallas.JPG
)

[srcdir] => /home/rick/Desktop/imageSource/A52_Test
[targetdir] => /home/rick/Desktop/imageTarget
)

ECHO - return value
echo json_encode($_POST['ajaxArr']);
["Crocodile2.JPG","FireHydrant.JPG","FlowerForPolly.JPG","JustFlowers.JPG","LeafySeaHorse1.JPG","LeafySeaHorse2.JPG","OurBuickDallas.JPG"]
This goes back to 'client' and request.done(mydata) fails.

If I make only one change - dataType="text" in the Ajax call, this is the result:


<pre>Array
(
[ajaxArr] => Array
(
[0] => Crocodile2.JPG
[1] => FireHydrant.JPG
[2] => FlowerForPolly.JPG
[3] => JustFlowers.JPG
[4] => LeafySeaHorse1.JPG
[5] => LeafySeaHorse2.JPG
[6] => OurBuickDallas.JPG
)

[srcdir] => /home/rick/Desktop/imageSource/A52_Test
[targetdir] => /home/rick/Desktop/imageTarget
)
["Crocodile2.JPG","FireHydrant.JPG","FlowerForPolly.JPG","JustFlowers.JPG","LeafySeaHorse1.JPG","LeafySeaHorse2.JPG","OurBuickDallas.JPG"]
Bye from exec_exiftools_v0.1.php Line 19

 

[pizzipie1]

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