Can't figure out why PHP file doesn't get called by Ajax

Question

this is my Code inside a html file:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function (event)
    {
        $(document).on("click", ".interestbutton", function(e)
        {
            var docID = e.target.parentNode.parentNode.id;
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "interest.php",
                data: {docID },
                success: function(data) {
                    console.log("done");
                }
                });
            });
        });
</script>

The "console.log" works but nothing inside my php file does. Any ideas?

Best regards

if console.log("done") is working then the problem must be in the php file. Could you post it? — Arleigh Hix
– Arleigh Hix, Commented May 10, 2019 at 16:45
for testing purposes I deleted anything except an 'echo' statement. still doesn't work! — ramy
– ramy, Commented May 10, 2019 at 17:34
And what do you get with console.log(data) in your success function? What happens when you navigate directly to interest.php? Did you double check the path to the file? Is there a .htaccess file in the directory? — Arleigh Hix
– Arleigh Hix, Commented May 11, 2019 at 19:18

Jonathan Gagne · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-09 23:18:29Z

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Change data: {docID } for data: {docID: docID} as it is an object.

answered May 9, 2019 at 23:18

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ramy Over a year ago

thanks! But for some reason it still doesn't work. Really not sure what I'm doing wrong, other php files work without a problem for me.

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