$_POST is empty via Ajax

ExeOutput for PHP
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I am sending data using $.ajax and using the POST method. I cannot use GET because the data is long in the MB range. But on the receiving php script, it always seems that the $_POST is empty. This is not the case with I run my app in the browser with my localhost XAMPP.

I thought that it could probably be because of some PHP.INI settings. All I found was always_populate_raw_post_data and turned that On. But still doesn’t work. Any ideas?

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Hmm… did you var_dump($_POST) on your PHP page?
If the data is too big, maybe PHP timed out… try to put set_time_limit(0); on the first line of your PHP page (so it will never time out) and make sure upload_max_filesize (for input with type as “file”) and post_max_size are set properly in your php.ini file with the size of your posted data

Keep me updated :slight_smile:
BTW it will be great if you can show us some codes.

Good luck

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OK, here’s what I found out. Normal POST with a form works, but POST via Ajax doesn’t.

Here’s my code that sends that Ajax.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Ajax Progress</title>
        <script src="js/jquery.js"></script>        
        <script src="js/jquery.ajax-progress.js"></script>
        <script>
            $(function() {		
				$.ajax({
					type: 'POST',
					url: 'post.php',
					dataType: 'text',
					data: {
						input1: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
						input2: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
						input3: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
						input4: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
						input5: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
						input6: "asofjdsl;jgfialsjf",
					}
				}).done(function(data){
					alert(data);
				});
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
	testing Ajax Post
    </body>
</html>

And here’s my receiving PHP code

<?php var_dump($_POST); ?>
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By the way, I have all my php.ini settings correct I believe.

memory_limit = 128M
post_max_size = 100M

And I don’t think it’s because of timeout because this is data sent from local to local. Even a short data set failed.

My further testing, I found out that the server always treat the Ajax POST as GET instead. I sent back phpinfo() this time and the receiving Javascript simply document.write(data) and there’s not POST information.

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Oh ok sorry I though it was a couple of megabytes of data haha…

I tried on my side, in a browser, it’s working, but inside EXEOutput, the only way I found is using the GET method… :frowning:

Maybe wait for the GDG admin or someone else to check this thread for you, someone must have a solution…

I’m starting too with exeoutput, and I’m going to need the POST method too :S

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Yep, thanks for testing this for me jayd. My actual software I am building, yes, deals with some MB of data. I was trying that at first. And when I encounter this problem, I tested with just about 100 byte, and still it fails. Plus, the data has been downloaded successfully before I try this Ajax-POST. So it’s more like local-to-local data transfer.

By the way, Form-POST works… just Ajax-POST that’s not working right now. My temporary alternative is to use a form in an iframe for now.

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I found out from the General Demo software in EXEOutput

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Hahaha okay thanks for this valuable hint :wink: Useful!

Well, at least we tried.

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Answered your request by email too.
$_POST works fine except with AJAX in Chromium.
We have a workaround explained in the General Demo that ships with ExeOutput. Please refer to it for the solution.

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I have the same problem as well. Ajax workaround worked successfully in version 1.5 and 1.6, but in 1.7 this is not the case. Now what I can see in Developer Tools is that if I send two or more posts to the same address, only the first one is actually sent, and for the next posts “success” part of “$.ajax” is executed, but the return message stays the same as in the first post to this address. In other words, I can only do POST with “$.ajax” in Chromium once.

Now I must return to version 1.5 or 1.6…

It would be great if in the next version this bug can be fixed. I hope that ajax will work normally in Chromium, without workarounds.

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We are working on next version. We hope to integrate the new CEF release, hoping the AJAX bug will be solved.

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I’m currently finding this to be a show-stopper issue, I’m unable to get any of our web applications to work with ExeOutput for PHP unless it is possible to achieve an AJAX-style POST-method request in Chromium one way or another without reloading the page. Any news of the next major release with the CEF upgrade?

Also could not find a “general demo” bundled with v1.7? Where can I find this to experiment with the ajax workaround discussed earlier in this topic?

Has anyone found any way to achieve an AJAX post or equivalent in v1.7? Thank you.

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You can find the general demo source code in the Public folder, generally at
C:\Users\Public\Documents\ExeOutput for PHP\Samples\generaldemo

AJAX in Chromium will work in ExeOutput 2. See our announcement.