thank you both for your answer. i still don't get any activity in firebug but i guess my php stuff is just wrong.
On 12 Feb., 19:46, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > The "data" part of ajax should be some pair, for example: > data: {myVar:value} > myVar will then become your POST variable with the value 'value' (not > the literal string) in your PHP script. > > To extend on the comment using Firebug, you should use it for Firefox. > The Firebug console will show you requests that are done through AJAX > including parameters that are GET/POSTed and the response it returns. > Very useful for debugging. > > On Feb 12, 5:16 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > you can test if it would work using firebug, just check the net tab for > > activity from the page to "some.php" > > > weidc wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > i got a radio button. if this radio button is checked it shell send > > > the value of the button to a .php document. didn't used ajax at all so > > > i don't know how to do this. > > > > at the moment i tried something like this: > > > > $(":radio").click(function() > > > { > > > $("#infoding").css("display","block"); > > > var value = $(this).val(); > > > $.ajax({ > > > type: "POST", > > > url: "some.php", > > > data: value, > > > success: function(msg){ > > > alert( "Data Saved: " + value ); > > > } > > > }); > > > > }); > > > > got it out of some documentation but don't know if it would work > > > 'cause i'm not able to test it at the moment. > > > > i'd like to know if this would work and if not how it could work. > > > i'd be happy about any help. > > > > thanks > > > -weidc