Assume that I have a public function in IndexController called test():
public function test(){
//some code here
}
In index.phtml view file, I want to use JQUERY AJAX to call test() function but have no idea about this.
Code:
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="callTestFunction()">Click me to call test() function()</a>
<script>
callTestFunction = function(){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
Url: ***//WHAT SHOULD BE HERE***
Success: function(result){
alert('Success');
}
});
}
</script>
I would suggest writing an action for it. If there is logic inside of test()
that you need other actions to be able to use, the factor that out.
There are a couple of reasons for having it be its own action:
Remember that not every action has to be its own full fledged page. One thing to make sure you do is disabling the auto-rendering of the view inside this action so it doesn't complain about not being able to find it.