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Chapter 5

Why didn’t the POST request work?

It’s got to be the placeOrder.php script.

We told open() to use POST for the

request, so it’s got to be a server problem.

I already told you, there’s no problem

with my script. You must have screwed

something up in your JavaScript code.

Jim: Are you sure? I’ll bet you forgot to change your

script to accept POST parameters. Come on, just

admit it! Fix the thing, and we can get on with it...

Frank: Look, do you have a hearing problem? I’ve

told you twice now, my script accepts GET and POST

parameters. Are you sure you even sent the customer’s

order and address?

Jim: I’m positive. Once I realized how long someone’s

order could get, I updated the part of my JavaScript

that places the order to use a POST request.

Frank: Well, looks like you made a mistake.

Jim: No way. I put the customer’s phone number,

address, and order in the send() method of my

request object... I even double-checked. So I know the

data’s getting to the web server.

Frank: Well, it’s not getting to me. When my script

gets run by the server, and it checks for the “address”

and “order” request parameters, it’s not getting

anything.

Jim: Wait a second. If I’m sending the data to the

server correctly...

Frank: ...and I’m asking the server for the data, and

getting nothing...

Together: The problem must be the server!

This is Frank... he’s been

writing all the PHP scripts

for Break Neck ...