I'm trying to integrate ajax in wordpress using the wp codex guidelines. In the PHP I added:
wp_enqueue_script ( 'my_ajax', ADMIN_URL . 'js/ajax.js','jquery','1.0.0' );
wp_localize_script( 'my_ajax', 'MyAjax', array( 'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );
The ajax code is:
jQuery.ajax({url: MyAjax.ajaxurl, type: "POST",data: {action: 'myaction',postID : MyAjax.postID}, success: function(response) {
alert('Got this from the server: ' + response);
}});
and the PHP function that should be called by ajax is:
function ajax_function() {
...do something...
}
add_action('wp_ajax_myaction', 'ajax_function');
add_action('wp_ajax_admin_myaction', 'ajax_function');
The ajax call is successful (the "alert" works), however, the php function "ajax_function" is never called. After doing some debugging I realized that even though the action call add_action('wp_ajax_ sets a new element in the global $wp_filter array, when the corresponding do_action runs inside admin-ajax.php, the $wp_filter array no longer contains that element.
Therefore, "ajax_function" function is ignored. Any idea why the function is not called?
wp_ajax_myaction
andwp_ajax_admin_myaction
hooks. Should that not bewp_ajax_myaction
(for logged in users) andwp_ajax_nopriv_myaction
(for anonymous users)?