PHP Example - AJAX Voting
AJAX Voting
In the following example, we will demonstrate a voting program through which voting results are displayed without refreshing the webpage.
Do you like PHP and AJAX?
Example Explanation - HTML Page
When a user selects one of the options above, a function named "getVote()" is executed. This function is triggered by the "onclick" event.
poll.html file code is as follows:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>tutorialpro.org(tutorialpro.org)</title>
<script>
function getVote(int) {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
// Code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
// Code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
document.getElementById("poll").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","poll_vote.php?vote="+int,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="poll">
<h3>Do you like PHP and AJAX?</h3>
<form>
Yes:
<input type="radio" name="vote" value="0" onclick="getVote(this.value)">
<br>No:
<input type="radio" name="vote" value="1" onclick="getVote(this.value)">
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The getVote() function performs the following steps:
- Creates an XMLHttpRequest object
- Creates a function that is executed when the server response is ready
- Sends a request to a file on the server
- Note the parameter (q) added to the URL (containing the content of the dropdown list)
PHP File
The server page called by the JavaScript above is a PHP file named "poll_vote.php":
<?php
$vote = htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['vote']);
// Get data from the file
$filename = "poll_result.txt";
$content = file($filename);
// Split the data into an array
$array = explode("||", $content[0]);
$yes = $array[0];
$no = $array[1];
if ($vote == 0)
{
$yes = $yes + 1;
}
if ($vote == 1)
{
$no = $no + 1;
}
// Insert voting data
$insertvote = $yes."||".$no;
$fp = fopen($filename,"w");
fputs($fp,$insertvote);
fclose($fp);
?>
<h2>Results:</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Yes:</td>
<td>
<span style="display: inline-block; background-color:green;
width:<?php echo(100*round($yes/($no+$yes),2)); ?>px;
height:20px;" ></span>
<?php echo(100*round($yes/($no+$yes),2)); ?>%
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>No:</td>
<td>
<span style="display: inline-block; background-color:red;
width:<?php echo(100*round($no/($no+$yes),2)); ?>px;
height:20px;"></span>
<?php echo(100*round($no/($no+$yes),2)); ?>%
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php echo(100*round($no/($no+$yes),2)); ?>%
</td>
</tr>
</table>
When the selected value is sent from JavaScript to the PHP file, the following occurs:
Retrieve the content of the "poll_result.txt" file
Place the file content into variables and increment the selected variable by 1
Write the result to the "poll_result.txt" file
Output the graphical poll results
Text File
The text file (poll_result.txt) stores data from the voting program.
It stores data as follows:
3||4
The first number represents the number of "Yes" votes, and the second number represents the number of "No" votes.
Note: Remember to allow only your web server to edit this text file. Do not allow others to gain access, except for the web server (PHP).