Wordpress ajax returning html
I am using WordPress ajax to load subcategories dynamically.
Here's my code
Php Code
function techento_getsubcat() {
$category_name = $_POST['catname'];
$cat_id = $_POST['catid'];
return wp_dropdown_categories( 'show_option_none=Choose a Sub Category&tab_index=10&taxonomy=category&hide_empty=0&child_of=' . $cat_id . '' );
}
add_action('wp_ajax_techento_getsubcat', 'techento_getsubcat');
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_techento_getsubcat', 'techento_getsubcat');
Jquery
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
$('#cat').change(function(e){
alert("changed");
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
url: pcAjax.ajaxurl ,
data: {
'action': 'techento_getsubcat', //calls wp_ajax_nopriv_ajaxlogin
'catname': $('#cat option:selected').text(),
'catid': $('#cat option:selected').val() },
success : function(response){
alert(response);
console.log(response);
$("#subcats").html(response);
}
});
e.preventDefault();
});
});
The problem with the above code is php is returning raw html no matter what it wants to return
even if you set it to
return true;
it returns the original html of the generated subcategories plus '0'
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You are missing shortcode in $
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
The Ajax callback is better handled wp_send_json_success()
so we don't have to worry about return
either echo
, exit
or die
. To do this, set echo
to false in the dropdown arguments :
function techento_getsubcat() {
$cat_id = intval( $_POST['catid'] );
$args = array(
'hide_empty' => 0,
'echo' => 0,
'child_of' => $cat_id,
'taxonomy' => 'category'
);
$data = wp_dropdown_categories( $args );
wp_send_json_success( $data );
}
If Ajax succeeds, use response.data
:
success : function(response){
console.log(response.data);
}
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