Pass a variable to JQuery UI dialog

Question

I am deleting a record using PHP. I want to use a JQuery UI dialog to confirm the action, but I dont know how to pass a variable (my RecordID) to the redirect URL function,

Answer 1

Deleting actions probably shouldn't be done using a GET, but if you wanted to do it that way I would recommend using the $.data in jQuery so each link had a data-record-id attribute. Then on click of one of the links, it pops up the dialog and when confirmed it adds that to the URL, and redirects. Example:

$(function(){
    $(".deleteLink").click(function(){
       var id = $(this).data("record-id");
       var myHref = $(this).attr('href');
        $("#confirmDialog").dialog({
            buttons:{
            "Yes": function()
                {
                    window.location.href = myHref + id;
                }
            }
        });
    });

});

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