send data to MySQL with AJAX + jQuery + PHP

Question

I\'ve been looking all day to find a way to insert some data into my database and then show the new data in the list of already existent data on my webpage.

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Answer 1

You can send anything in that property. Try this: js

$.ajax({
    url: "messages.php",
    type: "POST",
    data: 'show=content',
    success: function(data) {
        $('#output').html(data);    
    },  
});

messages.php

if(isset($_POST['show']) && $_POST['show']=='content') {
 // rest of your code goes here..
}

One more thing. Use MySQLi instead of MySQL as it's a deprecated extension now.