Simple save to JSON file with JQuery

Question

I\'ve tried out all examples I could get my hands on, yet I can\'t simply save JSON data to a JSON file on my host. I want to start with a simple as possible save method so

Answer 1

$.ajax alone will not save the json file, you need to direct the url property to a server-side script, i.e. http://your.host/save_json.php, that will create general.json and write your output on it. Something like:

PHP:

<?php
$myFile = "general.json";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = $_GET["data"];
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh)
?>

You'll also need to change the data property in your ajax call to data: {data: JSON.stringify(eventsholded)} to give the GET variable a proper name that can be retrieved from PHP:

JQUERY

$.ajax
    ({
        type: "GET",
        dataType : 'json',
        async: false,
        url: 'http://your.host/save_json.php',
        data: { data: JSON.stringify(eventsholded) },
        success: function () {alert("Thanks!"); },
        failure: function() {alert("Error!");}
    });