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Mootools JSON request returning not found error

I added an icon next to a file that, when clicked, will mark the file as a redline and change the color of the text of the filename. My boss wants me to do this via AJAX, but I've never done AJAX before.

I copied some other code and modified it, but I keep getting an error and I'm not sure why.

This is the code:

echo '<img src="' . site_url('img/red-flag.png') . '" height="15px" title="Mark as redline" onclick="markAsRedline(' . $attachment['id'] . ');">';

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/mootools/1.4.5/mootools-yui-compressed.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function markAsRedline(attachmentid) {
        new Request.JSON({
            url: '<?php echo site_url('MAttachment/markAsRedline'); ?>/' + attachmentid,
            onSuccess:
                alert('Success')
        }).send();
    }
</script>

What the PHP function (MAttachment/markAsRedline) does is mark a field in a table as 1. When the page loads, if the field is 1, the text will display in a different color.

The error I'm getting after I see the alert is:

POST http://localhost/###/MAttachment/markAsRedline/1744578 404 (Not Found)

The text is not changing color either. I have no clue what is going wrong. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Solution

  • I found out that I can't call a function in a model function (MAttachment), I have to create a controller function to call the model function and then call the controller function. I did that and it all works.