The php script is running, but $ _request is empty.
<form id="form"> </form> ... <textarea id="input" name="input" rows="10" form="form"></textarea> $(document).ready(function () { $(".glyphicon").click(function () { $("#form").submit(); }); $("#form").submit(function () { $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "handler.php", data: $(this).serialize() }).done(function () { alert('done') }); return false; }); });
php
$fp = fopen('asdf.txt', 'w'); fwrite($fp, $_REQUEST["input"]); fclose($fp);