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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer ======================== Simple Lightweight Ajax Handler For WP Theme/Plugin Developers. 1.8.2(6y ago)62.0k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer/pulls)1GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP Since Dec 17Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[ RSS](/packages/varunsridharan-wp-ajaxer/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (10)DependenciesVersions (13)Used By (1) WP Ajaxer ========= [](#wp-ajaxer) Simple Lightweight Ajax Handler For WP Theme/Plugin Developers [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c49d70a757d8d114d61b54ad917a43ca02e127ebf381437488f972430c10b450/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766172756e73726964686172616e2f77702d616a617865722f76657273696f6e)](https://packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d8bd41a5f2b3c90b76ec43a09efe23846ceb46edaab293ec4afcd297720ed4e3/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766172756e73726964686172616e2f77702d616a617865722f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55781b24536b478b20366c8286a2337261b78c08afbd0445bba79a1c36944235/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766172756e73726964686172616e2f77702d616a617865722f762f756e737461626c65)](//packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/aae23edb6272f8448904aee1db152cd6205306c89fc9fa06a46c5def23b34934/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766172756e73726964686172616e2f77702d616a617865722f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer)[![composer.lock available](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ef658bb33262a06835d853511010e8db4bc985062bf8de739b7e5c4af0a04951/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766172756e73726964686172616e2f77702d616a617865722f636f6d706f7365726c6f636b)](https://packagist.org/packages/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer) Installation ------------ [](#installation) The preferred way to install this extension is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/). To install **WP\_Ajaxer library**, simply: ``` $ composer require Varunsridharan/WP_Ajaxer ``` The previous command will only install the necessary files, if you prefer to **download the entire source code** you can use: ``` $ composer require Varunsridharan/WP_Ajaxer --prefer-source ``` You can also **clone the complete repository** with Git: ``` $ git clone https://github.com/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer.git ``` Or **install it manually**: [Download WP\_Ajaxer.php](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer/master/class-ajaxer.php): ``` $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/varunsridharan/wp-ajaxer/master/class-ajaxer.php ``` Sample Usage ------------ [](#sample-usage) ``` class BoilerPlate_Ajax extends Varunsridharan\WordPress\Ajaxer { /** * Ajax Action Prefix * * @example for wordpress_show_popup wordpress is the prefix * * @var string */ protected $action_prefix = 'bp'; /** * Ajax Action Surfix * * @example for wordpress_show_popup_data data is the surfix * * @var string */ protected $action_surfix = ''; /** * Action Name * provide value if all ajax requests runs in a single action key. * * @var string */ protected $action = 'bp-plugin'; /** * Array of ajax actions * * @example array('ajax_action_1' => true,'ajax_action_2' => false) * if value set to true then it runs for both loggedout / logged in users * if value set to false then it runs only for the logged in user * * @var array */ protected $actions = array( 'action1' => false, 'action-12' => false, ); /** * Set to true if plugin's ajax runs in a single action * * @example Single Ajax Action * admin-ajax.php?action=plugin-slug&plugin-slug-action=ajax-action¶m1=value1¶m2=value=2 * Multiple Ajax Actions * admin-ajax.php?action=plugin-slug-ajax-action1¶m1=value1=param2=value2 * * @var bool */ protected $is_single = true; /** * Provide a action key if $this->is_single is set to true * * @var string */ protected $single_ajax_key = ''; public function __construct( ) { parent::__construct(); } public function action1() { ///do some action here } } ``` Methods ------- [](#methods) - `is_get()` -> Checks if current ajax is requested Via **GET** Method - `is_post()` -> Check if current ajax is requested Via **POST** Method - `get($key,$default)` -> Retrives Value of the given key from **$\_GET** Variable - `post($key,$default)` -> Retrives Value of the given key from **$\_POST** Variable - `request($key,$default)` -> Retrives Value of the given key from **$\_REQUEST** Variable - `json_error($data,$status_code)` -> Triggers `wp_send_json_error` - `json_success($data,$status_code)` -> Triggers `wp_send_json_success` - `validate_post($key,$error)` -> Checks if given key is exits in **$\_POST** if not send an error - `validate_get($key,$error)` -> Checks if given key is exits in **$\_GET** if not send an error --- šŸ“ Changelog ----------- [](#-changelog) All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. 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