How to create/write/edit files on a server using JavaScript and Ajax?

Question

I can't get this to work. What I want to do: Write text to the file example.txt on my server.

var text = "Example;Example;Example";

function saveToTxt(text)
{
  //Code which saves text to file
}

As far as I know, I have to use some kind of Ajax request like this:

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: url,
  data: data,
  success: success,
  dataType: dataType
});

Can someone give me an example on how to do this are any alternatives? Thank you in advance!

When you say server, what server you mean? What is the server side language you are using? — slon
– slon, Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 23:37
I am using Apache to run this on my computer. As language, I intend to use php together with ajax. — ThePat02
– ThePat02, Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 23:39
Then you need php code that will get text from Ajax call and save it as text? — slon
– slon, Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 23:40
If not, you need to try something then we can fix your code. — slon
– slon, Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 23:42

Ferdinando · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-10 00:00:38Z

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This post talk about how to save and write file into server using js and php. (Saving a text file on server using JavaScript).

This is another post where you can edit your file with php.(How to edit/update a txt file with php)

Hope this helps

answered Nov 10, 2018 at 0:00

Ferdinando

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