Long time stackoverflow user but first time poster! I recently made a very simple little browser based game, and when I say simple I cannot stress this enough.

Anyway, the entire game logic is in one little javascript file. In that file I have a variable called value, and it contains the players score.

The user at any given time during gameplay is allowed to click Submit, and this then uses a php script to access and write their username and hopefully soon their score to my database.

The problem I am having and I know quite a few people new to Ajax have had is, how do I send the value of the javascript variable value to my php page which handles sending the variables to my database?

I have read quite a bit on this and can't seem to get it working. So starting from scratch, assume I have a functioning javascript file with the value variable containing the score. How do I send the score to the php file using ajax? Where would I place the Ajax code?

Thank you stackoverflow! Also I already know that javascript resides on the client side and php runs on the server side, I just would like to know how to properly send the score to the php file, that is all! Thanks again stackoverflow!

EDIT: Because I seem to be getting down voted this is what I have but it does not work:

My Ajax:

function ajaxCall() {alert(To AJAX: the value is:  + value);



    $.ajax

    (   {

            type: POST,

            url: handler.php,

            data: {'value' : value}, 

            success: function(response)

            { alert(The value was passed!)}

        }

    );};

ajaxCall();

Part of handler.php:

if(isset($_POST['value']))



{

$value = $_POST['value'].;

var_dump($value);

}



var_dump($_POST['value']);