I was wondering if it was possible to run a php (something like survey_end.php) script whenever someone completes a survey.

I know someone who did this back when this was phpsurveyor, but I don't know how they did it, and if it is possible with Lime Surveyor.

Thanks!

Yes, you can fire a PHP script with a JavaScript/AJAX call. You can use the jQuery .get() function as shorthand for the AJAX calls.

Set up your survey to use JavaScript and place the something like this script in the source of the survey end message. This example will call a file "survey_end.php" in your template folder without passing any data to it.
You can pass some values (for example, name and age) to the PHP file via the GET array like so:
More info on the jQuery .get() function here - api.jquery.com/jQuery.get

Another approach is to simply use the end URL feature and redirect the user to a certain URL which calls the PHP file.

Thanks for the helpful replies. I don't have LimeSurvey installed yet, but hopefully should get that done today now that I know it is possible to do what I want to do.

The end URL feature seems pretty straight forward, but I don't believe I've seen anything about it. Is it something I would easily see once I've got LimeSurvey set up?

You'll find that at the survey settings, watch ut for "end URL": docs.limesurvey.org/Creating+a+new+surve...ation_amp_navigation

Hello,

Digging up an old message, but I'm trying to run a script to automate mailings at the end of a survey and I can't seem to get the JavaScript call my PHP script. I've enabled JavaScripts in Limesurvey, an ... prompts up a message box fine if inserted into the text value of some question for example. It also works fine when using the end URL feature redirection with values (but that solution isn't good enough for me since my URL is too long to fit, with 16 values to pass...)

So I wanted to use the code inside the survey, like mentionned : ... but this has no effect, even simple echoes won't show.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm a LS 2.00+ build 130226 user.

Thanks for reading me.

Regards,
Davy.

even simple echoes won't show

Does that mean yo can't get the JavaScript alert to work from the end message?

Mazi wrote: Another approach is to simply use the end URL feature and redirect the user to a certain URL which calls the PHP file.

This one is easy to do too.

Denis

If I use JavaScript or PHP through the "end URL" feature, everything works fine, it's when I add code into the survey elsewhere that it doesn't work.

It's easy and works fine, but the size of that end URL textbox is too short for what I want it to share with my PHP script...

I need to do the same and use a PHP script at the end to send some stuff to an external web service.

I'm thinking about using PHP Session to store some values so they can be easily retrieved, this way my end URL won't be too long.

ivanleng wrote: I need to do the same and use a PHP script at the end to send some stuff to an external web service.

I'm thinking about using PHP Session to store some values so they can be easily retrieved, this way my end URL won't be too long.

PHP Session would solve the backend problem, but I can't get a PHP script running from within the code of a survey question... Where else would I put my sessions' variables?

tpartner wrote: <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

$(document).ready(function() {

$.get('upload/templates/yourTemplateName/survey_end.php', { name: 'John Doe', age: '38' } );

});

</script>

That was the code submitted by tpartner, which isn't working for me inside a survey. Just JavaScript works fine, but the PHP script doesn't run like it does when I use the end URL feature.