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I've spent today researching how to save data using an ajax request in cakephp and have got now where, the documentation on the cakephp website seems a bit lacking for this particular topic. I have several sortable lists and I need to save the position of each list item when one is sorted. I have an ajax request set up as follows that is triggered when an item is moved: $.ajax({ url: "/orders/save_column_order", type:"POST", data:"data="+data }); and the referenced function in the controller is: function save_column_order(){ if($this->RequestHandler->isAjax()){ SAVE STUFF... } } I have the helpers etc. set up: var $helpers = array('Html','Form','Js'); var $components = array('Session','Email','RequestHandler'); And its not working... So my questions are: 1) What is the current url for sending an ajax request to an action in a controller? Is it simply /controller/action? 2) What else do I need to do to the controller to access the ajax data? BONUS: 3) Is there a way to include a custom php file in the CakePHP framework that references the database settings so I can manually update my mysql database?

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