Example of ajax query

Example of ajax query

 //This ajax query is in getpunchtotal.phtml and call /application/index/getpunchadmin view and send user_id and data for
 //getpunchadminAction, and that in turn returns.
 $('.show-hide').click(function () {
      event.preventDefault();
      var link = $(this);
      var icon = link.find('span');
      var table = link.next('table');
      var user_id = link.attr('data-user_id');
      if (icon.hasClass('glyphicon-plus')) {
        icon.addClass('glyphicon-minus').removeClass('glyphicon-plus');
        table.removeClass('hidden');
        // Check is empty table
        $.ajax({
          'method': 'POST',
          'url': '/application/index/getpunchadmin',
          'data': {
            user_id: user_id,
            date_begin: $("#datepicker1").val(),
            date_end: $("#datepicker2").val()
          }
        }).done(function (response) {
          table.html(response);
        });
      } else {
        icon.addClass('glyphicon-plus').removeClass('glyphicon-minus');
        table.addClass('hidden');

      }
    });

//getpunchAdmin action get data from model and return view model in getpunchadmin.phtml
     public function getpunchadminAction()
    {
        $response = array();
        $model = $this->loadModel();
        if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
            $response['list'] = $model->getDataBySearchAdmin($this->params()->fromPost());
        }
        $viewModel = new ViewModel($response);
        $viewModel->setTerminal(true);
        return $viewModel;
    }
    
    // this function grab what we need and return data to getpunchadminAction
    public function getDataBySearchAdmin($date)
    {
        $query = "
                  SELECT  DATE_FORMAT(punchin_local, '%Y/%m/%d') as date,
                      DATE_FORMAT(punchin_local, '%h:%i %p') as punch_in,
                      DATE_FORMAT(punchout_local, '%h:%i %p') as punch_out,
                      total_mins as total,
                      user.user_id as id,
                      punch.punch_id as pid,
                      user_FN, user_LN
                  FROM punch
                  INNER JOIN user
                    ON user.user_id = punch.user_id
                  INNER JOIN location
                    ON location.location_id = user.location_id
                  WHERE DATE_FORMAT(punchin_local, '%Y-%m-%d') BETWEEN '{$date['date_begin']}'
                    AND '{$date['date_end']}' AND user.user_id='{$date['user_id']}'
            ";
        
        $punchall = $this->dbAdapter->query($query)->execute();
        return $punchall;
    }