WIP separate ajaxy generation function

library/StaticHtmlOutput.php

@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput
 	 */
 	public function registerOptionsPage()
 	{
+        /*
+        add_submenu_page( string $parent_slug, string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $function = '' )
+        */
 		$page = add_submenu_page('tools.php', __('WP Static HTML Output', 'static-html-output-plugin'), __('WP Static HTML Output', 'static-html-output-plugin'), 'manage_options', self::HOOK . '-options', array($this, 'renderOptionsPage'));
+        /*
+        add_action( string $tag, callable $function_to_add, int $priority = 10, int $accepted_args = 1 )
+        */
 		add_action('admin_print_styles-' . $page, array($this, 'enqueueAdminStyles'));
 	}
 	
@@ -172,20 +178,21 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput
 		else
 		{
 			do_action(self::HOOK . '-saveOptions');
-			
-			$this->_view
-				->setTemplate('options-page')
-				->assign('exportLog', $this->_exportLog)
-				->assign('baseUrl', $this->_options->getOption('baseUrl'))
-				->assign('additionalUrls', $this->_options->getOption('additionalUrls'))
-				->assign('cleanMeta', $this->_options->getOption('cleanMeta'))
-				->assign('retainStaticFiles', $this->_options->getOption('retainStaticFiles'))
-				->assign('sendViaFTP', $this->_options->getOption('sendViaFTP'))
-				->assign('ftpServer', $this->_options->getOption('ftpServer'))
-				->assign('ftpUsername', $this->_options->getOption('ftpUsername'))
-				->assign('ftpRemotePath', $this->_options->getOption('ftpRemotePath'))
-				->assign('onceAction', self::HOOK . '-options')
-				->render();
+
+            $this->_view
+                ->setTemplate('options-page')
+                ->assign('exportLog', $this->_exportLog)
+                ->assign('baseUrl', $this->_options->getOption('baseUrl'))
+                ->assign('additionalUrls', $this->_options->getOption('additionalUrls'))
+                ->assign('cleanMeta', $this->_options->getOption('cleanMeta'))
+                ->assign('retainStaticFiles', $this->_options->getOption('retainStaticFiles'))
+                ->assign('sendViaFTP', $this->_options->getOption('sendViaFTP'))
+                ->assign('ftpServer', $this->_options->getOption('ftpServer'))
+                ->assign('ftpUsername', $this->_options->getOption('ftpUsername'))
+                ->assign('ftpRemotePath', $this->_options->getOption('ftpRemotePath'))
+                ->assign('onceAction', self::HOOK . '-options')
+                ->render();
+
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -223,9 +230,18 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput
 		$this->_view->setTemplate('message')
 			->assign('message', $message)
 			->render();
+	}
 
-/*
+	public function genArch()
+	{
 
+		// Protection
+		if (!isset($_POST['action']) || 'genArchive' != $_POST['action'])
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+	
 		// Generate archive
 		$archiveUrl = $this->_generateArchive();
 		
@@ -243,11 +259,13 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput
 			}
 		}
 		
+        echo 'Archive has been created... log...';
+/*
 		$this->_view->setTemplate('message')
 			->assign('message', $message)
 			->render();
 */
-	}
+    }
 	
 	/**
 	 * Generates ZIP archive

views/options-page.phtml

@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@
 jQuery(document).ready(function($){
     $('#generateArchiveButton').click(function() {
         console.log('Generating archive...');
-        $.ajax({
-          type: "POST",
-          url: '',
-          data: $('#general-options').serialize(),
-          success: function(response) {
+
+        // set form action for generation vs saving options
+        $('#formActionHiddenField').val('my_action')
+        
+        data = $('#general-options').serialize();
+
+        jQuery.post(ajaxurl, data, function(response) {
             $('#results').html(response);
-          }
         });
+
+        // revert form action for saving options vs generation
+        $('#formActionHiddenField').val('generate')
     });
 });
 </script>
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($){
 
 					<p class="submit">
             <?php wp_nonce_field($this->onceAction) ?>
-						<input type="hidden" name="action" value="generate" />
+						<input id="formActionHiddenField" type="hidden" name="action" value="generate" />
 						<input class="button-primary" type="submit" name="submit" value="Save current options" />
 					</p>
 						</div>
@@ -121,7 +125,6 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($){
 
 					<p class="submit">
             <?php wp_nonce_field($this->onceAction) ?>
-						<input type="hidden" name="action" value="generate" />
 						<input id="generateArchiveButton" class="button-primary" value="Start static site export (AJAX)" />
 					</p>
                 </p>

wp-static-html-output.php

@@ -42,3 +42,12 @@ function myplugin_init() {
   load_plugin_textdomain( 'static-html-output-plugin', false, dirname( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) . '/languages/' ); 
 }
 add_action('plugins_loaded', 'myplugin_init');
+
+add_action( 'wp_ajax_my_action', 'my_action_callback' );
+
+function my_action_callback() {
+
+    echo 'some response this is!';
+
+    wp_die(); // this is required to terminate immediately and return a proper response
+}