Submit form after click - php

Question

Having Following form validation through jQuery:
$("#Login").submit(function( event ) {
var url = 'ajax/';
var data = {};
$("input").each(function() {
data[$(this).attr('name')] = $(this).val();
});
$.post(url,data,function( resp ) {
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").children().remove();
if(resp === " ")
{
console.log("Empty");
return; // The form should submit
} else if (typeof resp === "object") {
console.log(resp);
} else{
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").addClass("alert-danger");
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").append("<li>" + resp + "</li>");
console.log(resp);
}
},'json');
event.preventDefault();
});
This script is checking some errors and when resp is empty form should submit. But return from if where resp is checked doesn't seem to make form submit.

Answer 1

You can call the submit() method in the if condition
$("#Login").submit(function (event) {
var form = this;
var url = 'ajax/';
var data = {};
$('input').each(function () {
data[$(this).attr('name')] = $(this).val();
});
$.post(url, data, function (resp) {
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").children().remove();
if (resp === " ") {
form.submit();
console.log("Empty");
return; // The form should submit
} else if (typeof resp === "object") {
console.log(resp);
} else {
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").addClass("alert-danger");
$("#formLoginErrorMessage").append("<li>" + resp + "</li>");
console.log(resp);
}
}, 'json');
event.preventDefault();
});

Answer 2

What you seem to be confused about are closures
$( "#Login" ).submit(function( event ) {
// main submit handling function starts here
...
$.post(url,data,function(resp){
// inner response handling function starts here
if(resp === " "){
console.log("Empty");
return; //This returns to jQuery internals somewhere inside $.post
} ...
},'json');
// stops form from submitting
event.preventDefault();
});
I added a couple of comments to help you get a better visual of the scope.
First thing first, you should never rely on client-side validation. It can be overtaken without exceptions. If for some reason you insist on having it this way you can use some outer scope variable to determine whether validation has passed or not, but then you have to use $form.submit() instead of return to actually submit the form.