I have an HTML dropdown list which i'm populating from a database. My question is how can i retrieve the value of a selected item from this dropdown list using AJAX?
My javascript:
<script type = "text/javascript">
function getData(str){
var xhr = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else {
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (xhr) {
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("div1").innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
}
}
xhr.open("GET", "/display-product.php?q="+str, true);
xhr.send(null);
}
}
</script>
The dropdown list in display-product.php:
<div>
<?php
echo '<select title="Select one" name="selectcat" onChange="getData(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">';
while($row1 = $result->fetch_assoc()){
echo '<option value="' . $row1['id'] . '">' . $row1['category'] . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
?>
</div>
The div to display the selected item:
<div class="product_directory" id="div1"></div>
I'm not very conversant with AJAX. I tried to access the "str" variable passed to the getData function in my PHP script using "$string = $_GET['q']" but still didn't work. Thanks in advance for the help.
UPDATE: i was able the figure out the source of the problem: I have two functions that populate the select lists from the database. When a user selects an option from the first dropdown(with id="categoriesSelect"), the second one(id = "subcatsSelect") is automatically populated. Here is the code for both functions:
<script type="text/javascript">
<?php
echo "var categories = $jsonCats; \n";
echo "var subcats = $jsonSubCats; \n";
?>
function loadCategories(){
var select = document.getElementById("categoriesSelect");
select.onchange = updateSubCats;
for(var i = 0; i < categories.length; i++){
select.options[i] = new Option(categories[i].val,categories[i].id);
}
}
function updateSubCats(){
var catSelect = this;
var catid = this.value;
var subcatSelect = document.getElementById("subcatsSelect");
subcatSelect.options.length = 0; //delete all options if any present
for(var i = 0; i < subcats[catid].length; i++){
subcatSelect.options[i] = new Option(subcats[catid][i].val,subcats[catid][i].id);
}
}
</script>
The code works fine if i manually put in the select list . But using these two functions to pull from the database, nothing is displayed. I call the loadCategories() function like this
<body onload = "loadCategories()">.
The other select box is very similar to this one.
I don't know the specific issue but i know it's coming either from loadCategories() or updateSubCats().
It seems your code is retrieving the value on the select. But it fails on your function.
I tried using that open function Here. But, in my side it didn't work using an slash (/). So, try to remove that and try it.
...
xhr.open("GET", "display-product.php?q="+str, true);
...
EDIT: full working code...
<script type = "text/javascript">
function getData(str){
var xhr = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else {
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (xhr) {
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("div1").innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
}
}
xhr.open("GET", "display-product.php?q="+str, true);
xhr.send(null);
}
}
</script>
<select title="Select one" name="selectcat" onChange="getData(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
<div id="div1"></div>
... on display-product.php
echo $_GET['q'];
Try this for the edited part of your question.
And this other to make it work together.
Hope this helps.
You can use a this possible solution with JQuery:
Add the attribute "id" in option tag in php code and remove onChange function:
echo "<select id='mySelect' title='Select one' name='selectcat'>";
Add Jquery File JQuery 1.9.1 and add the javascript HTML tag
Put before close tag body:
$(document).ready( function() {
$('#mySelect').change(function(){
var $selectedOption = $(this).find('option:selected');
var selectedLabel = $selectedOption.text();
var selectedValue = $selectedOption.val();
alert(selectedValue + ' - ' + selectedLabel);
$('.product_directory').html(selectedValue + ' - ' + selectedLabel);
$.ajax({
type:"POST",
url:"display-product.php",
data:selectedValue OR selectedLabel,
success:function(response){
alert('Succes send');
}
})
return false;
});
});
Read in php:
echo $_POST['selectedValue'];
or
echo $_POST['selectedLabel'];
Related
I want to store ajax value 'when selected' stored in php variable.
<select name="client_name" onchange="ajaxReq('product_name', this.value);">
<option>- - -</option>
<option value="SANY">SANY</option>
<option value="MBFC">MBFC</option>
</select>
<span id="slo_product_name"> </span>
<span id="slo_release_no"> </span>
<script type="text/javascript">
var ar_cols = ["client_name","product_name","release_no",null]; var preid = "slo_";
</script>
I've tried this, but didn't succeeded.
$releasenu=$_POST['release_no'];
How should i store the ajax value of release_no in php variable? Is there any other way?
function ajaxReq(col, wval) {
removeLists(col);
if(wval!='- - -' && wval!='') {
var request = get_XmlHttp();
var php_file = 'select_list.php';
var data_send = 'col='+col+'&wval='+wval;
request.open("POST", php_file, true);
document.getElementById(preid+col).innerHTML = 'Loadding...';
request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.send(data_send);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (request.readyState==4) {
document.getElementById(preid+col).innerHTML = request.responseText; }
} } }
According to your code, you should use this in your select_list.php script:
$col = $_POST['col'];
$wval = $_POST['wval'];
// now you can use those variables to save to DB, or get some data out of DB
I assume you want to have cascade <select> elements, you should change your ajaxReq() function:
function ajaxReq(col, wval) {
// first remove all selects that are after this one
var remove = false;
var next = null; // we also need to trap next select so we can fill it
for (i in ar_cols) {
if (ar_cols[i] == col) {
remove = true; // from now on, remove lists
} else if (remove) { // if ok to remove
if (!next) {
next = ar_cols[i]; // now we found next column to fill
}
if (ar_cols[i]) { // remove only non null
removeLists(ar_cols[i]);
}
}
}
if(wval!='- - -' && wval!='' && next) { // also if there is column after to fill
var request = get_XmlHttp();
var php_file = 'select_list.php';
var data_send = 'col='+col+'&wval='+wval+'&next='+next; // also add next param
request.open("POST", php_file, true);
document.getElementById(preid+col).innerHTML = 'Loadding...';
request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.send(data_send);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (request.readyState==4) {
// we fill next select
document.getElementById(preid+next).innerHTML = request.responseText;
}
}
}
}
Your select_list.php should look something like this:
$col = $_POST['col']; // this is just a filter for values in next <select>
$wval = $_POST['wval'];
$next = $_POST['next']; // we need to get this param or we cannot setup next <select>
// using $col and $wval variables get values from DB
echo '<select name="' . $next . '" onchange="ajaxReq(\'' . $next . '\', this.value);">';
foreach ($data as $row) {
echo '<option ...>...</option>'; // fix this to work for you
}
echo '</select>';
// Code changed due to bug found
The ajax request should contain one more parameter (next column) since the returned <select> should have name and onchange event prepared for next, not the currently changed.
Check the code above again.
I have a problem that is php data not showing in select box. innerhtml not working in Internet Explorer. long_description_detail_list data not showing in select box.please help me
first page:
<div id="long_description_detail_list" style="display:none;">
<option value="0">Select..</option>
<?php
include_once('Model/Language.php');
$r = new Language();
$a = $r->Select();
for($i = 0; $i < count($a); $i++)
{
print '<option value="'.$a[$i][0].'">'.$a[$i][1].'</option>';
}
?>
</div>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
//Browser Support Code
function create_long_description_detail_div(){
if(count_table_long_description_detail() >=3) {
alert("You can not add more than 3 long_description Details");
}
else {
var ajaxRequest; // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
try{
// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e){
// Internet Explorer Browsers
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e){
// Something went wrong
alert("Your browser broke!");
return false;
}
}
}
// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
var blank_long_description_detail = ajaxRequest.responseText;
document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value ++;
$('#my-all-long_description_details-here').append(blank_long_description_detail);
set_new_height_of_step_2('inc');
var long_description_list_counter = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value;
var long_description_detail_list = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_list').innerHTML;
document.getElementById('llanguage[' + long_description_list_counter + ']').innerHTML = long_description_detail_list;
}
}
var long_description_detail_counter = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value;
var queryString = "?long_description_detail_counter=" + long_description_detail_counter;
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "Views/User/long_description/add_long_descriptions_detail.php" + queryString, true);
ajaxRequest.send(null);
}
}
</script>
data not showing here in second page named add_long_descriptions_detail.php:
<select id="llanguage[<?php echo $counter; ?>]" name="llanguage[<?php echo $counter; ?>]" class="txtBox">
<option value="0">Select..</option>
</select>
IE doesn’t support updating the elements of a <select> with innerHTML, but what you can do is use the DOM, which is always the right way to go about things anyways.
Make your server-side script return a JSON array of options; it’ll make everything a lot easier.
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(ajaxRequest.readyState === 4) {
// Parse the response
var options = eval('(' + ajaxRequest.responseText + ')');
// Get the box; I have no clue what this is
var box = document.getElementById('llanguage[' + long_description_list_counter + ']');
// Clear any current elements
while(box.childNodes.length > 0) {
box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
// Add new ones
for(var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
var newOption = document.createElement('option');
newOption.value = options[i].value;
newOption.appendChild(document.createTextNode(options[i].text));
}
}
};
(This is a little trimmed-down from your original code, but I’m sure you can fit it in.)
It’s also probably a good idea to use an old-IE-compatible JSON parser instead of eval.
The JSON should look like this:
[
{ "text": "Some text", "value": "some-value" }
]
You can use json_encode to produce it conveniently from a PHP array.
am trying to generate report through dynamically generated form. Through XMLHttpRequest the form loads well but the validation against the form fields wont work. I have tried eval() it works only during load time ( like eval(alert("hi")) but not on dom objects , think some scope problem. The form fields are dynamically generated and so its validation based on selection and availability role in database.
The code of two files is attached below
<script>
function showUser(str)
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
var s= xmlhttp.responseText;
parseScript1(s);
parseScript(s);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","test2.php",true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
function parseScript1(_source) {
var source = _source;
var scripts = new Array();
// Strip out tags
while(source.indexOf("<script") > -1 || source.indexOf("</script") > -1) {
var s = source.indexOf("<script");
var s_e = source.indexOf(">", s);
var e = source.indexOf("</script", s);
var e_e = source.indexOf(">", e);
// Add to scripts array
scripts.push(source.substring(s_e+1, e));
// Strip from source
source = source.substring(0, s) + source.substring(e_e+1);
}
var k = "<script> "+ scripts +"<\/script>";
document.getElementById("txtHint1").innerHTML=k ;
// Return the cleaned source
return source;
}
function parseScript(_source) {
var source = _source;
var scripts = new Array();
// Strip out tags
while(source.indexOf("<script") > -1 || source.indexOf("</script") > -1) {
var s = source.indexOf("<script");
var s_e = source.indexOf(">", s);
var e = source.indexOf("</script", s);
var e_e = source.indexOf(">", e);
// Add to scripts array
scripts.push(source.substring(s_e+1, e));
// Strip from source
source = source.substring(0, s) + source.substring(e_e+1);
}
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=source;
// Return the cleaned source
return source;
}
function valid()
{
eval(validate());
}
</script>
<div id="txtHint1"><b>javascript will appear here</b></div>
<form>
<div id="nons1" >
<select id="nope1" name="users" onchange="showUser(this)">
<option value="">Select a option:</option>
<option value="1">not working here</option>
</select>
</div>
</form>
<div id="txtHint"><b>Select the value .</b></div>
test2.php
echo "<p>This form works fine singly not with xmlhttprequest";
echo'<form name="frm" method="post" action="test2.php" onsubmit="return(eval(validate()));">';
echo '<input value="" name="kfrm19" type="text">';
echo '<input name="save" value="submit" type="submit"></form>';
echo '<script>
function validate(){
if( document.frm.kfrm19.value.trim()=="")
{
alert( "If you can see this message .its working..." );
document.frm.kfrm19.focus() ;
return false;
}
}
</script>';
?>
try this:
function validate(){
if(document.frm.kfrm19.value.length == 0)
{
alert("If you can see this message .its working...");
document.frm.kfrm19.focus();
return false;
}
}
I am terribly failing with an ajax/jquery piece of code I am trying to learn in order to solve a predicament I have.
Below is my ajax:
$('#sessionsDrop').change( function(){
var search_val = $(this).val();
$.post("addstudentsession.php",
{studenttextarea : search_val},
function(data){
if (data.length>0){
$("#studentselect").html(data);
}
});
At the moment I am keeping getting a blank page everytime I load my addstudentsession.php script. This is the only script I am working on so I am not sure if I am suppose to link the ajax to itself. But below is what I am trying to do:
I have a drop down menu below:
<select name="session" id="sessionsDrop">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value='20'>EWYGC - 10-01-2013 - 09:00</option>
<option value='22'>WDFRK - 11-01-2013 - 10:05</option>
<option value='23'>XJJVS - 12-01-2013 - 10:00</option>
<option value='21'>YANLO - 11-01-2013 - 09:00</option>
<option value='24'>YTMVB - 12-01-2013 - 03:00</option>
</select> </p>
Below I have a Multiple Select box where it displays a list of students that is taking the select assessment from the drop down menu above:
$studentactive = 1;
$currentstudentqry = "
SELECT
ss.SessionId, st.StudentId, st.StudentAlias, st.StudentForename, st.StudentSurname
FROM
Student_Session ss
INNER JOIN
Student st ON ss.StudentId = st.StudentId
WHERE
(ss.SessionId = ? and st.Active = ?)
ORDER BY st.StudentAlias
";
$currentstudentstmt=$mysqli->prepare($currentassessmentqry);
// You only need to call bind_param once
$currentstudentstmt->bind_param("ii",$sessionsdrop, $stuentactive);
// get result and assign variables (prefix with db)
$currentstudentstmt->execute();
$currentstudentstmt->bind_result($dbSessionId,$dbStudentId,$dbStudentAlias,$dbStudentForename.$dbStudentSurname);
$currentstudentstmt->store_result();
$studentnum = $currentstudentstmt->num_rows();
$studentSELECT = '<select name="studenttextarea" id="studentselect" size="6">'.PHP_EOL;
if($studentnum == 0){
$studentSELECT .= "<option disabled='disabled' class='red' value=''>No Students currently in this Assessment</option>";
}else{
while ( $currentstudentstmt->fetch() ) {
$studentSELECT .= sprintf("<option disabled='disabled' value='%s'>%s - %s s</option>", $dbStudentId, $dbStudentAlias, $dbStudentForename, $dbStudentSurname) . PHP_EOL;
}
}
$studentSELECT .= '</select>';
But I have a little problem, I need a way to be able to display the list of students in the select box when the user has selected an option from the drop down menu. The problem with the php code is that the page has to be submitted to find its results.
So that is why I am trying to use ajax to solve this but what am I doing badly wrong?
Try using ajax call as following,
var XMLHttpRequestObject = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
XMLHttpRequestObject = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
try {
XMLHttpRequestObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
XMLHttpRequestObject = false;
}
}
}
$('#sessionsDrop').change( function(){
var search_val = $(this).val();
if (XMLHttpRequestObject) {
XMLHttpRequestObject.open("POST", "addstudentsession.php", true);
XMLHttpRequestObject.setRequestHeader('Content-Type',
'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
}
XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4
&& XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) {
y = XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText;
$("#studentselect").html(y);
}
};
};
XMLHttpRequestObject.send("studenttextarea=" + search_val);
I'm trying to do an AJAX call to pull back data to popluate a drop down box based off the select of another drop down box. My code is working fine in FF 9.0.1 (used for firebug), but failing in IE 7 (which is my company standard). I've tried several ways to show the data, and I don't have the time right now to learn how to do this in jQuery. I'm sure this will be a head smacker, but what about IE is causing this issue?
Here are my code pages. First is the trimmed down version of the form calling the JavaScript.
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" src="/includes/Transaction_Update.js"></script>
<form id="submit" name="submit" action="Transaction_Process.php" method="post">
<table align='left'>
<tr>
<td class='reporttd'>Vendor</td>
<td>
<select name='selVendorCode' id='selVendorCode' onChange="getServiceCode()">
<option value='' selected='selected'></option>
<?php echo $vendorOptionList; ?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='reporttd'>Service Code</td>
<td class='reporttd'>
<select name='selServiceCode' id='selServiceCode'>
<option value='' selected='selected'></option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</form>
JavaScript page
//setup xmlHttp request for Ajax call
var xmlHttp = createXmlHttpRequestObject();
function createXmlHttpRequestObject(){
var xmlhttp;
try{
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e)
{
var xmlHttpVersions = new Array("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.5.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP",
"Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
for (var i=0; i<xmlHttpVersions.length && !xmlHttp; i++){
try{
xmlHttp = new Activexobject(xmlHttpVersions[i]);
}
catch(e) {}
}
}
if (!xmlHttp){
alert("Error creating the XMLHttpRequest object.");
}
else{
return xmlHttp;
}
}
//Call page to get all service codes for a vendor.
function getServiceCode(){
if (xmlHttp){
try{
var vCode = document.getElementById("selVendorCode").value;
var parms = "vCode=" + vCode;
//Call Transaction_AJAX.php to pass back an XML.
xmlHttp.open("GET", "Transaction_AJAX.php?" + parms, true);
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleRequestStateChange;
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
catch(e){
alert("Can't connect to server:\n" + e.toString());
}
}
}
//Checks state of the HTTP request call, and proceed if status is ready
function handleRequestStateChange(){
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4){
if(xmlHttp.status == 200){
try{
handleServerResponse();
}
catch(e){
alert("Error reading the response: " + e.toString());
}
}
else{
alert("There was a problem retrieving the data:\n" + xmlHttp.StatusText);
}
}
}
//Handles response from the server
function handleServerResponse(){
var xmlResponse = xmlHttp.responseXML;
if (!xmlResponse || !xmlResponse.documentElement){
throw("Invalid XML Structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
}
var rootNodeName = xmlResponse.documentElement.nodeName;
if(rootNodeName == "parsererror"){
throw("Invalid XML Structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
}
xmlRoot = xmlResponse.documentElement;
if(rootNodeName != "root" || !xmlRoot.firstChild){
throw("Invalid XML structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
}
//Get response and load it into drop down
responseText = xmlRoot;
var sel = document.getElementById("selServiceCode");
sel.options.length = 0;
var opt = document.createElement("option");
document.getElementById("selServiceCode").options.add(opt);
for(var i=0; i < responseText.childElementCount; i++){
var newOpt = new Option(responseText.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].textContent,responseText.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].textContent);
sel.options[sel.options.length] = newOpt;
}
}
The PHP page creating the XML file
<?php
header('content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8');
include("../includes/DBConn.php");
$vCode = $_GET['vCode'];
///Setup cursers and proc command
$curs = OCI_New_Cursor($c);
$stmt = OCI_Parse($c,"begin schema.package.procedure(:var_code, :expected_cv); end;");
OCI_Bind_By_Name($stmt, ":var_code", $vCode);
OCI_Bind_By_Name($stmt,":expected_cv",&$curs,-1,OCI_B_CURSOR);
//execute statment and cursors
oci_execute($stmt);
oci_execute($curs);
//Create xml document
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$root = $dom->createElement('root');
$root = $dom->appendChild($root);
//loop through results of Proc
while (ocifetchinto($curs,&$vendor_cv )) {
//Add node for each row
$occ = $dom->createElement("cell");
$occ = $root->appendChild($occ);
//Id Value
$id = "value";
$child = $dom->createElement($id);
$child = $occ->appendChild($child);
//Here is the actual value
$id = $vendor_cv[1];
$value = $dom->createTextNode($id);
$value = $child->appendChild($value);
//Id text
$id = "text";
$child = $dom->createElement($id);
$child = $occ->appendChild($child);
//Here is the actual value
$id = $vendor_cv[1];
$value = $dom->createTextNode($id);
$value = $child->appendChild($value);
}
//Close xml tags and save.
$xmlString = $dom->saveXML();
//Echo XML back to Transaction_Update.js
echo $xmlString;
?>
Here is how you do it in jQuery
1) Include jQuery library in your head section of the page. (here i am refering it from the google cdn)
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
In your javascript
$("#stateDropDown").change(function(){
var stateId=$("#stateDropDown").val();
$.ajax({
url: 'getcities.php?stateid='+stateId,
success: function(data) {
$("cityDropDown").html(data);
}
});
});
Assuming you have a HTML select element with id "stateDropDown" for states and another one with id "cityDropDown" for cities.
The above code will do the follolwing
1) When the value of state dropdown changes, it executes the inside code.
2 ) Reade the selected item value and store it in a variable called stateId.
3) Using the jQuery ajax method , it makes a call to getcities.php page with a query string key called stateid
4) when we get a response from the ajax call, the control flow will be in the part called "success" handler. there we are receiving the response in a variable called data.
5) setting the received response (data) as the inner html of the city dropdown.
Assuming the getcities.php page will return some output like this
<option value='1'>Ann Arbor</option>
<option value='2'>Dexter</option>
<option value='3'>Novi</option>
jQuery will take care of your cross browser issues. Yes its is well tested and everybody is using it.
http://www.jquery.com
You can change your for loop in handleServerResponse to the following to fix this issue:
for(var i=0; i < responseText.childNodes.length; i++){
var node = responseText.childNodes[i];
var text = node.childNodes[1].text ? node.childNodes[1].text : node.childNodes[1].textContent;
var value = node.childNodes[0].text ? node.childNodes[0].text : node.childNodes[0].textContent;
var newOpt = new Option(text,value);
sel.options[sel.options.length] = newOpt;
}