Im using the following (seemingly common) method to save scroll position on submit in a php page:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- script for scroll position on submit -->
function saveScrollPositions(theForm) {
if(theForm) {
var scrolly = typeof window.pageYOffset != 'undefined' ? window.pageYOffset : document.documentElement.scrollTop;
var scrollx = typeof window.pageXOffset != 'undefined' ? window.pageXOffset : document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
theForm.scrollx.value = scrollx;
theForm.scrolly.value = scrolly;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="ReportForm<?php echo $userNumber; ?>" name="ReportForm" method="POST" action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" onsubmit="return saveScrollPositions(this);">
<input type="hidden" name="scrollx" id="scrollx" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="scrolly" id="scrolly" value="0" />
-- various form controls here --
</form>
<?php
$scrollx = 0;
$scrolly = 0;
if(!empty($_REQUEST['scrollx'])) {
$scrollx = $_REQUEST['scrollx'];
}
if(!empty($_REQUEST['scrolly'])) {
$scrolly = $_REQUEST['scrolly'];
}
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.scrollTo(<?php echo "$scrollx" ?>, <?php echo "$scrolly" ?>);
</script>
</body>
In the body the form is wrapped by a repeat region to get multiple reports from a database, but each form in the loaded page at runtime needs a unique id, so in the form tag i have:
id="reportForm<?php echo $userNumber ?>"
which causes the saveScrollPositions to fail. Removing the userNumber that is tacked on to the end works. Any idea how i can fix this?
I very much appreciate any help you can offer on this and thank you in anticipation.
Kind regards,
John
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I am using Pure JS to first prevent the form from submitting then I have some validation code and finally automatic submission but the data is not passing from client side to server script.
Here is the HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Chat Room</title>
<link type="text/css" href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="main.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" class="add-nick">
<h3>Enter Your Name</h3>
<form action="chat.php" method="post" id="add-nicki">
<input type="text" placeholder="At least 6 alphabets e.g. Jackson" class="text" name="name" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="submit" name="btnsubmit" />
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The JS:
window.onload = function() {
document.forms[0].onsubmit = function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var regexp = new RegExp("^[A-Za-z]+$"),
elem = this.elements[0],
value = elem.value;
if(regexp.test(value) && typeof value != "null" && value.length > 5) {
elem.className = "text correct";
var formElem = this;
setTimeout(function() { formElem.submit(); }, 0);
}
else elem.className = "text wrong";
};
};
The PHP file:
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['btnsubmit'])) {
$_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'];
echo $_SESSION['name'];
}
else {
if(!isset($_SESSION['name']))
echo "Header";
else
echo $_SESSION['name'];
}
?>
Is there something wrong or JS submit function is not functioning properly ?
The request parameter corresponding to a submit button is only passed if the form is submitted as a result of clicking that button. That's not the case here since you suppress the original form submit (the one triggered by the button), then later call formElem.submit() from JavaScript; no button click means no request parameter, and therefore isset($_POST['btnsubmit']) in your PHP script won't ever return true.
One solution might be to add the btnsubmit parameter to the form's action before submitting it:
formElem.action += (formElem.action.indexOf('?') == -1 ? '?btnsubmit=Submit' : '&btnsubmit=Submit');
Here's my JS code...
function da(){
var a=document.forms["user"]["age"].value;
if(this.age.value < 18 || this.age.value > 85) {
alert('some text...');
this.age.focus();
return false;
}else{
window.location.href='file.php?&'+a;
}
}
It simply passes the parameters to the page where I'm standing...
Here's the form just in case (I'm a beginner keep in mind)...
<form name="buscar" method="GET"> Some text <input onmouseover="Aj2('d');document.getElementById('box').style.display='block';" onmouseout="clean();" type="number" name="age" id="age" > Age <div id="help" ><!-- --> </div><br />
<input type="button" value="Send" onclick="da()">
</form>
The Aj2 function is not the problem here...
Thanks for any help y might get...
Just a thought, if you don't actually have to reload the page and just want to get information to your javascript code from PHP, you could do something like
<script>
<?
$phpvariable = "my variable";
?>
var jsvariable = <?php echo json_encode($phpvariable); ?>;
</script>
Now the javascript variable, jsvariable, will hold the PHP variable's content.
Some thing like this I am not a expert.
$('button name').on('click', function() {
var age_ = document.getElemenetById('age');
$.get('path of your file', {'age' : age_}, function(resp) {
// code to pass parameter
alert(age_);
});
});
I'm trying to display data from mysql on the same page that i've got my form with checkboxes. The question is how to write js script that gonna display it.
The code is:
<form id="myForm" action="pdoakcja.php" method="post">
<!--Instruktor: <input type="text" name="name" /> -->
Permissions:<input type="checkbox" name="M1" value="M1" />M1
<input type="checkbox" name="M2" value="M2" />M2
<input type="submit" value="Szukaj" />
</form>
<div id='name-data'>Instruktorzy o podanych uprawnieniach:</div>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script>
............??????
</script>
You could solve your problem by using jquery form plugin, which will help you to submit the form without having to reload the page and show you the return from your target page in the same page. Just follow the instructions:
Download this jquery form plugin first and save it.
Then
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>
<!-- This jquery.form.js is for Submitting form data using jquery and Ajax -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.form.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var options = {
success: showResponse
};
// bind form using 'ajaxForm'
$('#myForm').ajaxForm(options);
});
// post-submit callback
function showResponse(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form) {
if(responseText==1){
$("#error").html('No Result Found');
} else{
$("#result").html(responseText);
}
}
</script>
<form id="myForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="pdoakcja.php"
method="post" name="myForm">
<!--Instruktor: <input type="text" name="name" /> -->
Permissions:<input type="checkbox" name="M1" value="M1" />M1
<input type="checkbox" name="M2" value="M2" />M2
<input type="submit" value="Szukaj" />
</form>
<span id="error"></span>
<span id="result"></span>
YOUR pdoakcja.php file: (I have got the following code from your another post here, haven't checked it though)
<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM permissions WHERE m LIKE '".$_POST['M1']."' OR m LIKE '".$_POST['M2']."' OR mn LIKE '".$_POST['MN1']."' ");
if($query) {
while($permissions = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)){
$query2 = mysql_query("SELECT name_surname FROM instruktorzy WHERE instruktor_id='".$permissions['instruktor_id']."'");
while($Mdwa = mysql_fetch_assoc($query2)){
echo "<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: #FFFFFF\"> ".$Mdwa['name_surname']."<br />" ; "</p>" ;
}
}
} else {echo "1";}
?>
I hope this will work for you. For detail information you could study the jquery form plugin's website.
Heres a pseudo example showing how you can do it with jQuery, this will also update as you click the check box so you could remove the submit altogether;
You say you already have a database doing the job so I wont include that. Just copy and paste.
<?php
//Some pseudo data kinda as your receive it from a query
$datafromSql = array(
array('id'=>1,'permission'=>'M1','theData'=>'User has M1 permission'),
array('id'=>2,'permission'=>'M2','theData'=>'User has M2 permission'),
array('id'=>3,'permission'=>'M1','theData'=>'User has M1 permission'),
array('id'=>4,'permission'=>'M1','theData'=>'User has M1 permission'),
);
//Access the data
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST'){
$is_ajax = false;
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) === 'xmlhttprequest'){
$is_ajax = true;
}
//pseudo code, really you would put your query here
// SELECT theData FROM your_table WHERE permission=POST_VALUE ... ...
//And then format your output
$result=array();
foreach($datafromSql as $row){
if($is_ajax == true){
foreach($_POST as $key=>$value){
if($_POST[$key] == 'true' && $row['permission']==$key){
$result[]=$row['theData'].'<br />';
}
}
}else{
foreach($_POST as $key=>$value){
if($_POST[$key] == $row['permission']){
$result[]=$row['theData'].'<br />';
}
}
}
}
$result = implode('<hr />',$result);
//AJAX Response, echo and then die.
if($is_ajax === true){
header('Content-Type: text/html');
//example output sent back to the jQuery callback
echo $result;
//echo '<pre>'.print_r($_POST,true).'</pre>';
die;
}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.7.2.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function update(){
$.post('./<?php echo basename(__FILE__)?>',
{
M1: $("#M1").is(':checked'),
M2: $("#M2").is(':checked')
},
function(data) {
$('#result').replaceWith('<div id="result"><h1>The Result:</h1>'+ data +'</div>');
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo basename(__FILE__)?>">
Permissions:
<input type="checkbox" id="M1" name="M1" value="M1" onChange="update()"/>M1
<input type="checkbox" id="M2" name="M2" value="M2" onChange="update()"/>M2
<input type="submit" value="Szukaj" />
</form>
<p id='result'><?php echo isset($result)?$result:null;?></p>
</body>
</html>
You should use the PHP MySQL functions to retrieve the data you want from your database and then display them via PHP, not javascript.
Especially have a look at this: mysql_fetch_assoc - there is a fully working example.
Though a novice in javascript, I need to take javascript variable (an array) reflecting what a user has done on client side and post it to a PHP server page on submit.
It was suggested that I include this as a value in a hidden field in a form to post to the php page. However, since the JS variable is dynamically created by the user, I can't write to the page for inclusion in the form unless I call a function that refreshes the page. To avoid a double page refresh, I'd prefer to have the submit function both grab the data and simultaneously post it to the php script. AJAX if I understand correctly, should not be needed because I'm okay reloading the page once on submit. I just don't want to reload twice.
The following uses the function suggested by Andrew to set the js variable and post. Th form posts as I get the other hidden variable in the form but I am not getting the variable set by js, possibly because there is a mistake with the naming of the variables.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
select
{
width:100px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/Javascript">
function moveToRightOrLeft(side)
{
if (side == 1)
{
var list1 = document.getElementById('selectLeft');
var list2 = document.getElementById('selectRight');
}
else
{
var list1 = document.getElementById('selectRight');
var list2 = document.getElementById('selectLeft');
}
if (list1.options.length == 0)
{
alert('The list is empty');
return false;
}
else
{
var selectedItem = list1.options[list1.selectedIndex];
move(list2, selectedItem.value, selectedItem.text);
list1.remove(list1.selectedIndex);
if (list1.options.length > 0)
list1.options[0].selected = true;
}
return true;
}
function move(listBoxTo, optionValue, optionDisplayText)
{
var newOption = document.createElement("option");
newOption.value = optionValue;
newOption.text = optionDisplayText;
listBoxTo.add(newOption, null);
return true;
}
function postData(listBoxID)
{
var options = document.getElementById(listBoxID).options;
for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
window.location = "posttoserver.php?data="+options[i].value;
}
function setTheValue(val) {
var options = document.getElementById(listBoxID).options;
var form = document.forms['myForm'];
hiddenField = oFormObject.elements["data"];
hiddenField.value = "val";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<select id="selectLeft" multiple="multiple">
<option value="1">Value 1</option>
<option value="2">Value 2</option>
<option value="3">Value 3</option>
</select>
<button onclick="moveToRightOrLeft(2)"><</button>
<button onclick="moveToRightOrLeft(1)">></button>
<select id="selectRight" multiple="multiple">
</select>
<form id="myForm" action="getdata.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="data" />
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="savedit">
<button onclick="setTheValue(options)">Submit Data</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
On the other end I have in getdata.php:
<?php
$mode = $_REQUEST['mode'];
$option = $_REQUEST['data'];
echo $mode;
echo $option;
print_r ($option);;
?>
Finally solved it days later with document.getElementById('varname').value
For newbs like me, document.getElementById does not merely retrieve data as you might think and most documentation mentions. It also sets data.
The key is to write the statement backwards and also (as you must do to retrieve a value) put id== into the element you want to set.
If you write var test = document.getElementById('text'); and you have put id="text" in some field, it will retrieve the value of text. That's what the usual documentation mentions. However, if you write:
document.getElementById('varname').value = "dog"
it will insert "dog" into the element that contains id=varname.
While that may be obvious to the more experienced, it certainly confused me.
Following code works.
<html>
<head>
<script>
function Post(data)
{
document.getElementById('varname').value = data
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action = "" method="get">
<input id="varname" type="hidden" name="d">
<button onclick="Post('dog')">Post to Server</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
You can go ahead and create a form like you normally would with an empty hidden field:
<form id="myForm" action="posttoserver.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="data" />
...
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
And you can use a JavaScript function to set the value of the hidden field:
function setTheValue(val) {
var form = document.forms['myForm'];
hiddenField = oFormObject.elements["data"];
hiddenField.value = "val";
}
You can then call the function setTheValue(val) when your button is clicked or whatever.
I hope this helps!
jQuery actually makes this very simple. You have the right idea but using window.location is going to change your page. What you are looking to do is make a async request to another url while you remain on your current page.
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
I am posting a form in an expressionengine (1.6.8) template. I'm doing it using jquery but have tried an HTML form too - same result. The PHP superglobal $_POST is empty after posting the form, even though I have PHP enabled on my templates (on input for the template containing the form and output on the processing template) and can see the POST variables in firebug.
Can anyone suggest what might cause this?
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/_scripts/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="/select-locale/processing" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="test"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<a id="test" href="">link</a>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$('#test').bind('click', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var path = "/select-locale/processing"
var form = $('<form/>');
form.attr("method", "post");
form.attr("action", path);
var field = $('<input></input>');
field.attr("type", "hidden");
field.attr("name", 'locale');
field.attr("value", 'NZ');
form.append(field);
$('body').append(form);
form.submit();
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
server-side code (inherited, not my own) :
<?php
var_dump($_POST);
var_dump($_GET);exit;
if ( ! isset($_POST['locale']))
{
$locale = FALSE;
$returnPage = "/";
}
else
{
$locale = $_POST['locale'];
$returnPage = $_POST['returnPage'];
}
if (isset($_GET['locale'])) {
$locale = $_GET['locale'];
$returnPage = "/";
?>
{exp:cookie_plus:set name="cklocale" value="<?php echo $locale;?>" seconds="2678400"}
{exp:session_variables:set name="userLocale" value="<?php echo $locale;?>"} <?php
}
?>
{exp:cookie_plus:set name="cklocale" value="<?php echo $locale;?>" seconds="2678400"}
{exp:session_variables:set name="userLocale" value="<?php echo $locale;?>"}
{exp:session_variables:get name="testSession"}
{if '{exp:session_variables:get name="testSession"}'=='yes' }
{redirect="<?php echo $returnPage;?>"}
{if:else}
{redirect="/nocookies/"}
{/if}
check the network tab if the parameters you want are really sent out
check the url if it's correct
if you use any sort of routing mechanism or url rewrite, you might wanna review it also
check your validation and XSS rules (if any) as it may reject the whole array once hints of XSS is found.
happened to me a while ago (CI) and i was sending it to the wrong url
You might want to re-check the action attribute, are u sure you're sending the data to the right url? I doubt that anything could be filtered.
it seems like form is getting submitted twice because of either action attribute of form tag or oath value in jquery function
It may be useful
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body name="test">
<form action="/select-locale/processing" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="test"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<a id="test" href="">link</a>
</body>
</html>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$('#test').bind('click', function(){
var form ='<form action="/select-locale/processing" name="newform" method="POST"><input type="hidden1" name="locale" value="NZ"></form>';
$('body').append(form);
alert('added');
document.newform.submit();
});
});
</script>`