jQuery POST values to PHP script - php

Question

I want to post some values from a simple HTML form, validate them with an ajax call and if successful submit to a PHP script and redirect to that script. I have got the ajax part set up, just not sure how to post and redirect (as if you would on a standard form submit without ajax).
Here's what I have:
HTML:
<div id=audiencesearch>
<h1>Audience Search</h1>
<form id="audiencesearchform">
<p>Passion Point</p>
<select id="passionselect">
<option selected="selected">Please select</option>
<option>3D</option>
<option>Music</option>
<option>Playstation</option>
</select>
<p>Gender Bias</p>
<select id="genderselect">
<option selected="selected">Please select</option>
<option>Male</option>
<option>Female</option>
</select>
<p>Sort Group By Age Range</p>
<select id="ageselect">
<option selected="selected">Please select</option>
<option>Under 21</option>
<option>21 - 30</option>
<option>31 - 40</option>
<option>41 - 50</option>
</select>
<br/>
<br/>
<input onClick="ajaxaudiencesearch()" class="submitaudiencesearch" value="Search" type="button"/>
Ajax Call:
<script type="text/javascript">
function ajaxaudiencesearch(){
var passionpoint = $("select#passionselect").val();
var genderbias = $("select#genderselect").val();
var agerange = $("select#ageselect").val();
var passedstring = 'passion='+ passionpoint + '&gender=' + genderbias + '&age=' + agerange;
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "processaudiencesearch.php",
data: passedstring,
success:function(retval){
if (retval == 'oktoprocess'){
audiencesearchprocess();
} else {
audiencesearcherror();
}
}
})
}
function audiencesearcherror(){
$('#audienceerror').html('GOTTA SELECT EM ALL');
}
function audiencesearchprocess(){
window.location.href = "searchresults.php";
//THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO POST AND MOVE TO SEARCHRESULTS.PHP
}
</script>
PHP to handle Ajax:
<?php
include('sonymysqlconnect.php');
session_start();
$nullselection = "Please select";
//get the posted values
$postedpassion = ($_POST['passion']);
$postedgender = ($_POST['gender']);
$postedage = ($_POST['age']);
if (($postedpassion != $nullselection ) && ($postedgender != $nullselection ) && ($postedage != $nullselection)){
echo 'oktoprocess';
} else {
echo 'error';
}
?>
Preferably I could achieve this using jQuery. I'm sure it's extremely simple but I'm not sure how to do it?!
It's worth mentioning that this is all set up correctly. I have used PHP includes.
Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

Why not add action and method attributes to your form and then submit it with .submit()?

Answer 2

With plain html / php it is not even really a true redirect, its just the url value in "action" that can be found in the form element
<form action="/someUrl/someAction" method="POST">
...
</form>
If you're doing it with ajax (jquery), you'd say:
$.ajax({
url: '/someUrl/someAction',
type: 'POST',
data: {
argName1: 'argVal1',
argName2: 'argVal2'
},
success: function( response ) {
// keep in mind that response is usually in json...
// which means you'd be accessing
// the data in object notation: response.data.someVal
if(response == 'whatYouWanted') {
//do something... like redirect?
window.location = '/new/page';
}
});