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I have a classifieds website, and on the page where ads are showed, I am creating a "Send a tip to a friend" form...
So anybody who wants can send a tip of the ad to some friends email-adress.
I am guessing the form must be submitted to a php page right?
<form name="tip" method="post" action="tip.php">
Tip somebody:
<input
name="tip_email"
type="text"
size="30"
onfocus="tip_div(1);"
onblur="tip_div(2);"
/>
<input type="submit" value="Skicka Tips" />
<input type="hidden" name="ad_id" />
</form>
When submitting the form, the page gets reloaded... I don't want that...
Is there any way to make it not reload and still send the mail?
Preferrably without ajax or jquery...
I've found what I think is an easier way.
If you put an Iframe in the page, you can redirect the exit of the action there and make it show up.
You can do nothing, of course. In that case, you can set the iframe display to none.
<iframe name="votar" style="display:none;"></iframe>
<form action="tip.php" method="post" target="votar">
<input type="submit" value="Skicka Tips">
<input type="hidden" name="ad_id" value="2">
</form>
You'll need to submit an ajax request to send the email without reloading the page. Take a look at http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
Your code should be something along the lines of:
$('#submit').click(function() {
$.ajax({
url: 'send_email.php',
type: 'POST',
data: {
email: 'email#example.com',
message: 'hello world!'
},
success: function(msg) {
alert('Email Sent');
}
});
});
The form will submit in the background to the send_email.php page which will need to handle the request and send the email.
You either use AJAX or you
create and append an iframe to the document
set the iframes name to 'foo'
set the forms target to 'foo'
submit
have the forms action render javascript with 'parent.notify(...)' to give feedback
optionally you can remove the iframe
Fastest and easiest way is to use an iframe.
Put a frame at the bottom of your page.
<iframe name="frame"></iframe>
And in your form do this.
<form target="frame">
</form>
and to make the frame invisible in your css.
iframe{
display: none;
}
SUBMITTING THE FORM WITHOUT RELOADING THE PAGE AND GET THE RESULT OF SUBMITTED DATA ON THE SAME PAGE.
Here's some of the code I found on the internet that solves this problem :
1.) IFRAME
When the form is submitted, The action will be executed and target the specific iframe to reload.
index.php
<iframe name="content" style="">
</iframe>
<form action="iframe_content.php" method="post" target="content">
<input type="text" name="Name" value="">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
iframe_content.php
<?php
$Submit = isset($_POST['Submit']) ? $_POST['Submit'] : false;
$Name = isset($_POST['Name']) ? $_POST['Name'] : '';
if($Submit){
echo $Name;
}
?>
2.) AJAX
Index.php:
<form >
<input type="" name="name" id="name">
<input type="" name="descr" id="descr">
<input type="submit" name="" value="submit" onclick="return clickButton();">
</form>
<p id="msg"></p>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function clickButton(){
var name=document.getElementById('name').value;
var descr=document.getElementById('descr').value;
$.ajax({
type:"post",
url:"server_action.php",
data:
{
'name' :name,
'descr' :descr
},
cache:false,
success: function (html)
{
alert('Data Send');
$('#msg').html(html);
}
});
return false;
}
</script>
server_action.php
<?php
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
$descr = isset($_POST['descr']) ? $_POST['descr'] : '';
echo $name;
echo $descr;
?>
Tags: phpajaxjqueryserversidehtml
A further possibility is to make a direct javascript link to your function:
<form action="javascript:your_function();" method="post">
...
It's a must to take help of jquery-ajax in this case. Without ajax, there is currently no solution.
First, call a JavaScript function when the form is submitted. Just set onsubmit="func()". Even if the function is called, the default action of the submission would be performed. If it is performed there would be no way of stoping the page from refreshing or redirecting. So, next task is to prevent the default action. Insert the following line at the start of func().
event.preventDefault()
Now, there will be no redirecting or refreshing. So, you simply make an ajax call from func() and do whatever you want to do when call ends.
Example:
Form:
<form id="form-id" onsubmit="func()">
<input id="input-id" type="text">
</form>
Javascript:
function func(){
event.preventDefault();
var newValue = $('#input-field-id').val();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '...',
data: {...},
datatype: 'JSON',
success: function(data){...},
error: function(){...},
});
}
this is exactly how it CAN work without jQuery and AJAX and it's working very well using a simple iFrame. I LOVE IT, works in Opera10, FF3 and IE6. Thanks to some of the above posters pointing me the right direction, that's the only reason I am posting here:
<select name="aAddToPage[65654]"
onchange="
if (bCanAddMore) {
addToPage(65654,this);
}
else {
alert('Could not add another, wait until previous is added.');
this.options[0].selected = true;
};
" />
<option value="">Add to page..</option>
[more options with values here]</select>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addToPage(iProduct, oSelect){
iPage = oSelect.options[oSelect.selectedIndex].value;
if (iPage != "") {
bCanAddMore = false;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.iProduct.value = iProduct;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.iAddToPage.value = iPage;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.submit();
}
}
var bCanAddMore = true;</script>
<iframe name="hiddenFrame" style="display:none;" src="frame.php?p=addProductToPage" onload="bCanAddMore = true;"></iframe>
the php code generating the page that is being called above:
if( $_GET['p'] == 'addProductToPage' ){ // hidden form processing
if(!empty($_POST['iAddToPage'])) {
//.. do something with it..
}
print('
<html>
<body>
<form name="formFrame" id="formFrameId" style="display:none;" method="POST" action="frame.php?p=addProductToPage" >
<input type="hidden" name="iProduct" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="iAddToPage" value="" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
');
}
This should solve your problem.In this code after submit button click we call jquery ajax and we pass url to posttype POST/GET
data: data information you can select input fields or any other.
sucess: callback if everything is ok from server
function parameter text, html or json, response from server
in sucess you can write write warnings if data you got is in some kind of state and so on. or execute your code what to do next.
<form id='tip'>
Tip somebody: <input name="tip_email" id="tip_email" type="text" size="30" onfocus="tip_div(1);" onblur="tip_div(2);"/>
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Skicka Tips"/>
<input type="hidden" id="ad_id" name="ad_id" />
</form>
<script>
$( "#tip" ).submit(function( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
url: tip.php,
type:'POST',
data:
{
tip_email: $('#tip_email').val(),
ad_id: $('#ad_id').val()
},
success: function(msg)
{
alert('Email Sent');
}
});
});
</script>
You can try setting the target attribute of your form to a hidden iframe, so the page containing the form won't get reloaded.
I tried it with file uploads (which we know can't be done via AJAX), and it worked beautifully.
Have you tried using an iFrame? No ajax, and the original page will not load.
You can display the submit form as a separate page inside the iframe, and when it gets submitted the outer/container page will not reload. This solution will not make use of any kind of ajax.
function Foo(){
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax( {
url:"<?php echo base_url();?>Controllername/ctlr_function",
type:"POST",
data:'email='+$("#email").val(),
success:function(msg) {
alert('You are subscribed');
}
} );
}
I tried many times for a good solution and answer by #taufique helped me to arrive at this answer.
NB : Don't forget to put event.preventDefault(); at the beginning of the body of the function .
I did something similar to the jquery above, but I needed to reset my form data and graphic attachment canvases.
So here is what I came up with:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#text_only_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
});
$("#pic_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").show();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
});
$("#gallery_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").show();
});
$("#my_Submit_button_ID").click(function() {
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
var url = "script_the_form_gets_posted_to.php";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $("#html_form_id").serialize(),
success: function(){
document.getElementById("html_form_id").reset();
var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
var canvasA=document.getElementById("canvasA");
var canvasB=document.getElementById("canvasB");
var canvasC=document.getElementById("canvasC");
var canvasD=document.getElementById("canvasD");
var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");
var ctxA=canvasA.getContext("2d");
var ctxB=canvasB.getContext("2d");
var ctxC=canvasC.getContext("2d");
var ctxD=canvasD.getContext("2d");
ctx.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxA.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxB.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxC.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxD.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
} });
return false;
}); });
</script>
That works well for me, for your application of just an html form, we can simplify this jquery code like this:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#my_Submit_button_ID").click(function() {
var url = "script_the_form_gets_posted_to.php";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $("#html_form_id").serialize(),
success: function(){
document.getElementById("html_form_id").reset();
} });
return false;
}); });
</script>
I don't know JavaScript and I just started to learn PHP, so what helped for me from all those responses was:
Create inedx.php and insert:
<iframe name="email" style=""></iframe>
<form action="email.php" method="post" target="email">
<input type="email" name="email" >
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Create email.php and insert this code to check if you are getting the data (you should see it on index.php in the iframe):
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$email = $_POST['email'];
echo $email;
}
?>
If everything is ok, change the code on email.php to:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = "Test email";
$message = "Test message";
$headers = "From: test#test.com \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: test#test.com \r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}
?>
Hope this helps for all other rookies like me :)
Modern Answer without XHR or jQuery
It's 2022, we don't need to use old tools like XHR or jQuery when we have the Fetch API and the FormData API!
The first thing we need to do is prevent the default form submission behavior from occurring with event.preventDefault():
form.addEventListener("submit", function(event){
event.preventDefault();
// ...
});
Now we need to replace the submission behavior with our own AJAX request. The Fetch API makes it pretty simple to post form data - just create a new FormData object, populating it with the form's values, and use it as the body of a fetch request:
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form))
});
Note that this submits an HTTP request using the multipart/form-data format. If you need to post the data using application/x-www-form-urlencoded, create a new URLSearchParams object from the FormData object and use that as the fetch's body.
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form))
});
Here's a full code example:
let form = document.querySelector("form");
form.addEventListener("submit", function(event){
event.preventDefault();
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: //new FormData(form) // for multipart/form-data
new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form)) //for application/x-www-form-urlencoded
});
});
<form method="POST">
<input name="name" placeholder="Name" />
<input name="phone" type="tel" placeholder="Phone" />
<input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" />
</form>
The page will get reloaded if you don't want to use javascript
You will need to use JavaScript without resulting to an iframe (ugly approach).
You can do it in JavaScript; using jQuery will make it painless.
I suggest you check out AJAX and Posting.
if you're submitting to the same page where the form is you could write the form tags with out an action and it will submit, like this
<form method='post'> <!-- you can see there is no action here-->
Here is some jQuery for posting to a php page and getting html back:
$('form').submit(function() {
$.post('tip.php', function(html) {
// do what you need in your success callback
}
return false;
});
I have a classifieds website, and on the page where ads are showed, I am creating a "Send a tip to a friend" form...
So anybody who wants can send a tip of the ad to some friends email-adress.
I am guessing the form must be submitted to a php page right?
<form name="tip" method="post" action="tip.php">
Tip somebody:
<input
name="tip_email"
type="text"
size="30"
onfocus="tip_div(1);"
onblur="tip_div(2);"
/>
<input type="submit" value="Skicka Tips" />
<input type="hidden" name="ad_id" />
</form>
When submitting the form, the page gets reloaded... I don't want that...
Is there any way to make it not reload and still send the mail?
Preferrably without ajax or jquery...
I've found what I think is an easier way.
If you put an Iframe in the page, you can redirect the exit of the action there and make it show up.
You can do nothing, of course. In that case, you can set the iframe display to none.
<iframe name="votar" style="display:none;"></iframe>
<form action="tip.php" method="post" target="votar">
<input type="submit" value="Skicka Tips">
<input type="hidden" name="ad_id" value="2">
</form>
You'll need to submit an ajax request to send the email without reloading the page. Take a look at http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
Your code should be something along the lines of:
$('#submit').click(function() {
$.ajax({
url: 'send_email.php',
type: 'POST',
data: {
email: 'email#example.com',
message: 'hello world!'
},
success: function(msg) {
alert('Email Sent');
}
});
});
The form will submit in the background to the send_email.php page which will need to handle the request and send the email.
You either use AJAX or you
create and append an iframe to the document
set the iframes name to 'foo'
set the forms target to 'foo'
submit
have the forms action render javascript with 'parent.notify(...)' to give feedback
optionally you can remove the iframe
Fastest and easiest way is to use an iframe.
Put a frame at the bottom of your page.
<iframe name="frame"></iframe>
And in your form do this.
<form target="frame">
</form>
and to make the frame invisible in your css.
iframe{
display: none;
}
SUBMITTING THE FORM WITHOUT RELOADING THE PAGE AND GET THE RESULT OF SUBMITTED DATA ON THE SAME PAGE.
Here's some of the code I found on the internet that solves this problem :
1.) IFRAME
When the form is submitted, The action will be executed and target the specific iframe to reload.
index.php
<iframe name="content" style="">
</iframe>
<form action="iframe_content.php" method="post" target="content">
<input type="text" name="Name" value="">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
iframe_content.php
<?php
$Submit = isset($_POST['Submit']) ? $_POST['Submit'] : false;
$Name = isset($_POST['Name']) ? $_POST['Name'] : '';
if($Submit){
echo $Name;
}
?>
2.) AJAX
Index.php:
<form >
<input type="" name="name" id="name">
<input type="" name="descr" id="descr">
<input type="submit" name="" value="submit" onclick="return clickButton();">
</form>
<p id="msg"></p>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function clickButton(){
var name=document.getElementById('name').value;
var descr=document.getElementById('descr').value;
$.ajax({
type:"post",
url:"server_action.php",
data:
{
'name' :name,
'descr' :descr
},
cache:false,
success: function (html)
{
alert('Data Send');
$('#msg').html(html);
}
});
return false;
}
</script>
server_action.php
<?php
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
$descr = isset($_POST['descr']) ? $_POST['descr'] : '';
echo $name;
echo $descr;
?>
Tags: phpajaxjqueryserversidehtml
A further possibility is to make a direct javascript link to your function:
<form action="javascript:your_function();" method="post">
...
It's a must to take help of jquery-ajax in this case. Without ajax, there is currently no solution.
First, call a JavaScript function when the form is submitted. Just set onsubmit="func()". Even if the function is called, the default action of the submission would be performed. If it is performed there would be no way of stoping the page from refreshing or redirecting. So, next task is to prevent the default action. Insert the following line at the start of func().
event.preventDefault()
Now, there will be no redirecting or refreshing. So, you simply make an ajax call from func() and do whatever you want to do when call ends.
Example:
Form:
<form id="form-id" onsubmit="func()">
<input id="input-id" type="text">
</form>
Javascript:
function func(){
event.preventDefault();
var newValue = $('#input-field-id').val();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '...',
data: {...},
datatype: 'JSON',
success: function(data){...},
error: function(){...},
});
}
this is exactly how it CAN work without jQuery and AJAX and it's working very well using a simple iFrame. I LOVE IT, works in Opera10, FF3 and IE6. Thanks to some of the above posters pointing me the right direction, that's the only reason I am posting here:
<select name="aAddToPage[65654]"
onchange="
if (bCanAddMore) {
addToPage(65654,this);
}
else {
alert('Could not add another, wait until previous is added.');
this.options[0].selected = true;
};
" />
<option value="">Add to page..</option>
[more options with values here]</select>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addToPage(iProduct, oSelect){
iPage = oSelect.options[oSelect.selectedIndex].value;
if (iPage != "") {
bCanAddMore = false;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.iProduct.value = iProduct;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.iAddToPage.value = iPage;
window.hiddenFrame.document.formFrame.submit();
}
}
var bCanAddMore = true;</script>
<iframe name="hiddenFrame" style="display:none;" src="frame.php?p=addProductToPage" onload="bCanAddMore = true;"></iframe>
the php code generating the page that is being called above:
if( $_GET['p'] == 'addProductToPage' ){ // hidden form processing
if(!empty($_POST['iAddToPage'])) {
//.. do something with it..
}
print('
<html>
<body>
<form name="formFrame" id="formFrameId" style="display:none;" method="POST" action="frame.php?p=addProductToPage" >
<input type="hidden" name="iProduct" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="iAddToPage" value="" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
');
}
This should solve your problem.In this code after submit button click we call jquery ajax and we pass url to posttype POST/GET
data: data information you can select input fields or any other.
sucess: callback if everything is ok from server
function parameter text, html or json, response from server
in sucess you can write write warnings if data you got is in some kind of state and so on. or execute your code what to do next.
<form id='tip'>
Tip somebody: <input name="tip_email" id="tip_email" type="text" size="30" onfocus="tip_div(1);" onblur="tip_div(2);"/>
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Skicka Tips"/>
<input type="hidden" id="ad_id" name="ad_id" />
</form>
<script>
$( "#tip" ).submit(function( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
url: tip.php,
type:'POST',
data:
{
tip_email: $('#tip_email').val(),
ad_id: $('#ad_id').val()
},
success: function(msg)
{
alert('Email Sent');
}
});
});
</script>
You can try setting the target attribute of your form to a hidden iframe, so the page containing the form won't get reloaded.
I tried it with file uploads (which we know can't be done via AJAX), and it worked beautifully.
Have you tried using an iFrame? No ajax, and the original page will not load.
You can display the submit form as a separate page inside the iframe, and when it gets submitted the outer/container page will not reload. This solution will not make use of any kind of ajax.
function Foo(){
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax( {
url:"<?php echo base_url();?>Controllername/ctlr_function",
type:"POST",
data:'email='+$("#email").val(),
success:function(msg) {
alert('You are subscribed');
}
} );
}
I tried many times for a good solution and answer by #taufique helped me to arrive at this answer.
NB : Don't forget to put event.preventDefault(); at the beginning of the body of the function .
I did something similar to the jquery above, but I needed to reset my form data and graphic attachment canvases.
So here is what I came up with:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#text_only_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
});
$("#pic_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").show();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
});
$("#gallery_radio_button_id").click(function(){
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").show();
});
$("#my_Submit_button_ID").click(function() {
$("#single_pic_div").hide();
$("#multi_pic_div").hide();
var url = "script_the_form_gets_posted_to.php";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $("#html_form_id").serialize(),
success: function(){
document.getElementById("html_form_id").reset();
var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
var canvasA=document.getElementById("canvasA");
var canvasB=document.getElementById("canvasB");
var canvasC=document.getElementById("canvasC");
var canvasD=document.getElementById("canvasD");
var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");
var ctxA=canvasA.getContext("2d");
var ctxB=canvasB.getContext("2d");
var ctxC=canvasC.getContext("2d");
var ctxD=canvasD.getContext("2d");
ctx.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxA.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxB.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxC.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
ctxD.clearRect(0, 0,480,480);
} });
return false;
}); });
</script>
That works well for me, for your application of just an html form, we can simplify this jquery code like this:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#my_Submit_button_ID").click(function() {
var url = "script_the_form_gets_posted_to.php";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $("#html_form_id").serialize(),
success: function(){
document.getElementById("html_form_id").reset();
} });
return false;
}); });
</script>
I don't know JavaScript and I just started to learn PHP, so what helped for me from all those responses was:
Create inedx.php and insert:
<iframe name="email" style=""></iframe>
<form action="email.php" method="post" target="email">
<input type="email" name="email" >
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Create email.php and insert this code to check if you are getting the data (you should see it on index.php in the iframe):
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$email = $_POST['email'];
echo $email;
}
?>
If everything is ok, change the code on email.php to:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = "Test email";
$message = "Test message";
$headers = "From: test#test.com \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: test#test.com \r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}
?>
Hope this helps for all other rookies like me :)
Modern Answer without XHR or jQuery
It's 2022, we don't need to use old tools like XHR or jQuery when we have the Fetch API and the FormData API!
The first thing we need to do is prevent the default form submission behavior from occurring with event.preventDefault():
form.addEventListener("submit", function(event){
event.preventDefault();
// ...
});
Now we need to replace the submission behavior with our own AJAX request. The Fetch API makes it pretty simple to post form data - just create a new FormData object, populating it with the form's values, and use it as the body of a fetch request:
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form))
});
Note that this submits an HTTP request using the multipart/form-data format. If you need to post the data using application/x-www-form-urlencoded, create a new URLSearchParams object from the FormData object and use that as the fetch's body.
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form))
});
Here's a full code example:
let form = document.querySelector("form");
form.addEventListener("submit", function(event){
event.preventDefault();
fetch(form.action, {
method: "post",
body: //new FormData(form) // for multipart/form-data
new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form)) //for application/x-www-form-urlencoded
});
});
<form method="POST">
<input name="name" placeholder="Name" />
<input name="phone" type="tel" placeholder="Phone" />
<input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" />
</form>
The page will get reloaded if you don't want to use javascript
You will need to use JavaScript without resulting to an iframe (ugly approach).
You can do it in JavaScript; using jQuery will make it painless.
I suggest you check out AJAX and Posting.
if you're submitting to the same page where the form is you could write the form tags with out an action and it will submit, like this
<form method='post'> <!-- you can see there is no action here-->
Here is some jQuery for posting to a php page and getting html back:
$('form').submit(function() {
$.post('tip.php', function(html) {
// do what you need in your success callback
}
return false;
});
Using the jQuery form plugin, I just want to submit the visible fields (not the hidden ones ) of the form.
HTML:
<div class="result"></div>
<form id="myForm" action="comment.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Comment: <textarea name="comment"></textarea>
<div style="display:none;">
<input type="text" value="" name="name_1" />
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Submit Comment" />
</form>
I cannot find a way to submit only the visible fields using any of the methods below:
ajaxForm:
// wait for the DOM to be loaded
$(document).ready(function() {
// bind 'myForm' and provide a simple callback function
$('#myForm').ajaxForm(function() {
alert("Thank you for your comment!");
});
});
ajaxSubmit:
$('#myForm').ajaxSubmit({
target: '.result',
success: function(response) {
alert("Thank you for your comment!");
}
});
There is another method formSerialize but found no way to use it with the 2 methods mentioned above (usable with $.ajax however).
How to submit only the visible fields using any of the two methods ?
$("#myForm").on("submit", function() {
var visibleData = $('#myForm input:visible,textarea:visible,select:visible').fieldSerialize();
$.post(this.action, visibleData, function(result) {
alert('Thank you for your comment!');
});
// this is needed to prevent a non-ajax submit
return false;
});
I have a registration form that is currently in a popup modal window coded in jQuery. I have a PHP submit button on the bottom and I have added jQuery code that stops the button from submitting. This is because it will stop my modal window from closing when I submit the page. My issue now is that submitting the form would be impossible. Is there a way to submit my form over all this crowded pop-ups and jQuery? Say is it possible to use AJAX or jQuery to submit the form and allow my PHP to handle it.
Since I am writing in PHP, there is quite a bit of server side validation going on, so the point of this is to allow my viewers to fix their validation mistakes before the modal window closes.
Here is my jQuery, I didnt bother to mess with that anymore as it does what I need.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a.modal-window').click(function() {
//Getting the variable's value from a link
var loginBox = $(this).attr('href');
$(loginBox).fadeIn(300);
var popMargTop = ($(loginBox).height() + 24) / 2;
var popMargLeft = ($(loginBox).width() + 24) / 2;
$(loginBox).css({
'margin-top' : -popMargTop,
'margin-left' : -popMargLeft
});
// Add the mask to body
$('body').append('<div id="mask"></div>');
$('#mask').fadeIn(300);
return false;
});
// When clicking on the button close or the mask layer the popup closed
$('a.close, #mask').live('click', function() {
$('#mask , .login-popup').fadeOut(300 , function() {
$('#mask').remove();
});
return false;
});
});
Here is the code I used to stop the form from submitting:
$(function () {
$(':submit').click(function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
// submit the form dynamically
});
});
and below is my form, it might not matter although its there for the viewing.
<form method="post" id="loginform" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">
<table style="color: white;">
<tr><th style="float:left;">Register a new account with us.</th></tr>
<tr><td>Username</td><td><input type="text" name="txtUser"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password</td><td><input type="text" name="txtPass"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email</td><td><input type="text" name="txtEmail"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Confirm Email</td><td><input type="text" name="txtEmail2"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>First Name</td><td><input type="text" name="txtFname"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name</td><td><input type="text" name="txtLname"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td><input type="text" name="txtAddress"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>City</td><td><input type="text" name="txtCity"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Postal Code</td><td><input type="text" name="txtPostal"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Birth Year</td><td><input type="text" name="txtBirth"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Gender</td><td><input type="radio" id="radio-1-1" name="radicalSex" class="regular-radio" value="m" selected="true" /><label for="radio-1-1"></label> Male</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><input type="radio" id="radio-1-2" name="radicalSex" class="regular-radio" value="f"/><label for="radio-1-2"></label> Female</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='2' style="color: #FF6600;float:left;font-size:70%;"><?php echo $Error;?></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="btnRegister" ID="btnBlueTemp" value="Submit Registration" /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='2' style="float:left; font-size:70%;">Address information is optional</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
Let me give you an example of how you can do that .
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script src="js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
function validate(name, addr){
if(name=="") {
alert('Name is Blank');
return false;
} else if(addr=="") {
alert('Address is Blank');
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
$("#save").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var name = $("#name").val();
var addr = $("#addr").val();
if(validate(name,addr)){
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
data:'name='+name+'&addr='+addr,
url:'test2.php',
success:function(data) {
alert(data);
}
})
}
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="frm" method="POST" action="">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value=""/><br>
<input type="text" name="addr" id="addr" value="" /><br>
<input type="submit" name="save" id="save" value="Save"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Now in test2.php You can do your php codes
<?php
if(isset($_POST['name'])) {
echo $_POST['name'];
}
?>
Hope this gives you an Idea.
You need to serialize the form data before posting it to PHP.
<script type="text/javascript">
var frm = $('#loginform');
frm.submit(function () {
$.ajax({
type: frm.attr('method'),
url: frm.attr('action'),
data: frm.serialize(),
success: function (data) {
alert('submitted');
}
});
return false;//stop actual form submit
});
</script>
Then, submit your form via ajax
Jquery AJAX
On AJAX URL on which the request is sent, you can write necessary codes for validation and return accordingly. For eg. if some one the form element doesn't meet the validation, you can throw the flag accordingly as json value.
Its possible, why not.
Once you have done all the input validation at client side, just submit the form...
$("#loginform").submit();
Then you will have your server do the rest of the validation.
If you want to stay in the page and show the validation output from server, the. You should submit using Ajax.
It will send your form data to server, then you can do server validation, and output any errors. You will get this in your Ajax complete handler, which you can use to show error messages to user.
To stop the form from reloading the page you needn't call any prevent methods as a simple script request would do the trick.
For instance,
$('#loginForm').submit(function() {
// Do the relevant tasks needed here, form is already prevented from being submitted
});
Check out this demo for more information on what I am referring to
I've been racking my brains for days looking at examples and trying out different things to try and get my form to submit with Ajax without a page refresh. And Its not even sending the data now.. I don't know what I'm doing wrong..Can someone run through my ajax and form please.
Toid is the users id and newmsg is the text in which the user submits. The two values get sent to the insert.php page.
I would really appreate the help. I'm new to Ajax, and I look at some of it and don't have a clue. If I finally got it working, It may help me realize what I've done wrong. I am looking up tutorials and watching videos..but it can be very time consuming for something that would be simple to someone in the know on here. It maybe that I've got the wrong idea on the ajax and it makes no sense at all, sorry about that.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form#myform").submit(function() {
homestatus()
event.preventDefault();
var toid = $("#toid").attr("toid");
var content = $("#newmsg").attr("content");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: "toid="+content+"&newmsg="+ newmsg,
success: function(){
}
});
});
return false;
});
</script>
<form id="myform" method="POST" class="form_statusinput">
<input type="hidden" name="toid" id="toid" value="<?php echo $user1_id ?>">
<input class="input" name="newmsg" id="newmsg" placeholder="Say something" autocomplete="off">
<div id="button_block">
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Feed" onsubmit="homestatus(); return false" >
</div>
</form>
INSERT.PHP
$user1_id=$_SESSION['id'];
if(isset($_POST['toid'])){
if($_POST['toid']==""){$_POST['toid']=$_SESSION['id'];}
if(isset($_POST['newmsg'])&isset($_POST['toid'])){
if($_POST['toid']==$_SESSION['id']){
rawfeeds_user_core::create_streamitem("1",$_SESSION['id'],$_POST['newmsg'],"1",$_POST['toid']);
}else{
rawfeeds_user_core::create_streamitem("3",$_SESSION['id'],$_POST['newmsg'],"1",$_POST['toid']);
Try using firebug to identify bugs in your code. It's a really good companion for developing javascript. Nearly all of your bugs led to error messages in the firebug console.
You had several errors in your code, here is the corrected version:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form#myform").submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var toid = $("#toid").val();
var newmsg = $("#newmsg").val();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: "toid=" + content + "&newmsg=" + newmsg,
success: function(){alert('success');}
});
});
});
And here the corrected html:
<form id="myform" method="POST" class="form_statusinput">
<input type="hidden" name="toid" id="toid" value="<?php echo $user1_id; ?>">
<input class="input" name="newmsg" id="newmsg" placeholder="Say something" autocomplete="off">
<div id="button_block">
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Feed">
</div>
</form>
Actually onsubmit event has to be used with form so instead of
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Feed" onsubmit="homestatus(); return false" >
it could be
<form id="myform" method="POST" class="form_statusinput" onsubmit="homestatus();">
and return the true or false from the function/handler, i.e.
function homestatus()
{
//...
if(condition==true) return true;
else return false;
}
Since you are using jQuery it's better to use as follows
$("form#myform").on('submit', function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var toid = $("#toid").val(); // get value
var content = $("#newmsg").val(); // get value
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: "toid=" + toid + "&newmsg=" + content,
success: function(data){
// do something with data
}
});
});
In this case your form should be as follows
<form id="myform" method="POST" class="form_statusinput">
...
</form>
and input fields should have a valid type and value attribute, Html form and Input.
I think you should read more about jQuery.
Reference : jQuery val and jQuery Ajax.
change the form to this
<form id="myform" ... onsubmit="homestatus(); return false">
you don't need the onsubmit attribute on the submit button, but on the form element instead
homestatus might be out of scope
function homestatus () {
var toid = $("#toid").attr("toid");
var content = $("#newmsg").attr("content");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: "toid="+content+"&newmsg="+ newmsg,
success: function(){
}
});
}
This isn't tested, but try this (I annotated some stuff using comments)
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form#myform").submit(function(event) {
// not sure what this does, so let's take it out of the equation for now, it may be causing errors
//homestatus()
// needed to declare event as a param to the callback function
event.preventDefault();
// I think you want the value of these fields
var toid = $("#toid").val();
var content = $("#newmsg").val();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: "toid="+toid +"&newmsg="+ content,
success: function(){
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
<form id="myform" method="POST" class="form_statusinput">
<input type="hidden" name="toid" id="toid" value="<?php echo $user1_id ?>">
<input class="input" name="newmsg" id="newmsg" placeholder="Say something" autocomplete="off">
<div id="button_block">
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Feed" / >
</div>
</form>
It's a lot easier to let .serialize() do the work of serializing the form data.
The submit handler also needs event as a formal parameter, otherwise an error will be thrown (event will be undefined).
With a few other changes, here is the whole thing:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form#myform").submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
homestatus();
var formData = $(this).serialize();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "insert.php",
data: formData,
success: function(data) {
//...
}
});
});
});
</script>
<form id="myform" class="form_statusinput">
<input type="hidden" name="toid" id="toid" value="<?php echo $user1_id ?>">
<input class="input" name="newmsg" id="newmsg" placeholder="Say something" autocomplete="off">
<div id="button_block">
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Feed" >
</div>
</form>
Unless you are omitting some of your code, the problem is this line:
homestatus()
You never defined this function, so the submit throws an error.
You may want to take a look at jQuery (www.jquery.com) or another js framework.
Such frameworks do most of the stuff you normally have to do by hand.
There are also a bunch of nice helper functions for sending form data or modifying html elements