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how to make submit button both send form thru' PHP -> MySQL and execute javascript?

I'm having an issue. When I hit submit, my form values are sent to the database. However, I would like the form to both send the value to the database and execute my script, as said in the title.
When I hit submit button, the form is sent to the database and the script remains ignored. However, if I input empty values into the input areas, the javascript is executed, and does what I want (which is to show a hidden < div >), but it's useless since the < div > is empty, as there is no output from the server.
What I want is:
submit button -> submit form -> javascript is executed > div shows up > inside div database SELECT FROM values (which are the ones added through the submitting of the form) appear.
Is this possible? I mean, to mix both PHP and JavaScript like this?
Thanks in advance.

By two ways, You can fix it easily.
By ajax--Submit your form and get response
$('form').submit(function (e){
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url, //action
data: form.serialize(), //your data that is summited
success: function (html) {
// show the div by script show response form html
}
});
});
First submit your from at action. at this page you can execute your script code .. At action file,
<?php
if(isset($_POST['name']))
{
// save data form and get response as you want.
?>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//div show script code here
</script>
<?php
}
?>

hers is the sample as I Comment above.
In javascript function you can do like this
$.post( '<?php echo get_site_url(); ?>/ajax-script/', {pickup:pickup,dropoff:dropoff,km:km}, function (data) {
$('#fare').html(data.fare);
//alert(data.fare);
fares = data.fare;
cityy = data.city;
actual_distances = data.actual_distance;
}, "json");
in this ajax call I am sending some parameters to the ajaxscript page, and on ajaxscript page, I called a web service and gets the response like this
$jsonData = file_get_contents("https://some_URL&pickup_area=$pickup_area&drop_area=$drop_area&distance=$km");
echo $jsonData;
this echo $jsonData send back the data to previous page.
and on previous page, You can see I Use data. to get the resposne.
Hope this helps !!

You need ajax! Something like this.
HTML
<form method='POST' action='foobar.php' id='myform'>
<input type='text' name='fname'>
<input type='text' name='lname'>
<input type='submit' name='btnSubmit'>
</form>
<div id='append'>
</div>
jQuery
var $myform = $('#myform'),
$thisDiv = $('#append');
$myform.on('submit', function(e){
e.preventDefault(); // prevent form from submitting
var $DATA = new FormData(this);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: this.attr('action'),
data: $DATA,
cache: false,
success: function(data){
$thisDiv.empty();
$thisDiv.append(data);
}
});
});
And in your foobar.php
<?php
$fname = $_POST['fname'];
$lname = $_POST['lname'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM people WHERE fname='$fname' AND lname = '$lname' ";
$exec = $con->query($query);
...
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query){
echo $row['fname'] . " " . $row['lname'];
}
?>
That's it! Hope it helps

You can use jQuery ajax to accomplish it.
$('form').submit(function (e){
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url, //url where the form is to be submitted
data: data, //your data that is summited
success: function () {
// show the div
}
});
});

Yes, you can mix both PHP and JavaScript. I am giving you a rough solution here.
<?php
if(try to catch submit button's post value here, to see form is submitted)
{
?>
<script>
//do javascript tasks here
</script>
<?php
//do php tasks here
}
?>

Yes, This is probably the biggest use of ajax. I would use jquery $.post
$("#myForm").submit(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var val_1 = $("#val_1").val();
var val_2 = $("#val_2").val();
var val_3 = $("#val_3").val();
var val_4 = $("#val_4").val();
$.post("mydbInsertCode.php", {val_1:val_1, val_2:val_2, val_3: val_3, val_4:val_4}, function(response){
// Form values are now available in php $_POST array in mydbInsertCode.php - put echo 'success'; after your php sql insert function in mydbInsertCode.php';
if(response=='success'){
myCheckdbFunction(val_1,val_2,val_3,val_4);
}
});
});
function myCheckdbFunction(val_1,val_2,val_3,val_4){
$.post("mydbCheckUpdated.php", {val_1:val_1, val_2:val_2, val_3: val_3, val_4:val_4}, function(response){
// put echo $val; from db SELECT in mydbSelectCode.php at end of file ';
if(response==true){
$('#myDiv').append(response);
}
});
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

jQuery serialize and insert in mysql

I have this code to insert some data that comes from a while, in a db. I'm trying to use jQuery serializearray and jQuery post together. But it seems I do some errors
$query= "SELECT * FROM barcode_prodotti";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo'
<input type="text" name="prodotto[]" class="prodotto" value="'.$row["prodotto"].'"></div>
<input type="text" name="prezzo[]" class="price" value="'.$row["prezzo"].'">
<input type="text" name="quantita[]" class="price" value="'.$row["quantita"].'">';
}
?>
<script src="js/mine.js"></script>
<button>Serialize form values</button>
</form>
<div id="results"></div>
This is my jQuery code I put in mine.js
$(document).ready(function(){
$('form').submit(function(msg) {
var mia =$(this).serialize();
$('#results').text(mia)
alert($(this).serialize()); // check to show that all form data is being submitted
$.post("testtest.php",$(this).serializeArray(),function(data){
alert(data);
});
return false; });
});
This is my php file (testtest.php)
mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("db");
$arr = $_POST;
$sql="INSERT INTO table VALUES(
'".$arr['prodotto']."',
'".$arr['quantita']."',
'".$arr['prezzo']."'
)";
$rssql = mysql_query($sql);
?>
So I the serialize is ok (i tried to assign in a div a value to see if it was ok), but I can't insert values in my db

Your INSERT query ends up looking like this after variable substitution.
INSERT INTO table VALUES( 'product', '123', '321')
If your table has exactly three columns this will work fine. Otherwise it will fail. You may wish to use this query instead.
INSERT INTO table (prodotto, prezzo, quantita ) VALUES( 'product', '123', '321')
which enumerates the columns where you want your data.
After doing an insert (and after any query) you should check for errors. This can be done with code like this.
$res = mysql_query($q);
if ($res === false) {
echo $mysql_error ();
}
Note well: The mysql_xxx() interface is being removed from PHP for a good reason: it is vulnerable to cybercriminals. Please adopt mysqli_xxx() or PDO as soon as possible.

The simplest way to do this:
<form id="myform" method="post">
<input type="text" name="prodotto" id="prodotto">
<input type="text" name="prezzo" id="prezzo">
<input type="text" name="quantita" id="quantita">
</form>
Jquery is pretty simple too:
var datastring = $("#myform").serialize();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'url/to/yourfile.php',
data: datastring
}).done(function(res){
var res = $.trim(res); //the ajax response. you can alert it or whatever...
});
You can parse the fields in the ajax file like that:
yourfile.php
<?php
$product = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["prodotto"]);
$prezzo = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["prezzo"]);
$quantity = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["quantita"]);
//here you have the variables ready to add them as values to database
$ins = "INSERT INTO table (prodotto, prezzo, quantita ) VALUES( 'product', '123', '321')";
mysql_query($ins);
?>

How to call a PHP function within a page using AJAX

I wrote a php function which does the job perfectly if it is called standalone by PHP page. but I want to integrate this function in a program and want to call it when a button is clicked.
My PHP function is
function adddata($mobile){
// outside of this function, another database is already selected to perform different
//tasks with program's original database, These constants are defined only within this
//this function to communicate another database present at the same host
define ("HOSTNAME","localhost");
define ("USERNAME","root");
define ("PWD","");
define ("DBNAME","budgetbot");
// link to mysql server
if (!mysql_connect(HOSTNAME,USERNAME,PWD)) {
die ("Cannot connect to mysql server" . mysql_error() );
}
// selecting the database
if (!mysql_select_db(DBNAME)) {
die ("Cannot select database" . mysql_error() );
}
//inserting phone number into database
$query = "INSERT INTO `verify_bot` (phone_number) values('".$mobile."')";
if(!mysql_query($query)){
die( mysql_error() );
}
// wait for 2 seconds after adding the data into the database
sleep(2);
$query = "SELECT * FROM `verify_bot` WHERE phone_number = ".$mobile;
$result = mysql_query($query) or die( mysql_error() );
// if more than one records found for the same phone number
if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 1){
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
$data[] = $row['response'];
}
// return an array of names for the same phone numbers
return $data;
}else{
// if only one record found
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$response = $row['response'];
return $response;
}
// end of function
}
HTML Code is written as
<form action="self_page_address_here" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" class="line_item_form" autocomplete="off">
<input type="text" name="mobile_number" value="" placeholder="(000) 000-0000" class="serial_item" size="20" id="serialnumber_1" maxlength="10" />
<button id="verify" class="btn btn-primary">Verify</button>
<button id="cname" class="btn btn-primary"><!-- I want to print return value of the php function here --></button>
</form>
I want to call this function and assign the return value to a javascript variable by ajax/jquery.
My code to do this is...
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$('#verify').click(function(){
var value = $( ".serial_item" ).val();
//I have some knowledge about php but I am beginner at ajax/jquery so don't know what is happening below. but I got this code by different search but doesn't work
$.ajax({
url : "add_data.php&f="+value,
type : "GET"
success: function(data){
document.getElementById("cname").innerHTML = data;
}
});
});
</script>
I would like to share that the above javascript code is placed outside of documnet.ready(){}
scope
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Because your <button> elements have no type="button" attribute, they're supposed to submit the form using normal POST request.
You should either use type="button" attribute on your buttons, or prevent default form submission using event.preventDefault():
$('#verify').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var value = $( ".serial_item" ).val();
$.ajax({
// there's a typo, should use '?' instead of '&':
url : "add_data.php?f="+value,
type : "GET",
success: function(data){
$("#cname").html(data);
}
});
});
[EDIT] Then in add_data.php (if you call AJAX to the same page, place this code at the top, so that no HTML is rendered before this):
if(isset($_GET['f'])){
// call your function:
$result = adddata(trim($_GET['f']));
// if returned value is an array, implode it:
echo is_array($result) ? implode(', ', $result) : $result;
// if this is on the same page use exit instead of echo:
// exit(is_array($result) ? implode(', ', $result) : $result);
}
Make sure you escape the value on $query.

JQuery Ajax Post input Class

Im trying to send Ajax post to PHP.
This code works Ok:
$(document).on('keyup change',function(){
$.post("suma.php",{name: "oscar"},
function(data){
$('#Resultado').html(data);
}
);
});
PHP:
<?php
if( $_REQUEST["name"] )
{
$name = $_REQUEST['name'];
echo "Welcome ". $name;
}
?>
But the problem is, How can I send the value of two input class like this and calculate the sum in PHP?
<tr>
<td><input value="0" class="sum1"/></td>
<td><input value="0" class="sum2"/></td>
</tr>
Thank You in advance.

This is an example for you:
<div>
Send text
<input id="source1" name="source1" >
<input id="source2" name="source2" >
</div>
You need to include success handler in your ajax:
$("#text-id").on( 'click', function () {
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
url: 'text.php',
data: {
source1: "some text",
source2: "some text 2"
},
success: function( data ) {
console.log( data );
}
});
});

Firstly you will need to give distinguished names/IDs to the two input fields, then in JS you can find the value of those two like $("#input_id").val(), then post them in ajax data attribute like posted by Jeffery.
Secondly, you will be able to fetch all the posted data in PHP via $_POST variable, then you can do whatever you want with the data return a response.

You can send it here;
$.post("suma.php", {
src1 ; $('.sum1').val(),
src2 : $('.sum2').val()
}
And your php:
<?php
if( $_REQUEST["src1"] && $_REQUEST["src2"] ){
$sum = $_REQUEST["src1"] + $_REQUEST["src2"];
echo $sum;
}
?>

Using AJAX to post form data to PHP page

I am simply trying to use the data submitted in a search form to query the database and bring back results similar to the search. My form looks like this:
<div id="searchform">
<form method="get">
<form id="submitsearch">
<input id="shop" name="shop" type="text" placeholder="Find a shop" />
<input id="submitbutton" type="submit" value="Go"/>
</form>
</form>
<div id="searchresults">
</div>
</div>
the Javascript I've got is:
$("#submitsearch").submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$("#searchresults").html('');
var values = $(this).serialize();
$.ajax({
url: "external-data/search.php",
type: "post",
data: values,
success: function (data) {
$("#searchresults").html(data);
}
});
});
return false;
I have also tried...
$("#submitbutton").click(function(){
var form_data = $("#submitsearch").serialize();
$.ajax({
url: "external-data/search.php",
type: 'POST',
data: form_data,
success: function (data) {
$("#searchresults").html(data);
}
});
return false;
});
And this seems to work slightly as it shows results, the first doesn't do anything. It's not sending the data to the PHP page but the PHP I've got is:
<?php
$str_shops = '';
$shop = $_POST['form_data'];
mysqli_select_db($db_server, $db_database);
$query = "SELECT * FROM shops WHERE name LIKE '%$shop%'";
$result = mysqli_query($db_server, $query);
if (!$result) die("Database access failed: " . mysqli_error($db_server));
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
$str_shops .= "<strong>" . $row['name'] . "</strong><br>" .
$row['address'] . "<br><br>";
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
echo $str_shops;
mysqli_close($db_server);
?>
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

You have two form tags. This won't work. You want one form tag with two attributes
<form method="get">
<form id="submitsearch">
to
<form method="get" id="submitsearch">

you can do it without using html form.
first you call the php page and then display a data within html.
this is what I do?!
<div>
<input id="shop" type="text" placeholder="Find a shop" />
<input id="submitbutton" type="button" value="Go"/>
</div>
<div id="searchresults">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$("#submitbutton").click(function(){
try
{
$.post("root/example.php",
{
'shop':$("#shop").val().trim()
}, function(data){
data=data.trim();
$("#searchresults").html(data);
// this data is data that the server sends back in case of ajax call you
//can send any type of data whether json or json array or any other type
//of data
});
}
catch(ex)
{
alert(ex);
}
});
});
</script>