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Use JQuery to copy value from table to modal

I have a table with a list of all my data. The data is printed in a for loop so there are many rows in the table. how can i get the userid in the row with the button clicked?
<table>
<td>
<input type="hidden" value="<c:out value="${user.id}" />" name="userId" />
</td>
<td>
<button class="btn btn-default fileUpload" data-toggle="modal" id="btnUpload" data-target="#file-modal" value="<c:out value="${user.id}" />">Upload</button></td>
</table>
and i have a modal container. When the upload button in the table is clicked, the modal will open up for a file upload.
<form action="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/UserServlet" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="5519" name="OPS" />
<input type="hidden" name="uploadUserId" />
<div class="form-group">
File : <input type="file" class="file" name="uploadFile"><br />
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Upload</button>
<br /><br />
</div>
</form>
What i am trying to do is on the click of btnUpload the value in the hidden input type userId will be copied over to the hidden value type uploadUserId
I have tried doing the following but neither works
1
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#btnUpload").click(function(){
var $userId = $(this).closest("tr").find("#userId").text();
$("#uploadUserId").val($userId);
});
});
2
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#btnUpload").click(function(){
var $userId = $(this).closest("tr").children()[2].text();
$("#uploadUserId").val($userId);
});
});

This will do the trick without changing the html
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#btnUpload").click(function(){
var $userId = $(this).parent().prev("td").children("input:hidden").val();
$("#uploadUserId").val($userId);
});
});
Another solution by adding ID to the input element as shown below,
<input id="userVal" type="hidden" value="<c:out value="${user.id}" />"name="userId" />
then you can get the value from the following jquery
$("#userVal").val();

This should work. Just select and grab the user Id txt and then pass it to the uploadUserId value.
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#btnUpload").click(function(){
var $userId = $('#userId').text();
//$("#uploadUserId").val($userId);
$('input[name="uploadUserId"]').val($userId);
});
});
UPDATE
OK. I reviewed this again using your HTML structure and got this all worked out. The code below works.
$('[type="submit"]').on('click', function(e){
e.preventDefault(); // prevents the button default action. You can remove this if you want the form to submit after click.
var $userId = $(this).prev().prev().val(), // this gets the input value. based on your html it is the previous previous element.
fix1 = $userId.replace(/(?:\..+)$/, '').split('\\'), // this is a regex that replces the file extention then splits the string on the back slash turning it into an array.
fix2 = fix1.length -1; // gets the length of the array and subtracts 1 to get the last array index of the array. This i to get the file name.
$('[name="uploadUserId"').val(fix1[fix2]); // this assigns the uploadUserId value to the name of the file using the array and the index.
});

Submit multiple inputs through one form and append to array

So I am relatively new to JavaScript but I have experience with programming. I have this code which allows the user to define how many addresses they would like to enter so then I can query google maps and find the geographic center. The problem with this is that it looks very unprofessional in the sense that they have to enter the number of fields on one page and then they are prompted with that many boxes on the next page. Is there any way to make only one form(with all the parameters I require for one entry) and then after they click submit, I append it to an array and then when they decide they have enough addresses they hit the final submit so then I can process the data using a PHP call? Any help would be great, but I am new to this so I might need more spelt out explanations, sorry. Thanks again!
TL;DR: I want to create a single entry field which when submit is clicked, the page does not refresh or redirect to a new page and appends the data entry to an array. From there the user can enter a new input and this input would also be appended to the array until the user has decided no more inputs are necessary at which point they would click the final submit allowing me to process the data.
Here is the code I have so far:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="no-js" lang="en">
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
var c = 0;
$("#button1").click(function(){
c = $("#inputs").val();
$("#mydiv").html("");
for(i=0;i<c;i++){
$("#mydiv").append('<input type="text" id="data'+i+'" name="data'+i+'" /><br/>');
}
});
$("#button2").click(function(){
$.post("getdata.php",$("#form1").serialize(),function(data){
});
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1">
Type the number of inputs:
<input type="text" id="inputs" name="inputs" />
<input type="button" id="button1" value="Create" />
<div id="mydiv"></div>
<input type="button" id ="button2" value="Send" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
getdata.php
<?php
for( $i=0; $i<$_POST["inputs"] ; $i++){
echo $_POST["data".$i]."\n";
}
?>

Here is code:
EDIT: I rewrite the code, so you can also delete each address
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#add-address").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var numberOfAddresses = $("#form1").find("input[name^='data[address]']").length;
var label = '<label for="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']">Address ' + (numberOfAddresses + 1) + '</label> ';
var input = '<input type="text" name="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']" id="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']" />';
var removeButton = '<button class="remove-address">Remove</button>';
var html = "<div class='address'>" + label + input + removeButton + "</div>";
$("#form1").find("#add-address").before(html);
});
});
$(document).on("click", ".remove-address",function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parents(".address").remove();
//update labels
$("#form1").find("label[for^='data[address]']").each(function(){
$(this).html("Address " + ($(this).parents('.address').index() + 1));
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id="form1" method="post">
<div class="address">
<label for="data[address][0]">Address 1</label>
<input type="text" name="data[address][0]" id="data[address][0]" />
</div>
<button id="add-address">Add address</button>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
After form submit you can loop through addresses like this:
foreach ($_POST['data']['address'] as $address){
...your code
}
Hope this help! :)

Normally how I do this kind of stuff is to provide a user ability to add many input fields at client level and send them all in one array when submitting the form. That is more professional I believe. Try this JSFiddle to see what I mean.
<input type="text" name="address[]" />

if you want to POST dynamic value in a form you can do it like this:
<input type="text" name="adress[]" />
so in your case you could add new fields with javascript or jquery with the same name name="adress[]".
and in your PHP you get an array:
$adresses= $_POST['adress'];
foreach ($adresses as $adress) {
echo $adress;
}
FIDDLE DEMO

To process an array of inputs you can use the following convention:
HTML: simply add square brackets to the name attribute
<input type="text" id="data'+i+'" name="data[]" />
PHP: Post returns an array
for( $i=0; $i<$_POST["data"] ; $i++){
echo $_POST["data"][$i]."\n";
}
JAVASCRIPT: $("#form1").serialize() will retrieve all the inputs data as name=value pairs even the inputs that are added dynamically. There's no need to keep an array you can just process all of them at the end.

You don't need to create an array, $_POST is actually doing it all for you already.
So I suggest you do the following: using javascript (or jQuery), keep the button clicks, but make sure the form submission is prevented (using preventDefault on the form) [EDIT: You actually won't need this, as if the buttons are just buttons, no submit inputs, the form will not submit anyway], and just make sure you append another element every time they click a plus button or something; make sure you increment the name attributes of each input element that gets created.
When the user then creates submit, use submit the form via js, then on your getdata.php you can simply loop through all the values and use them that way you want. You will even be able to know the exact number by calculating the number of times a new input element has been added to the form.
I'll try to write up something for you in a minute, but if I was clear enough, you should be able to do that too.
EDITED: So here is what I've come up with; give it a try and see if this is something for you.
This is how the form would look like:
<form id="form1" name="myform" method="post" action="getdata.php">
Enter address 1: <input type="text" name="address-1" /> <input type="button" value="More" onclick="createNew()" />
<div id="mydiv"></div>
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
And this would be the js code:
var i = 2;
function createNew() {
$("#mydiv").append('Enter address ' + i +': <input type="text" name="address-' + i +'" /> <input type="button" value="More" onclick="createNew()" /><br />');
i++;
}
...and then getdata.php:
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
echo 'The value for '.$key.' is: '.$value.'<br />';
}
here is a fiddle demo

jquery append input field and post

$('#submit').click(function(){
$.post(
'/foo.php',{
name:myform.name.value,
interest:myform.interest.value,
interest2:myform.interest2.value...
}
});
<input type="button" value="Add more interest" />
I have a form use jquery post. There is a button can append more input type text.
My questions
1 when user click and append more input field, in side of $.post(... how can I add more script, so I can post it to next page?
2 in my php page
if(isset($_POST['interest1'], $_POST['interest2']...)){}
how can I know how many extra input fields user has added?
3 how can I limit maximum 3 input fields user can append?

Are you setting form fields manually in your post request?
Bad idea, you'd be better of using jQuery's serialize method:
$.post("/foo.php", $("#myForm" ).serialize() );
For your second question: use array naming on your form elements:
<input type="text" name="interest[]">
<input type="text" name="interest[]">
<input type="text" name="interest[]">
<input type="text" name="interest[]">
This way you get an array in your post array and can use it like so:
foreach ($_POST['interest'] as $interest) {
doStuff();
}
For your third question I'm assuming you wrote a JS method that
adds an input field to the form? If so you could implement
a limit this way:
window.formFieldCount = 1;
function addFormField() {
if (window.formFieldCount >= 3) {
alert('You can only add three interests!');
return false;
}
// Do your form magic here
window.formFieldCount++;
}

HTML:
<form name="some_name">
<div id="interests">
<input type="text" name="interests[]" />
</div>
<input id="more-interests" type="button" value="Add more interest" />
<input id="submit" type="button" value="Submit" />
</form>
Javascript:
$(document).ready(function(){
var maximumNumberOfInterests = 3;
$('#more-interests').click(function(e){
if ($("input[name='interests[]']").size() < maximumNumberOfInterests) {
$('#interests').append('<input type="text" name="interests[]" />');
} else {
alert('The maximum number of interests has been reached!');
}
});
$('#submit').click(function(){
$.post('/foo.php', $('form').serialize());
});
});
PHP:
if (count($_POST['interests'])) {
foreach ($_POST['interests'] as $interest) {
echo $interest;
}
}
Here is a DEMO of the HTML/Javascript part

q2. can you change form like this:
static inputs
<input name='static[something]'>
<input name='static[somebody]'>
<input name='static[etc]'>
and dynamically generated inputs
<input name='dynamic[]'>
<input name='dynamic[]'>
<input name='dynamic[]'>
php
if (isset($_POST['dynamic']))
{
foreach ($_POST['dynamic'] as $key => $value)
{
/* do some shit with dynamic inputs */
}
}

Please use prepend function before form submit
Like
$("#myForm").prepend("<input type=\"text\" name=\"interest"+counter+"\"").submit(function(){
console.log($("#myForm" ).serializeArray())
$.post(Event.target.action, $(Event.target).serializeArray(), function(data){
// your code here
})
return false;
})

I am implementing search and when i put nothing in search box this must be remain on same page what will be java script coding for that

I am implementing search and when i put nothing in search box this must be remain on same page what will be java script coding for that.
i just create function in java script and return false if string is null on button click it is not working.

As your text makes no sense I must guess what you want to say.
You want your search form to not submit if field is empty and user clicks on search
on form attributes you use onsubmit
<form action="/" method="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this)">
<input type="text" name="searchText" id="searchText" />
<input type="submit" value="search" />
</form>
now you check if searchText has any text and return true or false
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkForm(form){
if(form.searchText.value == ''){
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>

I recommand to use JQuery for this kind of functionality, eg:
for the following form
<form action="/myaction" method="post" id="myForm">
<input type="text" value="" name="something1" />
<input type="text" value="" name="something2" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
and in the same HTML file or in a separate JS file included via html HEADERS :
$(function () {
$("#myForm").submit(function() {
return ($(this).children("input").val()=='') ? false : true;
});
});
or if you don't like ternary expression:
$(function () {
$("#myForm").submit(function() {
doSubmit = true;
if ($(this).children("input").val()=='') {
doSubmit = false;
}
return doSubmit;
});
});
Using it this way, the function assume that all the fields of the form are not empty before posting data.
One other advantage of this method is that it doesn't alter the view code (this is some no intrusive javascript fashion) and can be much more easy to work with.
Hope it help.

Validating an HTML form with onClick added form fields

I have a form I cobbled together with bits of code copied online so my HTML and Javascript knowledge is VERY basic. The form has a button that will add another set of the same form fields when clicked. I added some code to make it so that if the "Quantity and Description" field is not filled out, the form won't submit but now it just keeps popping up the alert for when the field's not filled out even if it is. Here's is my script:
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.js'>
</script><script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
$(function(){
$('#add').click(function() {
var p = $(this).closest('p');
$(p).before('<p> Quantity & Description:<br><textarea name="Quantity and Description" rows="10"
cols="60"><\/textarea><br>Fabric Source: <input type="text" name="Fabric Source"><br>Style# & Name: <input
type="text" name="Style# & Name"><br>Fabric Width: <input type="text" name="Fabric Width"><br>Repeat Information:
<input type="text" name="Repeat Info" size="60"><input type="hidden" name="COM Required" /> </p><br>');
return false;
});
});
function checkform()
{
var x=document.forms["comform"]["Quantity and Description"].value
if (x==null || x=="")
{
alert("Quantity & Description must be filled out, DO NOT just put an SO#!!");
return false;
}
}
//]]>
</script>
And here's my HTML:
<form action="MAILTO:ayeh#janusetcie.com" method="post" enctype="text/plain" id="comform" onSubmit="return
checkform()">
<div>Please complete this worksheet in full to avoid any delays.<br />
<br />Date: <input type="text" name="Date" /> Sales Rep: <input type="text" name="Sales Rep" /> Sales Quote/Order#: <input type="text" name="SQ/SO#" /><br />
<br />Quantity & Description: <font color="red"><i>Use "(#) Cushion Name" format.</i></font><br />
<textarea name="Quantity and Description" rows="10" cols="60">
</textarea>
<br />Fabric Source: <input type="text" name="Fabric Source" /><br />Style# & Name: <input type="text" name="Style# & Name" /><br />Fabric Width: <input type="text" name="Fabric Width" /><br />Repeat Information: <input type="text" name="Repeat Info" size="60" /><br /><font color="red"><i>Example: 13.75" Horizontal Repeat</i></font><br />
<br /><input type="hidden" name="COM Required" />
<p><button type="button" id="add">Add COM</button></p>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Send" /></form>
How can I get it to submit but still check every occurence of the "Quantity and Description" field?

First, I would not use spaces in your input names, as then you have to deal with weird escaping issues. Use something like "QuantityAndDescription" instead.
Also, it looks like you're trying to have multiple fields with the same name. The best way to do that is to add brackets to the name, meaning the values will be grouped together as an array:
<textarea name="QuantityAndDescription[]"></textarea>
This also means the code has to get all the textareas, not just the first. We can use jQuery to grab the elements we want, to loop over them, and to check the values. Try this:
function checkform()
{
var success = true;
// Find the textareas inside id of "comform", store in jQuery object
var $textareas = $("form#comform textarea[name='QuantityAndDescription[]']");
// Loop through textareas and look for empty values
$textareas.each(function(n, element)
{
// Make a new jQuery object for the textarea we're looking at
var $textarea = $(element);
// Check value (an empty string will evaluate to false)
if( ! $textarea.val() )
{
success = false;
return false; // break out of the loop, one empty field is all we need
}
});
if(!success)
{
alert("Quantity & Description must be filled out, DO NOT just put an SO#!!");
return false;
}
// Explicitly return true, to make sure the form still submits
return true;
}
Also, a sidenote of pure aesthetics: You no longer need to use the CDATA comment hack. That's a holdover from the old XHTML days to prevent strict XML parsers from breaking. Unless you're using an XHTML Strict Doctype (and you shouldn't), you definitely don't need it.