I have a form with name orderproductForm and an undefined number of inputs.
I want to do some kind of jQuery.get or ajax or anything like that that would call a page through Ajax, and send along all the inputs of the form orderproductForm.
I suppose one way would be to do something like
jQuery.get("myurl",
{action : document.orderproductForm.action.value,
cartproductid : document.orderproductForm.cartproductid.value,
productid : document.orderproductForm.productid.value,
...
However I do not know exactly all the form inputs. Is there a feature, function or something that would just send ALL the form inputs?
This is a simple reference:
// this is the id of the form
$("#idForm").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // avoid to execute the actual submit of the form.
var form = $(this);
var actionUrl = form.attr('action');
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: actionUrl,
data: form.serialize(), // serializes the form's elements.
success: function(data)
{
alert(data); // show response from the php script.
}
});
});
You can use the ajaxForm/ajaxSubmit functions from Ajax Form Plugin or the jQuery serialize function.
AjaxForm:
$("#theForm").ajaxForm({url: 'server.php', type: 'post'})
or
$("#theForm").ajaxSubmit({url: 'server.php', type: 'post'})
ajaxForm will send when the submit button is pressed. ajaxSubmit sends immediately.
Serialize:
$.get('server.php?' + $('#theForm').serialize())
$.post('server.php', $('#theForm').serialize())
AJAX serialization documentation is here.
Another similar solution using attributes defined on the form element:
<form id="contactForm1" action="/your_url" method="post">
<!-- Form input fields here (do not forget your name attributes). -->
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var frm = $('#contactForm1');
frm.submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: frm.attr('method'),
url: frm.attr('action'),
data: frm.serialize(),
success: function (data) {
console.log('Submission was successful.');
console.log(data);
},
error: function (data) {
console.log('An error occurred.');
console.log(data);
},
});
});
</script>
There are a few things you need to bear in mind.
1. There are several ways to submit a form
using the submit button
by pressing enter
by triggering a submit event in JavaScript
possibly more depending on the device or future device.
We should therefore bind to the form submit event, not the button click event. This will ensure our code works on all devices and assistive technologies now and in the future.
2. Hijax
The user may not have JavaScript enabled. A hijax pattern is good here, where we gently take control of the form using JavaScript, but leave it submittable if JavaScript fails.
We should pull the URL and method from the form, so if the HTML changes, we don't need to update the JavaScript.
3. Unobtrusive JavaScript
Using event.preventDefault() instead of return false is good practice as it allows the event to bubble up. This lets other scripts tie into the event, for example analytics scripts which may be monitoring user interactions.
Speed
We should ideally use an external script, rather than inserting our script inline. We can link to this in the head section of the page using a script tag, or link to it at the bottom of the page for speed. The script should quietly enhance the user experience, not get in the way.
Code
Assuming you agree with all the above, and you want to catch the submit event, and handle it via AJAX (a hijax pattern), you could do something like this:
$(function() {
$('form.my_form').submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault(); // Prevent the form from submitting via the browser
var form = $(this);
$.ajax({
type: form.attr('method'),
url: form.attr('action'),
data: form.serialize()
}).done(function(data) {
// Optionally alert the user of success here...
}).fail(function(data) {
// Optionally alert the user of an error here...
});
});
});
You can manually trigger a form submission whenever you like via JavaScript using something like:
$(function() {
$('form.my_form').trigger('submit');
});
Edit:
I recently had to do this and ended up writing a plugin.
(function($) {
$.fn.autosubmit = function() {
this.submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var form = $(this);
$.ajax({
type: form.attr('method'),
url: form.attr('action'),
data: form.serialize()
}).done(function(data) {
// Optionally alert the user of success here...
}).fail(function(data) {
// Optionally alert the user of an error here...
});
});
return this;
}
})(jQuery)
Add a data-autosubmit attribute to your form tag and you can then do this:
HTML
<form action="/blah" method="post" data-autosubmit>
<!-- Form goes here -->
</form>
JS
$(function() {
$('form[data-autosubmit]').autosubmit();
});
You can also use FormData (But not available in IE):
var formData = new FormData(document.getElementsByName('yourForm')[0]);// yourForm: form selector
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "yourURL",// where you wanna post
data: formData,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorMessage) {
console.log(errorMessage); // Optional
},
success: function(data) {console.log(data)}
});
This is how you use FormData.
Simple version (does not send images)
<form action="/my/ajax/url" class="my-form">
...
</form>
<script>
(function($){
$("body").on("submit", ".my-form", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var form = $(e.target);
$.post( form.attr("action"), form.serialize(), function(res){
console.log(res);
});
});
)(jQuery);
</script>
Copy and paste ajaxification of a form or all forms on a page
It is a modified version of Alfrekjv's answer
It will work with jQuery >= 1.3.2
You can run this before the document is ready
You can remove and re-add the form and it will still work
It will post to the same location as the normal form, specified in
the form's "action" attribute
JavaScript
jQuery(document).submit(function(e){
var form = jQuery(e.target);
if(form.is("#form-id")){ // check if this is the form that you want (delete this check to apply this to all forms)
e.preventDefault();
jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: form.attr("action"),
data: form.serialize(), // serializes the form's elements.
success: function(data) {
console.log(data); // show response from the php script. (use the developer toolbar console, firefox firebug or chrome inspector console)
}
});
}
});
I wanted to edit Alfrekjv's answer but deviated too much from it so decided to post this as a separate answer.
Does not send files, does not support buttons, for example clicking a button (including a submit button) sends its value as form data, but because this is an ajax request the button click will not be sent.
To support buttons you can capture the actual button click instead of the submit.
jQuery(document).click(function(e){
var self = jQuery(e.target);
if(self.is("#form-id input[type=submit], #form-id input[type=button], #form-id button")){
e.preventDefault();
var form = self.closest('form'), formdata = form.serialize();
//add the clicked button to the form data
if(self.attr('name')){
formdata += (formdata!=='')? '&':'';
formdata += self.attr('name') + '=' + ((self.is('button'))? self.html(): self.val());
}
jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: form.attr("action"),
data: formdata,
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
});
}
});
On the server side you can detect an ajax request with this header that jquery sets HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH
for php
PHP
if(!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
//is ajax
}
This code works even with file input
$(document).on("submit", "form", function(event)
{
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
url: $(this).attr("action"),
type: $(this).attr("method"),
dataType: "JSON",
data: new FormData(this),
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success: function (data, status)
{
},
error: function (xhr, desc, err)
{
}
});
});
I really liked this answer by superluminary and especially the way he wrapped is solution in a jQuery plugin. So thanks to superluminary for a very useful answer. In my case, though, I wanted a plugin that would allow me to define the success and error event handlers by means of options when the plugin is initialized.
So here is what I came up with:
;(function(defaults, $, undefined) {
var getSubmitHandler = function(onsubmit, success, error) {
return function(event) {
if (typeof onsubmit === 'function') {
onsubmit.call(this, event);
}
var form = $(this);
$.ajax({
type: form.attr('method'),
url: form.attr('action'),
data: form.serialize()
}).done(function() {
if (typeof success === 'function') {
success.apply(this, arguments);
}
}).fail(function() {
if (typeof error === 'function') {
error.apply(this, arguments);
}
});
event.preventDefault();
};
};
$.fn.extend({
// Usage:
// jQuery(selector).ajaxForm({
// onsubmit:function() {},
// success:function() {},
// error: function() {}
// });
ajaxForm : function(options) {
options = $.extend({}, defaults, options);
return $(this).each(function() {
$(this).submit(getSubmitHandler(options['onsubmit'], options['success'], options['error']));
});
}
});
})({}, jQuery);
This plugin allows me to very easily "ajaxify" html forms on the page and provide onsubmit, success and error event handlers for implementing feedback to the user of the status of the form submit. This allowed the plugin to be used as follows:
$('form').ajaxForm({
onsubmit: function(event) {
// User submitted the form
},
success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
// The form was successfully submitted
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
// The submit action failed
}
});
Note that the success and error event handlers receive the same arguments that you would receive from the corresponding events of the jQuery ajax method.
I got the following for me:
formSubmit('#login-form', '/api/user/login', '/members/');
where
function formSubmit(form, url, target) {
$(form).submit(function(event) {
$.post(url, $(form).serialize())
.done(function(res) {
if (res.success) {
window.location = target;
}
else {
alert(res.error);
}
})
.fail(function(res) {
alert("Server Error: " + res.status + " " + res.statusText);
})
event.preventDefault();
});
}
This assumes the post to 'url' returns an ajax in the form of {success: false, error:'my Error to display'}
You can vary this as you like. Feel free to use that snippet.
jQuery AJAX submit form, is nothing but submit a form using form ID when you click on a button
Please follow steps
Step 1 - Form tag must have an ID field
<form method="post" class="form-horizontal" action="test/user/add" id="submitForm">
.....
</form>
Button which you are going to click
<button>Save</button>
Step 2 - submit event is in jQuery which helps to submit a form. in below code we are preparing JSON request from HTML element name.
$("#submitForm").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var frm = $("#submitForm");
var data = {};
$.each(this, function(i, v){
var input = $(v);
data[input.attr("name")] = input.val();
delete data["undefined"];
});
$.ajax({
contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
type:frm.attr("method"),
url:frm.attr("action"),
dataType:'json',
data:JSON.stringify(data),
success:function(data) {
alert(data.message);
}
});
});
for live demo click on below link
How to submit a Form using jQuery AJAX?
I know this is a jQuery related question, but now days with JS ES6 things are much easier. Since there is no pure javascript answer, I thought I could add a simple pure javascript solution to this, which in my opinion is much cleaner, by using the fetch() API. This a modern way to implements network requests. In your case, since you already have a form element we can simply use it to build our request.
const form = document.forms["orderproductForm"];
const formInputs = form.getElementsByTagName("input");
let formData = new FormData();
for (let input of formInputs) {
formData.append(input.name, input.value);
}
fetch(form.action,
{
method: form.method,
body: formData
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.log(error.message))
.finally(() => console.log("Done"));
Try
fetch(form.action,{method:'post', body: new FormData(form)});
function send(e,form) {
fetch(form.action,{method:'post', body: new FormData(form)});
console.log('We submit form asynchronously (AJAX)');
e.preventDefault();
}
<form method="POST" action="myapi/send" onsubmit="send(event,this)" name="orderproductForm">
<input hidden name="csrfToken" value="$0meh#$h">
<input name="email" value="aa#bb.com">
<input name="phone" value="123-456-666">
<input type="submit">
</form>
Look on Chrome Console > Network after/before 'submit'
consider using closest
$('table+table form').closest('tr').filter(':not(:last-child)').submit(function (ev, frm) {
frm = $(ev.target).closest('form');
$.ajax({
type: frm.attr('method'),
url: frm.attr('action'),
data: frm.serialize(),
success: function (data) {
alert(data);
}
})
ev.preventDefault();
});
You may use this on submit function like below.
HTML Form
<form class="form" action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" >
<textarea name="text" id="message" placeholder="Write something to us"> </textarea>
<input type="button" onclick="return formSubmit();" value="Send">
</form>
jQuery function:
<script>
function formSubmit(){
var name = document.getElementById("name").value;
var message = document.getElementById("message").value;
var dataString = 'name='+ name + '&message=' + message;
jQuery.ajax({
url: "submit.php",
data: dataString,
type: "POST",
success: function(data){
$("#myForm").html(data);
},
error: function (){}
});
return true;
}
</script>
For more details and sample Visit:
http://www.spiderscode.com/simple-ajax-contact-form/
To avoid multiple formdata sends:
Don't forget to unbind submit event, before the form submited again,
User can call sumbit function more than one time, maybe he forgot something, or was a validation error.
$("#idForm").unbind().submit( function(e) {
....
If you're using form.serialize() - you need to give each form element a name like this:
<input id="firstName" name="firstName" ...
And the form gets serialized like this:
firstName=Chris&lastName=Halcrow ...
I find it surprising that no one mentions data as an object. For me it's the cleanest and easiest way to pass data:
$('form#foo').submit(function () {
$.ajax({
url: 'http://foo.bar/some-ajax-script',
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: {
'foo': 'some-foo-value',
'bar': $('#bar').val()
}
}).always(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
return false;
});
Then, in the backend:
// Example in PHP
$_POST['foo'] // some-foo-value
$_POST['bar'] // value in #bar
This is not the answer to OP's question,
but in case if you can't use static form DOM, you can also try like this.
var $form = $('<form/>').append(
$('<input/>', {name: 'username'}).val('John Doe'),
$('<input/>', {name: 'user_id'}).val('john.1234')
);
$.ajax({
url: 'api/user/search',
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
data: $form.serialize(),
success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
console.info(data);
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
var errorMessage = jqXHR.responseText;
if (errorMessage.length > 0) {
alert(errorMessage);
}
}
});
JavaScript
(function ($) {
var form= $('#add-form'),
input = $('#exampleFormControlTextarea1');
form.submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var req = $.ajax({
url: form.attr('action'),
type: 'POST',
data: form.serialize()
});
req.done(function(data) {
if (data === 'success') {
var li = $('<li class="list-group-item">'+ input.val() +'</li>');
li.hide()
.appendTo('.list-group')
.fadeIn();
$('input[type="text"],textarea').val('');
}
});
});
}(jQuery));
HTML
<ul class="list-group col-sm-6 float-left">
<?php
foreach ($data as $item) {
echo '<li class="list-group-item">'.$item.'</li>';
}
?>
</ul>
<form id="add-form" class="col-sm-6 float-right" action="_inc/add-new.php" method="post">
<p class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" id="exampleFormControlTextarea1" rows="3" placeholder="Is there something new?"></textarea>
</p>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger">Add new item</button>
</form>
There's also the submit event, which can be triggered like this $("#form_id").submit(). You'd use this method if the form is well represented in HTML already. You'd just read in the page, populate the form inputs with stuff, then call .submit(). It'll use the method and action defined in the form's declaration, so you don't need to copy it into your javascript.
examples
I want to submit a form by ajax and send it to my current page to prevent a refresh.
This my HTML:
<form id="suchForm" method="post" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">
<input type="text" id="suche" name="suche" placeholder="Suchen"/>
<input type="submit style="display:none;" />
</form>
By the way the submit button is hidden, so I am submitting the form by pressing return on my keyboard.
This is my PHP Script:
if ( $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == 'POST' ) {
$suche = $_POST['suche'];
if (!empty($suche)) {
<?php echo $suche ?>
}
}
And finally, this is my current Ajax script:
var frm = $('#suchForm');
frm.submit(function (ev) {
$.ajax({
type: frm.attr('method'),
url: frm.attr('action'),
data: frm.serialize(),
success: function (data) {
alert('ok');
}
});
ev.preventDefault();
});
The form is submitting by Ajax successfully. The Problem: The Ajax Script prevents a refresh of the site, so nothing is shown by the PHP script (<?php echo $suche ?>). Do you have any solution to send the form with Ajax, preventing the refresh (cause some javascript should happen after the submit) and show the PHP echo?
Try replacing alert('ok'); with the code to display the ajax response. Something like this should work -
var frm = $('#suchForm');
frm.submit(function (ev) {
$.ajax({
type: frm.attr('method'),
url: frm.attr('action'),
data: frm.serialize(),
success: function (data) {
$('<NAME_OF_YOUR_CONTAINER_TO_DISPLAY_RESPONSE>').html(data);
}
});
ev.preventDefault();
});
If $suche is not empty, php will echo it. So if you could view the page at the time, you would see what you expect, but in this case, you have AJAX doing the submit for you, so AJAX is the one who can "see" that. If you want to display what AJAX can "see", then simply do whatever you want inside success: function()... that received the data.
You could alert(data) instead of alert("OK") to get more clues.
I have a form that when clicked the submit button makes a call via ajax. This ajax is inside a php file because I need to fill in some variables with data from the database. But I can not use the calls before / success. They just do not work, I've done tests trying to return some data, using alert, console.log and nothing happens. Interestingly, if the ajax is isolated within a file js they work. Some can help me please?
File:
<?php
$var = 'abc';
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#buy-button').click(function (e){
var abc = '<?php echo $var; ?>';
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: $('#buy-form').serialize(),
url: './ajax/buy_form.php',
dataType: 'json',
before: function(data){
console.log('ok');
},
success: function(data){
},
});
});
});
</script>
HTML:
<form id="buy-form">
<div class="regular large gray">
<div class="content buy-form">
/* some code here */
<div class="item div-button">
<button id="buy-button" class="button anim" type="submit">Comprar</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
----
EDIT
----
Problem solved! The error was in the before ajax. The correct term is beforeSend and not before. Thank you all for help.
You said it was a submit button and you do not cancel the default action so it will submit the form back. You need to stop that from happening.
$('#buy-button').click(function (e){
e.preventDefault();
/* rest of code */
Now to figure out why it is not calling success
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: $('#buy-form').serialize(),
url: './ajax/buy_form.php',
dataType: 'json',
before: function(data){
console.log('ok');
},
success: function(data){
},
error : function() { console.log(arguments); } /* debug why */
});
});
My guess is what you are returning from the server is not valid JSON and it is throwing a parse error.
Try this
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#buy-button').click(function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var abc = '<?php echo $var; ?>';
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: $('#buy-form').serialize(),
url: './ajax/buy_form.php',
dataType: 'json',
beforeSend: function(data){
console.log('ok');
},
success:function(data){
}
});
});
});
And make sure that your php file return response
I tried many ways to create a simple jquery ajax form but don't know why it is not submitting and/or returning the notification.
Here is my code:
Javascript
...
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/js/jquery1.11/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
...
$('#form_signup').submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'signup.php',
data: $(this).serialize(),
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
},
error: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
}
});
});
HTML
<form id="form_signup" name="form_signup" method="POST">
<div>
<input type="email" id="inputEmail1" name="inputEmail1" placeholder="your#email.com">
</div>
<div>
<a type="submit">Sign up!</a>
</div>
<div id="form_signup_text">
<!-- A fantastic notice will be placed here =D -->
</div>
</form>
PHP
<?php
$our_mail = "our#email.com";
$subject = "Wohoo! A new signup!";
$email = $_POST['inputEmail1'];
$return = array();
$return['msg'] = 'Thank you!';
$return['error'] = false;
if(preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email)){
$message = "Yesss!! We receive a new signup!
E-mail: $email
";
mail($our_mail, $subject, $message);
}
else {
$return['error'] = true;
$return['msg'] .= 'Something is wrong... snifff...';
}
return json_encode($return);
Solved:
There were three problems. And different users solve each of these problems.
In PHP, you must "echo" the return array instead of "return"
At first, you should use a submit button instead of an anchor in the form
In the input, you must set both "id" and "name"
If any of these users want, you can edit or add a new answer with these details, and the points are yours.
You need to do 3 things.
First, wrap your jQuery codes inside $(document).ready() function,
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('#form_signup').submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'signup.php',
data: $(this).serialize(),
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
},
error: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
}
});
});
});
</script>
Second, Add a submit button to your form. Also you are missing the name attribute for the email input field. That causes the error in the php file.
<form id="form_signup" name="form_signup" method="POST">
<div>
<input type="email" id="inputEmail1" name="inputEmail1" placeholder="your#email.com">
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="signup" value="Sign Up!"/>
</div>
<div id="form_signup_text">
<!-- A fantastic notice will be placed here =D -->
</div>
</form>
Third, echo the results since you are using AJAX to submit the form. return will not have any effects.
<?php
$our_mail = "our#email.com";
$subject = "Wohoo! A new signup!";
$email = $_POST['inputEmail1'];
$return = array();
$return['msg'] = 'Thank you!';
$return['error'] = false;
if(preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email)){
$message = "Yesss!! We receive a new signup!
E-mail: $email
";
mail($our_mail, $subject, $message);
}
else {
$return['error'] = true;
$return['msg'] .= 'Something is wrong... snifff...';
}
echo json_encode($return);exit;
I checked and it's working fine.
Hope this helps :)
The problem is in your form.
<form id="form_signup" name="form_signup" method="POST">
<div>
<input type="email" id="inputEmail1" name="inputEmail1" placeholder="your#email.com">
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</div>
<div id="form_signup_text">
<!-- A fantastic notice will be placed here =D -->
</div>
</form>
The php code needs to echo instead of return.
just like this:
echo json_encode($return);
Also, your form needs a submit button - type="submit" on an <a> tag doesn't trigger the browser's functionality for handling <form>s
Finally, you need to ensure that your special submit handler is loaded at just the right time -- which, if it is included at the bottom of the page, right before the footer, it should be just fine. However, you can ensure this by wrapping it in
$(document).ready(function(){
//[...]
});
doesn't your a type="submit" need to be an input instead? or a button
I am trying to call webmethod in a ajax using jquery in asp.net, but sometimes it works well and sometimes it doesn't.
Here is my ajax code :
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "frmTest.aspx/fncSave",
data: "{}"
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
async: "false",
cache: "false", //True or False
success: function (response)
result = response.d;
if (result != "") {
alert(response);
}
},
Error: function (x, e) {
alert("err");
return false;
}
});
Here My Server Side Code :
<WebMethod()>
Public Shared Function fncSave() As String
Dim sResult As Int16
Try
Dim obj As New ClsCommon()
sResult = obj.Save()
Catch ex As Exception
ex.Message.ToString()
End Try
Return sResult
End Function
$(this) in the "ajax" function is not the form.
So just try:
$('#form_signup').submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var $this = $(this);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'signup.php',
data: $this.serialize(),
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
},
error: function (data) {
console.log(data);
$('#form_signup_text').html(data.msg);
}
});
});
I admit i didn't check the rest of the code, im pretty sure thats the problem.
Of course if the problem still goes, just "f12" and check console and network for server request and headers, make sure all the params are there.
Hope that helped