I have overridden the .submit function of a form on this web-page, because the webpage is loaded inside the #mainContent in an "index.php", and I want the Submit button to replace only this #mainContent.
I am trying to get the data from this form to a .php file in order to make queries to a database (or simply echo populated variables, to indicate that data was passed).
I am very new to AJAX. Can someone explain to me how to pass the data to the .php file, or point me to a resource that will give me some clarification?
Right now I'm simply trying to pass a string to a variable and echo it back.
Could someone clarify what the first element in the "data: {thisElement: notThisOne}," refers to? Is it the "name" of an attribute in the form? The name of the variable it will be passing to the php script in the 'url:' ?
Thanks for clarify this.
Here is my 'search.html' file (which is embedded in another 'index.php' file):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div class="main" data-role="content" id="main">
<div id="holder">
<h1>Search</h1>
<div class="left">
<form name="searchForm" id="searchForm" onsubmit="return false;">
<fieldset data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal" data-role="fieldcontain">
<legend><h3>Course</h3></legend>
<select name="courseSelect" id="courseSelect" name="courseSelect">
<option value="*">All</option>
<option value="COMM2216">COMM-2216</option>
</select>
</fieldset>
<p>
<fieldset data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal" data-role="fieldcontain">
<legend><h4>Type:</h4></legend>
<input type="radio" name="lecLab" value="lec" id="lec"/>
<label for="lec">Lecture</label>
<input type="radio" name="lecLab" value="lab" id="lab">
<label for="lab">Lab</label>
<input type="radio" name="lecLab" value="*" id="both" checked="checked">
<label for="both">Both</label>
<p>
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="./scripts/searchGo.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
The 'searchGo.js':
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#searchForm").submit(function(e)
{
//e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "./scripts/php_test.php",
data: {courseSelect: "Lecture, or Lab?"},
success: function(){
alert($lecOrLab);
$("#holder").load("./scripts/php_test.php");
}
}) ;
});
});
Finally, the 'php_test.php':
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$courseSelect = $_POST['courseSelect'];
echo ($courseSelect);
?>
</body>
</html>
Am I collecting the data in the php_test.php incorrectly? Or assigning it in the 'data: {},' (of searchGo.js) incorrectly?
Thanks for clarification.
