i am trying to use ajax submit form but for some reason it doesn't work for me, any suggestions how to fix it.
I'm getting the alert message when I submit but it takes me to another page, what am i doing wrong with ajax request ?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Get Data From a MySQL Database Using jQuery and PHP</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
// AJAX forms
$("#search_form").submit(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
//var data = $(this).serialize();
var method = $(this).attr("method");
var action = $(this).attr("action");
var username = $('#username').val();
$.ajax({
url: 'process.php',
type: 'POST',
data: { name: username },
cache: false,
success: function(data){
$('#results').html(data);
}
})
})
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span>Search by name: </span>
<form method="POST" action="process.php" id="search_form">
<input type="text" id="username" name="name">
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Search">
</form>
<div id="results"></div>
</body>
</html>
process.php
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
// Check if $_POST is set
if ( empty ( $_POST['name'] ) ) {
echo "Something wrong!";
exit;
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$m = new MongoClient();
//echo "Connection to database successfully";
// select a database
$address = array(
'name'=>$name,
'city' => 'test',
'state' => 'test2',
'zipcode' => 'test3'
);
$db = $m->local;
//echo "Database mydb selected";
$collection = $db->user;
//echo "Collection selected succsessfully";
$collection->insert($address);
$user = $collection->findOne(array('name' => $name));
?>
<ul>
<li><?php echo $user['name']; ?>: <?php echo $user['city']; ?></li>
<script>
alert('test 1234');
</script>
</ul>
