IMHO, code has some inaccuracies.
First of all, you're writing:
var formData = $("#add-cart-form").serialize();
...but you're not sending formData via $.ajax. Instead, you're sending other post data, specifically
{ 'total_load' : $('#total_load').val(), 'hours' : $('#hours').val(),}
...and there is an error inside this object, you have a comma just before the closing curly brace.
Anyway, this is the right way to do it (js)
$("#submit1").click(function(event){
// perhaps formData form embrace "total_load" and "hours" ?
var formData = $("#add-cart-form").serialize();
$.ajax({
url: 'test.php',
cache: false, // optional
async: true, // optional, defaults to true. False value will make ajax synchronous, hanging the browser.
data: formData,
type: 'post',
dataType : 'json'
}).done(function(d){ // trying to simplify comprehension of the console.log output, below...
console.log(d.d_connected_load);
console.log(d.d_model);
console.log(d.d_voltage);
console.log(d.d_type);
console.log(d.d_no_of_hours);
console.log(d.d_selected_battery);
}).fail(function(j,s,e){
console.warn(j.responseText);
});
});
and, PHP side:
<?php
$connected_load = $_POST['total_load'];
$no_of_hours = $_POST['hours'];
# stuffs here for sanitizing $_POST and working on $selected_inverter["model"], $selected_inverter["voltage"], $selected_inverter["type"], $selected_battery
echo json_encode(
array(
"d_connected_load" => $connected_load,
"d_model" => $selected_inverter["model"],
"d_voltage" => $selected_inverter["voltage"],
"d_type" => $selected_inverter["type"],
"d_no_of_hours" => $no_of_hours,
"d_selected_battery" => $selected_battery
)
);
You do not need to parse JSON. jQuery will do it for you when you make an ajax call specifying dataType:'json' in the ajaxcall options (and, obviously, the json echoed from php must be well-formed).
Note, in addition, the way the ajax call is written. In latest releases of jQuery the best is to use .done() and .fail() promise methods instead of success and fail. -> http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/
UPDATE: STEP BY STEP EXAMPLE:
I'll try to make it more understandable.
Initial steps:
- create a file named form.php;
- create a file named ajax_test.php;
- create a file named test.js;
...in the same directory.
====== FILE FORM.PHP ======
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="add-cart-form" method="post">
<p>TOTAL LOAD: <input type="text" value="total load" name="total_load" /></p>
<p>TOTAL LOAD: <input type="text" value="hours!" name="hours" /></p>
<hr />
<button type="submit" id="submit1">SUBMIT</button>
</form>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/test.js"></script>
</html>
====== FILE AJAX_TEST.PHP ======
<?php
$connected_load = $_POST['total_load'];
$no_of_hours = $_POST['hours'];
# stuffs here for sanitizing $_POST and working on $selected_inverter["model"], $selected_inverter["voltage"], $selected_inverter["type"], $selected_battery
echo json_encode(
array(
"d_connected_load" => $connected_load,
"d_model" => $selected_inverter["model"],
"d_voltage" => $selected_inverter["voltage"],
"d_type" => $selected_inverter["type"],
"d_no_of_hours" => $no_of_hours,
"d_selected_battery" => $selected_battery
)
);
====== FILE TEST.JS ======
$("#submit1").click(function(event){
// perhaps formData form embrace "total_load" and "hours" ?
var formData = $("#add-cart-form").serialize();
$.ajax({
url: 'ajax_test.php',
cache: false, // optional
async: true, // optional, defaults to true. False value will make ajax synchronous, hanging the browser.
data: formData,
type: 'post',
dataType : 'json'
}).done(function(d){ // trying to simplify comprehension of the console.log output, below...
console.log(d.d_connected_load);
console.log(d.d_model);
console.log(d.d_voltage);
console.log(d.d_type);
console.log(d.d_no_of_hours);
console.log(d.d_selected_battery);
}).fail(function(j,s,e){
console.warn(j.responseText);
});
event.preventDefault();
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
return false;
});
