I am trying to understand the basics of using AJAX in conjunction with PHP in order to use php pages to provide functions, but not change my 'view' on my MVC design.
So I created this basic login page...
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>learning Php</title>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$(#"login").click(function() {
var action = $("#form1").attr("action");
var form_data = {
username: $("#username").val(),
password: $("#password").val(),
is_ajax: 1
};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: action,
data: form_data,
success: function(response)
{
if(response == 'success')
{
$("#form1").slideUp('slow', function() {
$("#message").html('<p class="success">You have logged in.</p>');
};
}
else
$("#message").html('<p class="error">Incorrect password or username.</p>');
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="post" action="loginForm.php">
<p>
<label for="username"> Username: </label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="password"> Password: </label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" id="login" name="login" value="login" />
</p>
</form>
<div id="message"></div>
<div>
</body>
</html>
And this was my php page to "handle" to login...
<?php
$is_ajax = $_REQUEST['is_ajax'];
if(isset($is_ajax) && $is_ajax)
{
$username = $_REQUEST['username'];
$password = $_REQUEST['password'];
if($username == 'demo' && $password == 'demo')
{
echo 'success';
}
}
?>
The problem I am having is that whenever I submit my login, I am redirected to "/loginForm.php" instead of staying on my current page and having the message change underneath the login form.
I tried using Firebug to help me track down what I suspected to be a javascript error, but to no avail.
Any idea on why I am being redirected or why the form is not submitting via Ajax?
