With help from this site, so far I have figured out how to get a value to an input field through ajax. Now I need to get specific values to separate input fields (user form). Overview; the user is selecting data from jquery results to propagate to the form so the user does not have to manually enter that data.
Here is my script code:
<script>
var book_title;
var author;
var published;
var description;
var pages;
var Publisher;
var ISBN;
$(function() {
$( "#dialog" ).dialog({
height: 550, width: 450});
$( ".btn" ).click(function(){
//var book_title = $item['volumeInfo']['title'];
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'book-meta.php',
//dataType: 'json',
//data: { book_title : $("#returnvalues").val() },
data: { book_title : '$title', author: "Author"},
success: function(data)
{
//alert(data);
//console.log(data);
$("input[name='bbp_extra_field1']").val(data);
$("input[name='bbp_extra_field2']").val(data);
//$("#displayResults").html(data);
},
error: function(errorThrown){
alert('error');
}
});
$( "#dialog" ).dialog( "close" );
});
});
</script>
Here is the book-meta.php code:
if ( isset( $_POST['book_title'] )) {
// echo $_SESSION['book_title'];
// $book_title = $_REQUEST['book_title'];
$book_title = $_POST['book_title'];
echo $book_title;
}
if ( isset( $_POST['author'] )) {
$author = $_POST['author'];
echo $author;
}
Here is the code for data entry. So far, I can get data to the $value part, but it is the same data going to both input fields. In short, I am trying to get book_title to bbp_extra_field1, and I'm trying to get author to bbp_extra_field2.
add_action ( 'bbp_theme_before_topic_form_content', 'bbp_extra_fields');
function bbp_extra_fields() {
// include 'book-meta.php';
//This is where the cover will go, from google book search
$value = get_post_meta( bbp_get_topic_id(), 'bbp_extra_fieldc', true);
// echo '<label for="bbp_extra_fieldc">Cover</label><br>';
echo "<p><input type='image' name='bbp_extra_fieldc' value='".$value."'></p>";
//Input field for the Author
$value = get_post_meta( bbp_get_topic_id(), 'bbp_extra_field1', true);
echo '<label for="bbp_extra_field1">Author</label>';
echo "<p><input type='text' name='bbp_extra_field1' value='".$value."'></p>";
$value = get_post_meta( bbp_get_topic_id(), 'bbp_extra_field2', true);
echo '<label for="bbp_extra_field2">Published</label><br>';
echo "<p><input type='date' name='bbp_extra_field2' value='".$value."'></p>";
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.