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Simple AJAX unit converter
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>AJAX unit Converter</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<style>
#myForm div{margin-bottom:15px;}
#result{border:solid 1px green; background: #6F9; margin-top:25px; padding:7px; display:none;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Digital Storage Converter</h1>
<form action="convert.php" method="post" id="myForm">
<div>
<label for="amount">Amount:</label>
<input type="text" id="amount" name="amount" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="from">From:</label>
<select name="from" id="from">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Select unit</option>
<option value="1">kilobytes</option>
<option value="2">megabytes</option>
<option value="3">gigabytes</option>
<option value="4">terabytes</option>
<option value="5">petabytes</option>
<option value="6">exabytes</option>
</select>
<label for="into">Into:</label>
<select name="into" id="into">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Select unit</option>
<option value="1">kilobytes</option>
<option value="2">megabytes</option>
<option value="3">gigabytes</option>
<option value="4">terabytes</option>
<option value="5">petabytes</option>
<option value="6">exabytes</option>
</select>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Convert">
</form>
<p id="result"></p>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#myForm").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
amount = $("#amount").val();
from = $("#from").val();
into = $("#into").val();
if (amount == "" || from == "0" || into == "0"){
alert("Please fill out all of the fields!");
return false;
}
$.ajax({
type : "POST",
url : "convert.php",
data : 'amount=' + amount + '&from=' + from + '&into=' + into,
success : function(res) {
$("#result").html(amount + " " + $('#from option:selected').text() + " = " + res + " " + $('#into option:selected').text()).css("display", "inline-block");
}
});
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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