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jQuery AJAX Call to PHP Script with JSON Return
<div class="the-return">
[HTML is replaced when successful.]
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("document").ready(function(){
$(".js-ajax-php-json").submit(function(){
var data = {
"action": "test"
};
data = $(this).serialize() + "&" + $.param(data);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: "response.php", //Relative or absolute path to response.php file
data: data,
success: function(data) {
$(".the-return").html(
"Favorite beverage: " + data["favorite_beverage"] + "<br />Favorite restaurant: " + data["favorite_restaurant"] + "<br />Gender: " + data["gender"] + "<br />JSON: " + data["json"]
);
alert("Form submitted successfully.\nReturned json: " + data["json"]);
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
<!--Put the following in the <head>-->
<script type="text/javascript">
$("document").ready(function(){
$(".js-ajax-php-json").submit(function(){
var data = {
"action": "test"
};
data = $(this).serialize() + "&" + $.param(data);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: "response.php", //Relative or absolute path to response.php file
data: data,
success: function(data) {
$(".the-return").html(
"Favorite beverage: " + data["favorite_beverage"] + "<br />Favorite restaurant: " + data["favorite_restaurant"] + "<br />Gender: " + data["gender"] + "<br />JSON: " + data["json"]
);
alert("Form submitted successfully.\nReturned json: " + data["json"]);
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
<!--Put the following in the <body>-->
<form action="return.php" class="js-ajax-php-json" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input type="text" name="favorite_beverage" value="" placeholder="Favorite restaurant" />
<input type="text" name="favorite_restaurant" value="" placeholder="Favorite beverage" />
<select name="gender">
<option value="male">Male</option>
<option value="female">Female</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
<div class="the-return">
[HTML is replaced when successful.]
</div>
<form action="return.php" class="js-ajax-php-json" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input type="text" name="favorite_beverage" value="" placeholder="Favorite restaurant" />
<input type="text" name="favorite_restaurant" value="" placeholder="Favorite beverage" />
<select name="gender">
<option value="male">Male</option>
<option value="female">Female</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
<?php
if (is_ajax()) {
if (isset($_POST["action"]) && !empty($_POST["action"])) { //Checks if action value exists
$action = $_POST["action"];
switch($action) { //Switch case for value of action
case "test": test_function(); break;
}
}
}
//Function to check if the request is an AJAX request
function is_ajax() {
return isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest';
}
function test_function(){
$return = $_POST;
//Do what you need to do with the info. The following are some examples.
//if ($return["favorite_beverage"] == ""){
// $return["favorite_beverage"] = "Coke";
//}
//$return["favorite_restaurant"] = "McDonald's";
$return["json"] = json_encode($return);
echo json_encode($return);
}
?>
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