Question

HI all, I might be going about this all the wrong way, so any thoughts would be great.

Currently I have a form that takes data from the user input formats it into XML, puts that XML into a textarea and automatically submits it with document.insert.submit(); to this parse.php file.

I don’t have any idea how the parse.php file handles data, but know it returns an XML string to me if I feed it some XML.

I am trying to get this XML data that is returned into a string or variable I can break apart and take certain parameters out of.

I have looked at the .ajax() jquery, but am not sure how to submit this form and get my data returned in a variable from it.

How can I get this XML that is being returned?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Just add this script to your page:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        var $form = $(document.insert);
        $form.submit(function(){
           $.ajax({
              type: $form.attr("method") || 'get',
              url: $form.attr("action"),
              data: $form.serialize(),
              dataType: 'text', //Disables xml autoparsing
              success: function(xml){
                 //Now you have server response in the 'xml' var
                 alert('Xml returned by server: ' + xml);
              }
           });
           return false; //Cancel normal submission
        });
    });
</script>

And then try to submit your form. You’ll get the xml from the server.
Hope this helps. Cheers