Question

i am trying for hours now, cant get it to work

my ajax call

 $('.button').click( function() {
         var mail = $("#mail_content").val();

         alert(mail);

        $.ajax({  
            type: "POST",  
            url: "process.php",  
            data: "mail="+ mail,  
            success: function(){  
                alert("success");  
            }  
        });
    });

my process.php

<?php
//  echo "<pre>";
//  print_r($_POST);
//  echo "</pre>";

include 'config.php';
include 'lib.php';

$db = dbConnect();


$mail = quote_smart($_POST['mail']);

//insert, update, select, delete
$query = "INSERT INTO mail VALUES ('', '$mail')";
$result = insertQuery($query);


 dbClose($db);

echo "entry saved";

?>

my form

<div class="email">
            <div class="email_title">GET NOTIFIED FOR THE GRAND OPENING<br /> </div>
            <div id="contact_form">
              <form id="mail" name="mail" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                <fieldset>
                  <label for="mail" id="email_label">YOUR EMAIL</label>
                  <input type="text" name="mail_content" id="mail_content" size="30" value="" class="text-input" />
                  <input type="submit" name="submit" class="button" id="submit_btn" value="SAVE" />
                </fieldset>
              </form>
            </div>
        </div>

am i overlooking something?
it works when i put the process.php code in the action in the form

Answer 1

Just change your ajax call as below … This also solves submitting with enter issue.

 $('#mail').submit( function() {
        var mail = $("#mail_content").val();
        alert(mail);
        $.ajax({  
            type: "POST",  
            url: "process.php",  
            data: "mail="+ mail,  
            success: function(){  
                alert("success");  
            }  
        });
        return false;
    });