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Asked: 2026-05-27T04:51:58+00:00

I have a php / ajax / javascript form that I am trying to

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I have a php / ajax / javascript form that I am trying to get to work. With a great deal of help from John Fable, I just need to get the success and error messages to show.
See our thread here:
Putting multiple forms on the same page

My form is at:
http://www.testing123.co.za/try/test-toggle.htm

My object was to get have multiple forms on 1 page, but at the moment when you click submit on either form, the success or error message doesn’t show and instead a loading gif spins near the submit button.

Javascript for the form goes like:

 // JavaScript Document

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    $('.contactform').submit(function() {
        var action = $(this).attr('action');
        $('.submit', this).attr('disabled', 'disabled').after('<img src="assets/ajax-
loader.gif" class="loader" />');
        $('.message', this).slideUp(750, function() {
            $('.message', this).hide();
            $.post(action, {
                name: $('.name', this).val(),
                email: $('.email', this).val(),
                phone: $('.phone', this).val(),
                dayin: $('.dayin', this).val(),
                dayout: $('.dayout', this).val(),
                comments: $('.comments', this).val(),
                verify: $('.verify', this).val()
            },
            function(data) {
                $('.message', this).html(data);
                $('.message', this).slideDown('slow');
                $('img.loader', this).fadeOut('fast', function() {
                    $(this).remove();
                });
                $('.submit', this).removeAttr('disabled');
                if (data.match('success') != null);
                $('.message', this).show().delay(5000).fadeOut();
            });
        });
        return false;
    });
});

HTML FORM:

<body>

<div id="container">

<div id="accommodation_listing_options_box">

 <ul id="accommodation_listing_options">

  <li>Price Range: <a href="#" class="tooltip" style="cursor:help;" title="Mid-range 
 Accommodation"><img src="../mid-range-yellow.png" width="28" height="19" 
 align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:0px;" /></a></li>

  <li><a href="#">View Comments</a> <img src="../comments_bubble_small.png" width="18" 
 height="16" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:5px;" /></li>

</ul>

</div>

<div id="quick_enquiry_box">Make Quick Enquiry</div>

<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>



<div style="clear:both;"></div>

<div id="slide_panel">

<div id="contact">

        <form method="post" action="contact.php" name="contactform" id="contactform" 
class="contactform"><div class="message"></div>

<div id="my_contact_left">



        <label for="name" accesskey="U"><span class="required">*</span>Name</label><br 
 />

        <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" class="name" />

        <br />

        <label for="email" accesskey="E"><span class="required">*
  </span>Email</label><br />

        <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" class="email" />

        <br />

        <label for="phone" accesskey="P"><span class="required">*</span>Phone:
 </label><br />

        <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" class="phone" />

        <br />

        <label for="dayin" accesskey="P">Day in:</label><br />

        <input name="dayin" type="text" id="dayin" size="30" class="dayin" />

        <br />

        <label for="dayout" accesskey="P">Day out:</label><br />

        <input name="dayout" type="text" id="dayout" size="30" class="dayout" />

 </div>

<div id="my_contact_right">

        <label for="comments" accesskey="C"><span class="required">*</span>Your 
Comments</label><br />

        <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" class="comments" 
style="width: 350px; height:100px;"></textarea>

        <p><span class="required">*</span>Type the validation code in below</p>

        <div style="width:100px; height:40px; float:left;"><label for="verify" 
accesskey="V">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="image.php" alt="Image verification" 
border="0"/></label></div>

        <div style="width:310px; height:40px; float:right;"><input name="verify" 
type="text" id="verify" class="verify" size="6" value="" style="width: 50px;" />

        <input type="submit" style="margin-left:112px;" class="submit" id="submit" 
value="Send it!" /></div>

        <div style="clear:both; width:410px;"></div>

</div>

<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>

        </form>

</div>

<div id="quick_form_wrapper_close"><a href="#"><img src="../close-panel-button.gif" 
/></a>
</div>

</div>



<div id="accommodation_listing_options_box">

<ul id="accommodation_listing_options">

  <li>Price Range: <a href="#" class="tooltip" style="cursor:help;" title="Mid-range 
Accommodation"><img src="../mid-range-yellow.png" width="28" height="19" 
align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:0px;" /></a></li>

  <li><a href="#">View Comments</a> <img src="../comments_bubble_small.png" width="18" 
height="16" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:5px;" /></li>

</ul>

</div>

<div id="quick_enquiry_box2">Make Quick Enquiry</div>

<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>



<div style="clear:both;"></div>

<div id="slide_panel2">

<div id="contact">



        <form method="post" action="contact2.php" name="contactform" id="contactform" 
class="contactform"><div class="message"></div>

<div id="my_contact_left">



        <label for="name" accesskey="U"><span class="required">*</span>Name</label><br 
/>

        <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" class="name" />

        <br />

        <label for="email" accesskey="E"><span class="required">*
</span>Email</label><br />

        <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" class="email" />

        <br />

        <label for="phone" accesskey="P"><span class="required">*</span>Phone:
</label><br />

        <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" class="phone" />

        <br />

        <label for="dayin" accesskey="P">Day in:</label><br />

        <input name="dayin" type="text" id="dayin" size="30" class="dayin" />

        <br />

        <label for="dayout" accesskey="P">Day out:</label><br />

        <input name="dayout" type="text" id="dayout" size="30" class="dayout" />

</div>

<div id="my_contact_right">

        <label for="comments" accesskey="C"><span class="required">*</span>Your 
Comments</label><br />

        <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" class="comments" 
style="width: 350px; height:100px;"></textarea>

        <p><span class="required">*</span>Type the validation code in below</p>

        <div style="width:100px; height:40px; float:left;"><label for="verify" 
accesskey="V">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="image.php" alt="Image verification" 
border="0"/></label></div>

        <div style="width:310px; height:40px; float:right;"><input name="verify" 
type="text" id="verify" class="verify" size="6" value="" style="width: 50px;" />

        <input type="submit" style="margin-left:112px;" class="submit" id="submit" 
value="Send it!" /></div>

        <div style="clear:both; width:410px;"></div>

</div>

<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>

        </form>

</div>

<div id="quick_form_wrapper_close2"><a href="#"><img src="../close-panel-button.gif" 
/></a>    </div>

</div>

</div>

</body>

The success / error message should appear in the div:

<div class="message"></div> which you can see is in the html form above.

Any ideas why the success / error messages arn’t showing upon submit?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this (probably still not 100% correct):

    jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    $('.contactform').submit(function() {
        var action = $(this).attr('action');
        var form = this;
        $('.submit', this).attr('disabled', 'disabled').after(
              '<img src="assets/ajax-loader.gif" class="loader" />');
        $('.message', this).slideUp(750, function() {
            $(this).hide();
            $.post(action, {
                name: $('.name', form).val(),
                email: $('.email', form).val(),
                phone: $('.phone', form).val(),
                dayin: $('.dayin', form).val(),
                dayout: $('.dayout', form).val(),
                comments: $('.comments', form).val(),
                verify: $('.verify', form).val()
            },
            function(data) {
                $('.message', form).html(data);
                $('.message', form).slideDown('slow');
                $('img.loader', form).fadeOut('fast', function() {
                    $(this).remove();
                });
                $('.submit', form).removeAttr('disabled');
                if (data.match('success') != null)
                $('.message', form).show().delay(5000).fadeOut();
            });
        });
        return false;
    });
});
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