Question

I have a table which is generated by a php function in which, each row contains an Action Button which is actually a form containing hidden data. I want to be able so when I click on the action button, data from the hidden input values is passed to an AJAX call.

Here’s what I have so far: (this current code is selecting data from the 1st form no matter if the user clicks on the 2nd form action button)

The Table containing the Forms

<table class="table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Card Type</th>
            <th>Name on Card</th>
            <th>Number</th>
            <th>Expires</th>
            <th>CVC</th>
            <th>Action</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>VISA</td>
            <td>testname testlname</td>
            <td>xxxxxxxxxxxx9999</td>
            <td>12 / 15</td>
            <td>123</td>
            <td>
                <form method="post" class="scc">
                    <input type="hidden" value="VISA" name="scc_ccType1" id="scc_ccType1">
                    <input type="hidden" value="testname testlname" name="scc_ccOwner1" id="scc_ccOwner1">
                    <input type="hidden" value="4444777711119999" name="scc_ccNumber1" id="scc_ccNumber1">
                    <input type="hidden" value="12" name="scc_ccExpiresMt" id="scc_ccExpiresMt">
                    <input type="hidden" value="15" name="scc_ccExpiresYr" id="scc_ccExpiresYr">
                    <input type="hidden" value="123" name="scc_ccCVC1" id="scc_ccCVC1">
                    <input type="submit" value="Select Card" name="select_scc" id="select_scc">
                </form>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>VISA</td>
            <td>testname testlname</td>
            <td>xxxxxxxxxxxx1111</td>
            <td>12 / 15</td>
            <td>123</td>
            <td>
                <form method="post" class="scc">
                <input type="hidden" value="VISA" name="scc_ccType1" id="scc_ccType1">
                <input type="hidden" value="testname testlname" name="scc_ccOwner1" id="scc_ccOwner1">
                <input type="hidden" value="4444555566661111" name="scc_ccNumber1" id="scc_ccNumber1">
                <input type="hidden" value="12" name="scc_ccExpiresMt" id="scc_ccExpiresMt">
                <input type="hidden" value="15" name="scc_ccExpiresYr" id="scc_ccExpiresYr">
                <input type="hidden" value="123" name="scc_ccCVC1" id="scc_ccCVC1">
                <input type="submit" value="Select Card" name="select_scc" id="select_scc">
                </form>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

The Jquery Code

<script defer="defer" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#select_scc").live("click", function() {

        var postData = {
        'authorize'     : 2 ,
        'cc_type'                       : $("#scc_ccType1").val(),
        'cc_number'                     : $("#scc_ccNumber1").val(),
        'cc_expdate_month'              : $("#scc_ccExpiresMt").val(),
        'cc_expdate_year'               : $("#scc_ccExpiresYr").val(),
        'cc_security_code'              : $("#scc_ccCVC1").val(),
        'owner'                         : $("#scc_ccOwner1").val(),

        };

        $.ajax({
                url: "<?php echo base_url().'admin/creditcard';?>",
                type:'POST',
                data: postData,
                dataType: 'json',
                success: function(scard){
                    alert(scard);
                }
        });

        return false;
    });
});
</script>

Answer 1

First off ids need to be unique, so perhaps change the php generating them to add “select_scc” as a class instead.

Then do somethinbg like this:

$('submit#select_scc').on('click', function() {
    var $this = $(this); // caches $(this), which is the select_scc element.

    // Now to get each value for the form that the user clicked on.
    var postData = {
           'cc_type' : $this.siblings('#scc_ccType1').val(),
           'cc_number' : $this.sibling('#scc_ccNumber1').val(),
           // ........ etc
        };

        // now just run the ajax function as you are doing.
});

Maybe you will have problems with this click function if “select_scc” is not generated when the user clicks, then just bind the function to an element which already is there. For example say everything that is generated is inside a pre-defined div called “#container”, then write the click function like this:

$('#container').on('click', 'submit#select_scc', function () {
});

.live is deprecated and just points to the .on function, so just using .on directly will save you some load time.