Question

I have this code:

var data_string = $('form#frm').serialize();
    $.ajax({
        type:       "POST",
        url:        "/send.php",
        data:       data_string,
        success:    function(data) {
        alert(data);

And in the php file:

$to = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);    //email
$name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['name']);   //name of tipper
$msg = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['msg']);     //message
echo $name; //EXAMPLE

The above alert in the ajax code SHOULD alert the posted $name variable.
However, the alertbox comes up, but it is blank.

I think it has to do with the serialize part.

echoing 1 or 0 from php works fine, and the alert box shows the 1 or 0.

Any ideas whats wrong?

Thanks

EDIT:

Found out that when alerting the serialized data:

 alert (data_string);

I get “undefined”…

And here is the form:

<form name='frm' id='frm' action='send.php' method='post' onsubmit='tip_func(); return false;'>

<input type='text' name='name' id='name'>

tip_func() is the function where all the above ajax is…

Answer 1

Have you tested the data_string? Try doing an alert on it first to check it has data in it!

var data_string = $('#frm').serialize();
alert(data_string);