Question

I’ve been trying to get my form to submit its results to a PHP file, which are then queried and results outputted. My PHP file works with its query with variables passed with a standard PHP $_GET method but trying to work it with Jquery AJAX passing the values I’m struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I’m currently at:

HTML File

<div id="content">
  <div id="options">
    <form id="form1">
      <table>
        <tr>
          <td>Date:</td>
          <td><input name="date" type="text" id="datepicker" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Size:</td>
          <td><input name="size" type="text" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td colspan="2"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </form>
  </div>
  <div id="result"> </div>
</div>

My current attempt at my script inserted at the top of the page with my PHP file named details.php.

<script>
$('#form1').submit(function() {
  $.ajax({
    data: $(this).serialize(),
    type: $(this).attr('GET'), 
    url: $(this).attr('details.php'),
    success: function(response) {
      $('#result').html(response); 
    }
  });
  return false; // cancel original event to prevent form submitting
});
</script>

Thanks

Answer 1

$('#form1').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault(); // stops form from submitting naturally
    $.ajax({
        data: $(this).serialize(),
        //type: 'GET', //'GET' is default, set to 'POST' if you want.
        url: '/details.php',
        success: function(response) {
            $('#result').html(response); 
        }
    });
});