Question

So i have this function in JS, sending a request to insert a new Status message to the database.

function DoStatusInsert(){
  var wrapperId = '#statusResponseNow';
    $.ajax({ 
       type: "POST",
       url: "misc/insertStatus.php",
    data: {
    value: 'y',
    uID : $('#uID').val(),
    message : $('#message').val() 
    },
       success: function(msg){
     $('#message').val("");
     $('#statusResponse').toggle(); 
     $(wrapperId).prepend(msg);
     $(wrapperId).children().first().fadeIn('slow');
        }
     });
}

With this form:

<input name="message" type="text" id="message" value="" size="60">  
<input type="hidden" name="uID" id="uID" value="<?php echo $v["id"]; ?>">
<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" value="Spara">
<div id="statusResponseNow"></div>

Now I wish to do something like blocking the submit button or the message field to “read-only” until you receive response / success, so you don’t have the opportunity to like press submit alot of times so it inserts alot.. (i know you could make a php for checking after double´s in DB)

So: when you click on submit then it makes either message field and/or submit button to read only

How should i do it?

Answer 1

function DoStatusInsert(){
  $('#IdOfYourSaveButton').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
  var wrapperId = '#statusResponseNow';
    $.ajax({ 
       type: "POST",
       url: "misc/insertStatus.php",
       data: {
       value: 'y',
       uID : $('#uID').val(),
       message : $('#message').val(),
       success: function(msg){
          $('#IdOfYourSavebutton').removeAttr('disabled');
          $('#message').val("");
          $('#statusResponse').toggle(); 
          $(wrapperId).prepend(msg);
          $(wrapperId).children().first().fadeIn('slow');
        }
  });
}

enabled and disable the button. nice and easy 🙂