Question

This is simple but I don’t seem able to make it happen in Codeigniter.

Using simple php it should be:

<form id="volume" method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">
<label>length(cm):</label>
<input type="text" name="length">
<label>width(cm):</label>
<input type="text" name="width">
<label>height(cm):</label>
<input type="text" name="height">
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>


<?php

$length = $_POST["length"];
$width = $_POST["width"];
$height = $_POST["height"];
$variable = 5000;

$sum_total = ($length * $width * $height) / $variable;

printf ("%01.2f" , $sum_total);

?> kg

I put the form in my view, the php in my controller but I want it to return the result in the same page instead of redirecting me.

Thank you all in advance for your responses.

Answer 1

Put jQuery similar to this on the page with your submit button.

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('#volume').submit(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();

    var post_array = {
        length: $('input[name=length]').val();
        width: $('input[name=width]').val();
        // etc
    };

    $.post('path/to/controller/method', post_array, function(data){
        alert(data); // do stuff;
    }

    return false; //to stop the form from submitting
  });
});

Put the PHP that calculates the result in ‘path/to/controller/method’ and have it return $result;.

When a user clicks the submit button it will submit an ajax request to your new view and return the result to jQuery where you can then change the page or w/e you want to do.