Success / Error Messages on form Submit not showing

**reflex84** · Dec 02nd, 2011, 05:29 AM

Hi,

I have a php / ajax / javascript form that I am trying to get to work. With a great deal of help from another forum, I just need to get the success and error messages to show.
My form is at http://www.testing123.co.za/try/test-toggle.htm

My object was to get have multiple forms on 1 page, but at the moment when you click submit on either form, the success or error message doesn't show and instead a loading gif spins near the submit button.

Javascript for the form goes like:

Code:

// JavaScript Document

jQuery(document).ready(function(){

    $('.contactform').submit(function(){

        var action = $(this).attr('action');

        $('.submit', this).attr('disabled','disabled').after('<img src="assets/ajax-loader.gif" class="loader" />');

        $('.message', this).slideUp(750,function() {
        $('.message', this).hide();

        $.post(action, {
            name: $('.name', this).val(),
            email: $('.email', this).val(),
            phone: $('.phone', this).val(),
            dayin: $('.dayin', this).val(),
            dayout: $('.dayout', this).val(),
            comments: $('.comments', this).val(),
            verify: $('.verify', this).val()
        },
        function(data){
                $('.message', this).html(data);
                $('.message', this).slideDown('slow');
                $('img.loader', this).fadeOut('fast',function() {
            $(this).remove();
        });
                $('.submit', this).removeAttr('disabled');
            if(data.match('success') != null);
                $('.message', this).show().delay(5000).fadeOut();
            });
        });
        return false;
    });
});

HTML FORM:

Code:

<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="accommodation_listing_options_box">
<ul id="accommodation_listing_options">
      <li>Price Range: <a href="#" class="tooltip" style="cursor:help;" title="Mid-range Accommodation"><img src="../mid-range-yellow.png" width="28" height="19" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:0px;" /></a></li>
      <li><a href="#">View Comments</a> <img src="../comments_bubble_small.png" width="18" height="16" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:5px;" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="quick_enquiry_box">Make Quick Enquiry</div>
<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>
  
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="slide_panel">
<div id="contact">
 
            <form method="post" action="contact.php" name="contactform" id="contactform" class="contactform"><div class="message"></div>
<div id="my_contact_left">
  
            <label for="name" accesskey="U"><span class="required">*</span>Name</label><br />
            <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" class="name" />

            <br />
            <label for="email" accesskey="E"><span class="required">*</span>Email</label><br />
            <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" class="email" />

            <br />
            <label for="phone" accesskey="P"><span class="required">*</span>Phone:</label><br />
            <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" class="phone" />

            <br />
            <label for="dayin" accesskey="P">Day in:</label><br />

            <input name="dayin" type="text" id="dayin" size="30" class="dayin" />

            <br />
            <label for="dayout" accesskey="P">Day out:</label><br />
            <input name="dayout" type="text" id="dayout" size="30" class="dayout" />

</div>
<div id="my_contact_right">

            <label for="comments" accesskey="C"><span class="required">*</span>Your Comments</label><br />
            <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" class="comments" style="width: 350px; height:100px;"></textarea>

            <p><span class="required">*</span>Type the validation code in below</p>

            <div style="width:100px; height:40px; float:left;"><label for="verify" accesskey="V">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="image.php" alt="Image verification" border="0"/></label></div>
            <div style="width:310px; height:40px; float:right;"><input name="verify" type="text" id="verify" class="verify" size="6" value="" style="width: 50px;" />
            <input type="submit" style="margin-left:112px;" class="submit" id="submit" value="Send it!" /></div>
            <div style="clear:both; width:410px;"></div>

</div>
<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>

            </form>
    </div>
<div id="quick_form_wrapper_close"><a href="#"><img src="../close-panel-button.gif" /></a></div>
</div>
          
<div id="accommodation_listing_options_box">
<ul id="accommodation_listing_options">
      <li>Price Range: <a href="#" class="tooltip" style="cursor:help;" title="Mid-range Accommodation"><img src="../mid-range-yellow.png" width="28" height="19" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:0px;" /></a></li>
      <li><a href="#">View Comments</a> <img src="../comments_bubble_small.png" width="18" height="16" align="absmiddle" style="padding-left:5px;" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="quick_enquiry_box2">Make Quick Enquiry</div>
<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>
  
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="slide_panel2">
<div id="contact">
  
            <form method="post" action="contact2.php" name="contactform" id="contactform" class="contactform"><div class="message"></div>
<div id="my_contact_left">
  
            <label for="name" accesskey="U"><span class="required">*</span>Name</label><br />
            <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" class="name" />

            <br />
            <label for="email" accesskey="E"><span class="required">*</span>Email</label><br />
            <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" class="email" />

            <br />
            <label for="phone" accesskey="P"><span class="required">*</span>Phone:</label><br />
            <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" class="phone" />

            <br />
            <label for="dayin" accesskey="P">Day in:</label><br />

            <input name="dayin" type="text" id="dayin" size="30" class="dayin" />

            <br />
            <label for="dayout" accesskey="P">Day out:</label><br />
            <input name="dayout" type="text" id="dayout" size="30" class="dayout" />

</div>
<div id="my_contact_right">

            <label for="comments" accesskey="C"><span class="required">*</span>Your Comments</label><br />
            <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" class="comments" style="width: 350px; height:100px;"></textarea>

            <p><span class="required">*</span>Type the validation code in below</p>

            <div style="width:100px; height:40px; float:left;"><label for="verify" accesskey="V">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="image.php" alt="Image verification" border="0"/></label></div>
            <div style="width:310px; height:40px; float:right;"><input name="verify" type="text" id="verify" class="verify" size="6" value="" style="width: 50px;" />
            <input type="submit" style="margin-left:112px;" class="submit" id="submit" value="Send it!" /></div>
            <div style="clear:both; width:410px;"></div>

</div>
<div style="clear:both; width:710px;"></div>

            </form>
    </div>
<div id="quick_form_wrapper_close2"><a href="#"><img src="../close-panel-button.gif" /></a></div>
</div>
 
</div>
</body>

The success / error message should appear in the div

which you can see is in the html form above.

Any ideas why the success / error messages arn't showing upon submit?

Thanks in advance.

**Web Design Forums** · Dec 02nd, 2011 05:29 AM

**Ganners** · Dec 02nd, 2011, 03:37 PM

Well, to be honest you should be using $.ajax to do this. An example that will work with your form:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $('#contactform').submit(function(){

                $.ajax({
                    type: 'POST',
                    url: 'contact.php',
                    data: 'name=' + $('.name').val() + '&email=' + $('.email').val() + '&phone=' + $('.phone').val() + '&dayin=' + $('.dayin').val() + '&dayout=' + $('.dayout').val() + '&comments=' + $('.comments').val() + '&verify=' + $('.verify').val(),
                    success: function(data){
                        alert(data);
                    },
                    error: function(xhr, status, error) {
                        // handle error
                    }
                });
            return false;
            });
        });
</script>

Then you have two events, one for success and one for failure. All simplified.

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