Sending Data from JS to PHP and back

[wemustdesign]

I have created a form, basically this is the data flow

 

- Form.php

 

Passes the data to

 

- Functions.js

This validates the data etc

 

If valid passes the data to

 

- updateDatabase.php

Adds the values from the form to the database

 

Now I want to display the data on the original form page (form.php). I have tried the get 'Functions.js' to pass the data back to 'form.php' but can't get it working.

 

Can anyone reccomend a way to do this or can point me in the direction of a related tutorial?

 

[AyKay47]

validate all form data with PHP, DO NOT use JS to validate any kind of user input as JS can be disabled, thus rendering your validation useless, thus allowing the user to enter anything that he/she desires into your form(s)

[wemustdesign]

My whole webiste is based around Google Maps and is loaded full of JS so if they do not have JS turned on they will only get a noscript error message

[AyKay47]

if you are determined to do this, seeing your code will definitely help to come up with the correct logic here

[wemustdesign]

form.php

(just a normal form)

 

functions.js

$(".submitLocation").click(function() {
    var name = $("#name").val();
    var dataString = 'name=' + name;

$.ajax({
type: "POST",
			    			
url: "updateDatabase.php",
   data: dataString,
    success: function(){
$('.success').fadeIn(200).show();			
}
});

 

updateDatabase.php

this is just a simple php file which inserts the data sent

 

Basically what I want is to add a 'step 2' of the form. This is where the user can add photos to the listing. To do this I need to get the 'name' that the user submitted in form.php.

[AyKay47]

the image name? create a function and pass it as an argument to your js function..