jQuery validate with AJAX in submitHandler, submits on second click?

Question

I\'m new to AJAX and used the code from this SO answer here jQuery Ajax POST example with PHP to integrate with a form on a WordPress site. It works just fine, but i\'m havi

Answer 1

$("#add-form").validate({
    submitHandler: function (form) {
        var request;
        // bind to the submit event of our form



        // let's select and cache all the fields
        var $inputs = $(form).find("input, select, button, textarea");
        // serialize the data in the form
        var serializedData = $(form).serialize();

        // let's disable the inputs for the duration of the ajax request
        $inputs.prop("disabled", true);

        // fire off the request to /form.php

        request = $.ajax({
                url: "forms.php",
                type: "post",
                data: serializedData
        });

        // callback handler that will be called on success
        request.done(function (response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                // log a message to the console
                console.log("Hooray, it worked!");
                alert("success awesome");
                $('#add--response').html('
×Well done! You successfully read this important alert message.
');
        });

        // callback handler that will be called on failure
        request.fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                // log the error to the console
                console.error(
                    "The following error occured: " + textStatus, errorThrown);
        });

            // callback handler that will be called regardless
            // if the request failed or succeeded
        request.always(function () {
                // reenable the inputs
                $inputs.prop("disabled", false);
        });            

    }
});