I\'m new in PHP/jquery I would like to ask how to send json data from a form field like (name, age, etc) with ajax in a json format. Sadly I can\'t found any relevant inform
You can use serialize()
like this:
$.ajax({
cache: false,
url: 'test.php',
data: $('form').serialize(),
datatype: 'json',
success: function(data) {
}
});
here is a simple one
here is my test.php for testing only
<?php
// this is just a test
//send back to the ajax request the request
echo json_encode($_POST);
here is my index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form" action="" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
Age: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
FavColor: <input type="text" name="favc"><br>
<input id="submit" type="button" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
// click on button submit
$("#submit").on('click', function(){
// send ajax
$.ajax({
url: 'test.php', // url where to submit the request
type : "POST", // type of action POST || GET
dataType : 'json', // data type
data : $("#form").serialize(), // post data || get data
success : function(result) {
// you can see the result from the console
// tab of the developer tools
console.log(result);
},
error: function(xhr, resp, text) {
console.log(xhr, resp, text);
}
})
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Both file are place in the same directory
Sending data from formfields back to the server (php) is usualy done by the POST method which can be found back in the superglobal array $_POST inside PHP. There is no need to transform it to JSON before you send it to the server. Little example:
<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
{
echo '<pre>';
print_r($_POST);
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="email" value="joe@gmail.com" />
<button type="submit">Send!</button>
With AJAX you are able to do exactly the same thing, only without page refresh.
The accepted answer here indeed makes a json from a form, but the json contents is really a string with url-encoded contents.
To make a more realistic json POST, use some solution from Serialize form data to JSON to make formToJson
function and add contentType: 'application/json;charset=UTF-8'
to the jQuery ajax call parameters.
$.ajax({
url: 'test.php',
type: "POST",
dataType: 'json',
data: formToJson($("form")),
contentType: 'application/json;charset=UTF-8',
...
})