how to stop input reset on live ajax searchbar - javascript
I am trying to make a live ajax searchbar on keyup event.
When I type one character the page changes url and resets my input text. How can I prevent the page from refreshing as I write more characters?
<script type="text/javascript">
function getSearch(str){
var u = document.getElementById("search").value;
if(str.length == 0){
status.innerHTML = 'field is empty';
}
if(u != "") {
se.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (se.readyState == 4 && se.status == 200){
status.innerHTML = se.responseText;
}
}
}
}
</script>
Your ajax request lacks some configuration. You need to tell the request itself which url it should call, and specify the method. Just change those lines:
status.innerHTML = 'Verifying...';
//window.location.replace("search.php?search="+str);
// this is why your page reloads. you want to remove this
var se = new XMLHttpRequest();
se.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
se.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (se.readyState == 4 && se.status == 200){
status.innerHTML = se.responseText;
}
}
se.open('POST',"search.php?search="+str);
// you need to open the request, specifying the method and the url
se.send();
here is an interesting read on ajax requests
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Do a javascript redirect after an ajax call
I'm trying to use ajax to parse data to be processed on a php page and have php echo a javascript redirect to another page but it is not working. I have read that js does not work after running an ajax call so I will like to know if there s a way around it. This is my code:
html
<form>
<div class="depart_time bottom_white w-40 ml-auto">
<p>Time</p>
<input type="time" name = "return_time" id = "rt">
</div>
<div class = "search_button r_search">
<button id = "r_search" onclick = "return false" onmousedown = "rent()">SEARCH</button>
</div>
</form>
ajax call is a normal xhttp request that gets sent to php for processing after which a redirection should occur:
if(isset($_POST['return_time'])){
echo '<script type="text/javascript">window.location.href="link.html"</script>';
}
Please an help is appreciated. I'm new to using ajax.
EDIT
the ajax code:
gid("r_search").addEventListener("mousedown", rent);
function rent(){
rt = gid('rt').value;
r_search = gid('r_search').value;
form_array = '&rt=' + rt +
'&r_search=' + r_search;
send_data = form_array;
ajax_data('app/rent.php', 'error', send_data);
//gid('error').innerHTML = send_data;
}
function ajax_data(php_file, getId, send_data){
gid(getId).innerHTML = "loading";
var xhttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttpReq.open("POST", php_file, true);
xhttpReq.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
gid(getId).innerHTML = xhttpReq.responseText;
}
};
xhttpReq.send(send_data);
}
please note that 'gid' is for getelementbyid
You have to make bit alteration to your way of redirection.
First you need to make changes in your PHP response
if(isset($_POST['return_time'])){
...
// If you get your process success return 1
if(success) {
echo 1; die();
} else {
// else set some flag that you could get on your AJAX response
echo 0; die();
}
}
Now, get this flag on your AJAX and make changes to your below functions:
function ajax_data(php_file, getId, send_data){
gid(getId).innerHTML = "loading";
var xhttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttpReq.open("POST", php_file, true);
xhttpReq.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
if( xhttpReq.responseText == 1 ) window.location.href="URL where you wish to redirect page";
}
};
xhttpReq.send(send_data);
}
I've written this answer for others who come here for help.
Auto Link shorting via PHP&AJAX (bit.ly)
I would like to build a form (VIA POST METHOD) with just one field (url - link shortening). Now the question is how and if is it possible to build a form that detects the value of the URL field is a link and automatically shortens it rather than waiting you click Send (for exmaple like the web of Bit.ly).
The main idea is once the field is an identifier that value is a proper Hyperlink is directly sends and shortens (And the field is replaced by a shortened link) it without waiting for the click on the SEND.
index.html
<html>
<head>
<script>
function showHint(str) {
if (str.length == 0) {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = "";
return;
} else {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "gethint.php?q=" + str, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><b>Start typing a url in the input field below:</b></p>
<form>
Url: <input type="text" onkeyup="showHint(this.value)">
</form>
<p><span id="txtHint"></span></p>
</body>
</html>
gethint.php
<?php
// get the q parameter from URL
$q = $_REQUEST["q"];
$hint = "";
if (!filter_var($q, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === FALSE) {
// short the link
$rand = rand(1,1000);
$hint = 'http://domain.com/'.$rand; }
echo $hint === "" ? "Not a valid URL" : $hint; ?>
I'd use jQuery for the event triggering/AJAX and https://gist.github.com/dperini/729294 for weburl regex.
I'm not that at home on pure JavaScript AJAX calls, but is
xmlhttp.open("GET")
the right way to go at it if you want to make a POST?
Anyway the main thing you're missing is
function isUrl(url){
var regex = /^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?#)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/i;
if(regex.test(url)){
return regex.test(url);
}else{
return regex.test("http://"+url);
}
}
So this should be your new index.html
<html>
<head>
<script>
var extensions = [".aero",".biz",".cat",".com",".coop",".edu",".gov",".info",".int",".jobs",".mil",".mobi",".museum",".name",".net",".org",".travel",".ac",".ad",".ae",".af",".ag",".ai",".al",".am",".an",".ao",".aq",".ar",".as",".at",".au",".aw",".az",".ba",".bb",".bd",".be",".bf",".bg",".bh",".bi",".bj",".bm",".bn",".bo",".br",".bs",".bt",".bv",".bw",".by",".bz",".ca",".cc",".cd",".cf",".cg",".ch",".ci",".ck",".cl",".cm",".cn",".co",".cr",".cs",".cu",".cv",".cx",".cy",".cz",".de",".dj",".dk",".dm",".do",".dz",".ec",".ee",".eg",".eh",".er",".es",".et",".eu",".fi",".fj",".fk",".fm",".fo",".fr",".ga",".gb",".gd",".ge",".gf",".gg",".gh",".gi",".gl",".gm",".gn",".gp",".gq",".gr",".gs",".gt",".gu",".gw",".gy",".hk",".hm",".hn",".hr",".ht",".hu",".id",".ie",".il",".im",".in",".io",".iq",".ir",".is",".it",".je",".jm",".jo",".jp",".ke",".kg",".kh",".ki",".km",".kn",".kp",".kr",".kw",".ky",".kz",".la",".lb",".lc",".li",".lk",".lr",".ls",".lt",".lu",".lv",".ly",".ma",".mc",".md",".mg",".mh",".mk",".ml",".mm",".mn",".mo",".mp",".mq",".mr",".ms",".mt",".mu",".mv",".mw",".mx",".my",".mz",".na",".nc",".ne",".nf",".ng",".ni",".nl",".no",".np",".nr",".nu",".nz",".om",".pa",".pe",".pf",".pg",".ph",".pk",".pl",".pm",".pn",".pr",".ps",".pt",".pw",".py",".qa",".re",".ro",".ru",".rw",".sa",".sb",".sc",".sd",".se",".sg",".sh",".si",".sj",".sk",".sl",".sm",".sn",".so",".sr",".st",".su",".sv",".sy",".sz",".tc",".td",".tf",".tg",".th",".tj",".tk",".tm",".tn",".to",".tp",".tr",".tt",".tv",".tw",".tz",".ua",".ug",".uk",".um",".us",".uy",".uz", ".va",".vc",".ve",".vg",".vi",".vn",".vu",".wf",".ws",".ye",".yt",".yu",".za",".zm",".zr",".zw"];
var delay = (function(){
var timer = 0;
return function(callback, ms){
clearTimeout (timer);
timer = setTimeout(callback, ms);
};
})();
function isUrl(url){
var regex = /^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?#)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/i;
if(regex.test(url)){
return regex.test(url);
}else{
return regex.test("http://"+url);
}
}
function showHint(str) {
delay(function(){
str = str.toLowerCase();
var dot = str.lastIndexOf(".");
var extension = str.substr(dot);
extension = extension.split('/')[0];
var found = $.inArray(extension, extensions) > -1;
if (!isUrl(str)||!found) {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = "";
return;
} else {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "gethint.php?q=" + str, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
}, 500)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><b>Start typing a url in the input field below:</b></p>
<form>
Url: <input type="text" onkeyup="showHint(this.value)">
</form>
<p><span id="txtHint"></span></p>
</body>
</html>
edit: Say you will start typing in http://www.example.net.. The AJAX will trigger on "http://www.example.ne" and then again when you add the last letter. To avoid that, you might try "change" instead of "keyup" event.
edit2: Now checks against list of valid domain extensions
edit3: Now waits half a second before posting the result.
edit4: Small oversight while checking for extensions, fixed with
extension = extension.split('/')[0];
Also if you want to enable users to write URL's without "http://" and similar, you'll need an edited regex or write a small hack that adds that to your string before you send it into "isUrl()".
how to click submit on achor tag without it refreshing the data on page php, sql and javascript
when ever I click send on the anchor tag the whole data on the page coming from the database refreshes. How do I prevent this. I have tried several options online but none works.
my JavaScript code is below. In some way I'm trying to get it like a facebook activity feed where the reatime info is being pushed out and the content that is already there does not disappear and appear on refresh.
<script>
function submitChat() {
if (form1.msg.value == '') {
alert('enter your message');
return;
}
$('#imageload').show();
var msg = form1.msg.value;
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
document.getElementById('chatlogs').innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
$('#imageload').hide();
}
}
xmlhttp.open('GET', 'insert.php?&msg=' + msg, false);
xmlhttp.send();
return false;
}
$(document).ready(function(e) {
$.ajaxSetup({
cache: false
});
setInterval(function() {
$('#chatlogs').load('reg.php')
}, 2000);
});
</script>
here is the anchor tag being echod by php
<a href=\"#\"onclick=\"submitChat()\" \"onsubmit=return false\" >send</a>
send
Change
document.getElementById('chatlogs').innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
to
currentData = document.getElementById('chatlogs').innerHTML;
document.getElementById('chatlogs').innerHTML = currentData + xmlhttp.responseText;
On ajax success set variable and use the variable in jquery outside ajax
Aim is to set (change) html hidden input field value to 0 after successful execution of ajax.
At first decided on ajax success to define variable and latter to use outside ajax.
But read (JQuery - How to use the return value of an ajax call outside that ajax call) that it is impossible.
Need to find some solution.
Below is code
Ajax (as an example)
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function ajax_post(){
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
var hr = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{
var hr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
var url = "_autosave.php";
var sabt = document.getElementById("date_day1").value;
var prao = document.getElementById("amount1").value;
var vars = "date_day1="+sabt+"&amount1="+prao;
hr.open("POST", url, true);
hr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
hr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(hr.readyState == 4 && hr.status == 200) {
var return_data = hr.responseText;
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = return_data;
Here I decided to define variable to use it outside ajax. As read this does not work because script runs over the variable and reaches outside ajax variable before the ajax variable is set.
var ajax_post_success = 1;
Remaining part of code
}
}
hr.send(vars); // Actually execute the request
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "processing...";
}
</script>
Then latter (if ajax success set value to 0)
<input type="hidden" name="is_row_changed1" id="is_row_changed1" value="" >
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
if(ajax_post_success == 1) {
document.getElementById('is_row_changed1').value = 0;
}
});
</script>
Aim of all this is following.
I plan to use table with 10 rows and 19 input fields in each row.
If user enters something in any of fields, value of hidden input field changes to 1 (this is ok).
Then with ajax insert/update user input.
After successful insert/update set hidden field value to 0.
On each php insert/update execution check if hidden field value is 1. If value is 1 insert/update the row. If value is 0 do nothing with the row. Insert/update only rows which hidden field value is 1.
That is the aim of the question.
What would be solution?
I don't think you need to have that variable, you can change the value of the hidden field is_row_changed1 to zero in the onreadystatechange callback of the ajax method
hr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (hr.readyState == 4 && hr.status == 200) {
var return_data = hr.responseText;
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = return_data;
document.getElementById('is_row_changed1').value = 0;
}
}
I would suggest using jQuery ajax like
function ajax_post() {
var sabt = $('#date_day1').val();
var prao = $('#amount1').val();
$.ajax({
url : "_autosave.php",
data : {
date_day1 : sabt,
amount1 : prao
}
}).done(function(html) {
$('#status').html(html);
$('#is_row_changed1').val(0);
});
}
window.location.href using GET when I need POST
I have the following script, a few lines up from the bottom I have a window.location.href which posts the reults from my form though the address bar. This is very messy and I would like to use POST instead of GET, any ideas anyone ?
<script language="javascript">
function OnChangedUsername()
{
if(document.signup.newuserid.value == "")
{
document.signup.btnCheckAvailability.disabled = true;
}
else
{
document.signup.btnCheckAvailability.disabled = false;
}
}
function createRequestObject() {
var ro;
var browser = navigator.appName;
if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}else{
ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
return ro;
}
var http = createRequestObject();
function sndReq() {
http.open('get', 'password_check.asp?emailaddress=<%Response.Write(emailaddress)%>&check=<%Response.Write(check)%>&password_check='+document.signup.newuserid.value);
http.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
http.send(null);
}
function handleResponse() {
if(http.readyState == 4){
var response = http.responseText;
var update = new Array();
if(response.indexOf('|' != -1)) {
update = response.split('|');
document.getElementById("username_chk").innerHTML = update[0];
if(document.getElementById("username_chk").innerHTML == "Ok") {
window.location.href='detailsupdate.asp?username=<%Response.Write(sUsername)%>&check=<%Response.Write(check)%>&EmailAddress='+document.signup.EmailAddress.value+'&Address='+document.signup.Address.value+'&Address1='+document.signup.Address1.value+'&Address2='+document.signup.Address2.value+'&City='+document.signup.City.value+'&PostalCode='+document.signup.PostalCode.value+'&Country='+document.signup.Country.value+'&WorkPhone='+document.signup.WorkPhone.value+'&HomePhone='+document.signup.HomePhone.value+'&MobilePhone='+document.signup.MobilePhone.value+'&FaxNumber='+document.signup.FaxNumber.value+'&AlternativePhone='+document.signup.AlternativePhone.value+'&OO='+document.signup.OO.checked+'&Workshop='+document.signup.Workshop.checked+'&Raised='+document.signup.Raised.checked+'&Ground='+document.signup.Ground.checked+'&pd='+document.signup.newuserid.value+'&Tram='+document.signup.Tram.checked;
}
}
}
}
</script>
The only way to make a POST request with the response rendered directly into the browser window is to use a form (which you generate with DOM) and submit it (which you can likewise do through DOM). The alternative is to use XMLHttpRequest (or some other Ajax technique) and render the response with DOM.
There is no need to pass form data as GET data. You can specify the method as POST. <form action="script.asp" method="post"> ... <input type="submit" value="submit"> </form> You also should not be using window.location.href. This is very ugly. When you submit the form (click the submit button) it will POST your form data to script.asp. Another way to submit your form is to submit it via DOM. document.forms[0].submit();