On Click alert if $.get returns a value, if not, submit the form
- by bradenkeith
If the submit button is clicked, prevent the default action and see if the field 'account_name' is already in use. If the $.get() returns a result, alert the user of the results. If it doesn't, submit form with id="add_account_form".
My problem is that my else{} statement is not submitting the form. I get no response when submit is clicked & there is no value returned.
Also I would like to change my code where it goes $("#add_account_form").submit(..) instead of .click() however, would that cause a problem when trying to submit the form later in the script?
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready( function () {
$("#submit").click( function () {
var account_name = $("input[name=account_name]").val();
$.get(
"'.url::site("ajax/check_account_name").'",
{account_name: account_name},
function(data){
if(data.length > 0){
confirm( "The account name you entered looks like the following:\n"
+data+
"Press cancel if this account already exists or ok to create it."
);
}else{
$("#add_account_form").submit();
}
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
<p>
<input type="submit" id="submit" class="submit small" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
Thanks for your help.
EDIT
So anyone who runs into my problems, it's that $.get() is asynchronous, so it will always return false, or true depending on what submitForm is defined as. $.ajax() however, allows async to be set as false, which allows the function to finish before moving on. See what I mean:
$(document).ready( function () {
$("#add_account_form").submit( function () {
var submitForm = true;
var account_name = $("input[name=account_name]").val();
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
async: false,
url: "'.url::site("ajax/check_account_name").'",
data: ({account_name: account_name}),
success:
function(data){
if(data.length > 0){
if(!confirm( "The account name you entered looks like the following:\n"
+data+
"Press cancel if this account already exists or ok to create it."
)){
submitForm = false;
}
}
}
});
if (submitForm == false ) {
return false;
}
});
});
Thanks for your help @Dan
