AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is the art of exchanging data with a server, and updating parts of a web page – without reloading the whole page.

We have already post a blog which explains about submitting form without page refresh, but it was done by using PHP and jQuery only. Now we will show how you can do the same with ajax, PHP and jQuery.



For this you must have a database in MY-SQL . Here, we have database named “mydba” which consists of table named “form_element” with 5 fields viz.  “id”, “name”, “email”, “password” and “contact”.

next we create a php page named “ajaxsubmit.php” where following steps were performed:

  • We first establish connection with server .
  • Selects database.
  • Executes query.
  • Closing connection with server.

 

form submission using ajax and jquery

 

HTML File: ajaxsubmit.html

Here, we create our form


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Submit Form Using AJAX and jQuery</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="css/refreshform.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mainform">
<h2>Submit Form Using AJAX and jQuery</h2> <!-- Required div Starts Here -->
<div id="form">
<h3>Fill Your Information !</h3>
<div>
<label>Name :</label>
<input id="name" type="text">
<label>Email :</label>
<input id="email" type="text">
<label>Password :</label>
<input id="password" type="password">
<label>Contact No :</label>
<input id="contact" type="text">
<input id="submit" type="button" value="Submit">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

 

PHP File: ajaxsubmit.php


<?php
$connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", ""); // Establishing Connection with Server..
$db = mysql_select_db("mydba", $connection); // Selecting Database
//Fetching Values from URL
$name2=$_POST['name1'];
$email2=$_POST['email1'];
$password2=$_POST['password1'];
$contact2=$_POST['contact1'];
//Insert query
$query = mysql_query("insert into form_element(name, email, password, contact) values ('$name2', '$email2', '$password2','$contact2')");
echo "Form Submitted Succesfully";
mysql_close($connection); // Connection Closed
?>

 jQuery File: script.js

jQuery file consist of ajax functionality.


$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submit").click(function(){
var name = $("#name").val();
var email = $("#email").val();
var password = $("#password").val();
var contact = $("#contact").val();
// Returns successful data submission message when the entered information is stored in database.
var dataString = 'name1='+ name + '&email1='+ email + '&password1='+ password + '&contact1='+ contact;
if(name==''||email==''||password==''||contact=='')
{
alert("Please Fill All Fields");
}
else
{
// AJAX Code To Submit Form.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "ajaxsubmit.php",
data: dataString,
cache: false,
success: function(result){
alert(result);
}
});
}
return false;
});
});

 

MY-SQL Code Segment:

Here is the My-SQL code for creating database and table.


CREATE DATABASE mydba;
CREATE TABLE form_element(
id int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
email varchar(255) NOT NULL,
password varchar(255) NOT NULL,
contact varchar(255) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)

 CSS File: style.css


@import "http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fauna+One|Muli";
#form {
background-color:#fff;
color:#123456;
box-shadow:0 1px 1px 1px #123456;
font-weight:400;
width:350px;
margin:50px 250px 0 35px;
float:left;
height:500px
}
#form div {
padding:10px 0 0 30px
}
h3 {
margin-top:0;
color:#fff;
background-color:#3C599B;
text-align:center;
width:100%;
height:50px;
padding-top:30px
}
#mainform {
width:960px;
margin:50px auto;
padding-top:20px;
font-family:'Fauna One',serif
}
input {
width:90%;
height:30px;
margin-top:10px;
border-radius:3px;
padding:2px;
box-shadow:0 1px 1px 0 #123456
}
input[type=button] {
background-color:#3C599B;
border:1px solid #fff;
font-family:'Fauna One',serif;
font-weight:700;
font-size:18px;
color:#fff
}

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 Conclusion:

We showed you Ajax implementation with PHP, just follow our codes or download zip file to use.

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