You may try out the below steps:
- Remove that search() from your Items controller. You should not need
it.
- Just Make the url: "/Items/searchData", instead of *url*
*: "/Items/search"**,* in your ajax call
- Add the below line in your searchData()
$this->layout = false;
On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 4:54:33 PM UTC-4, Vedashree Gowda wrote:
>
> I am trying to implement a search module by using AJAX.
>
> There is an index.ctp file in my Items Controller and I have linked my
> index.ctp file of Items to my search.ctp file which is present under Items
> controller as below:
>
> For the search.ctp pages the URL displayed is :
> http://onlineelectronic.com/Items/search
>
> In my search.ctp file the code is as follows:
> <head>
>
>
>
> <title> Search Results</title>
>
> <?php echo $this->Html->script('//
> ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js', array('inline'
> => false));?>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
>
> $(document).ready(function() {
>
> $("#Submit1").click(function () {
>
> alert('here');
>
> $.ajax({
>
> type: 'post',
>
> url: "/Items/search",
>
> data: {
>
> name: search
>
> },
>
> beforeSend: function(){
>
> $("#resultField").html("Loading...");
>
> },
>
> success: function (result) {
>
> jQuery('#resultField').html(result.valueOf($search
> ));
>
> },
>
> error: function (response, error) {
>
> alert("Search :Error"+error);
>
> },
>
> dataType: 'json',
>
> global: false
>
> });
>
> });
>
> });
>
> </script>
>
> </head>
>
> <div>
>
> <?= $this->Form->create() ?>
>
> <fieldset>
>
> <legend><?= __('Search Item') ?></legend>
>
> <?php
>
> echo $this->Form->input('search',['label'=>'Search']);
>
> ?>
>
> </fieldset>
>
> <?=$this->Form->submit('Search Items',['id'=>'Submit1']); ?>
>
> <?= $this->Form->end() ?>
>
> </div>
>
> <fieldset>
>
> <div id="resultField">
>
> </div>
> </fieldset>
>
>
> So my ItemsController code is as follows:
>
> class ItemsController extends AppController
> {
>
>
>
>
> public $helpers = ['Form', 'Html', 'Time'];
>
>
> public function initialize()
> {
> parent::initialize();
> $this->loadComponent('RequestHandler');
> }
>
>
> public function search(){
> //dummy
> }
>
>
> /**
> *obtains search result for a given string.
> */
> public function searchData()
> {
>
> echo "here";
> $search_data=[];
> var_dump($search_data);
> //$search_results = [];
> if ($this->request->is('post')) {
> $search_data= $this->request->data;
> $search_data=implode("|",$search_data);
> $search_results = $this->Items->find('all', array('conditions'
> =>array('Items.itemName LIKE'=>"%$search_data%")));
> if(!empty($search_results)) {
> $this->set(compact($search_results));
> $this->set('_serialize',array('search_results'));
> echo json_encode($search_results);
> }
> }
>
>
> }
>
> public function beforeFilter(Event $event)
> {
> parent::beforeFilter($event);
>
> $this->Auth->allow(['index', 'view','search','searchData']);
>
> }
> }
>
>
> What i have observed is that form tries to call action method search()
> from Items Controller so I included a dummy method in controller with no
> code.
> But when the submit button is clicked only the alert comes up and then the
> page is no more responsive.
>
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