Sorry, typing too fast, reading too little.
Two things are needed:
* $.post needs a callback function so you can get at what is returned.
* the submit handler needs a "return false;" so the browser won't
continue with the normal submit process.
Karl Rudd
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Brett Alton <brett.jr.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Isn't that what $.post is for though?
>
> $("form#test").bind('submit',(function(){
> $.post("editcustommenu-new.php",{
> menu_bg_colour_selector: $('#menu_bg_colour_selector').val()
> });*/
> alert('form submitted');
> });
>
> Isn't that supposed to pass 'menu_bg_colour_selector' to $_POST? Or am
> I mixing something up...
>
> My alert seems to work, but the $.post function doesn't seem to pass
> anything to my PHP code.
>
> On Dec 24, 7:40 am, "Karl Rudd" <karl.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unless a submit button is explicitly pressed it's value won't be sent.
>> So in the case given, since there are no other form elements, nothing
>> with be posted to the server.
>>
>> Karl Rudd
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Brett Alton <brett.jr.al...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > How do I get PHP to print JavaScript variables via $_POST? jQuery's
>> > $.post doesn't seem to be submitting any data.
>>
>> > This is a sample of what I have...
>>
>> > test.php:
>> > --------------
>> > <?php
>> > echo '<pre>';
>> > print_r($_POST);
>> > echo '</pre';
>> > ?>
>> > <form method="post" action="test.php" id="test">
>> > <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
>> > </form>
>> > --------------
>>
>> > jquery.js:
>> > --------------
>> > $(document).ready(function()
>> > {
>> > $("form#test").bind('submit',(function(){
>> > $.post("test.php",{
>> > // no matter what I put in here, nothing shows up
>> > in test.php
>> > });
>> > });
>> > });
>> > --------------
>>
>> > I've also tried:
>>
>> > $("form#test").submit(function(){
>>
>> > instead of bind...
