Thank you Ricardo!
On Aug 5, 9:28 am, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is no point in validating via AJAX unless something related to > sessions needs to be checked. You should validate twice, once client- > side in javascript and again on the server. The jQuery Validation > plugin should cover your needs for > this:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation > > On Aug 4, 10:02 pm, rem <remus.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've done some digging around and this doesn't seem to be a very good > > practice after all... > > I'm looking further for the best output but would appreciate your > > ideas as well. > > Thank you. > > > On Aug 4, 10:58 pm, rem <remus.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello friends, > > > > I am trying to validate a form using jQuery and PHP. The actual > > > filtering is done by a PHP class which receives the data > > > asynchronously from jQuery and if it finds the form field data > > > invalid, returns an error. > > > > So, I am serializing the form and then split it into array. I'm > > > looping through the array and passing each value to the jQuery.ajax > > > function. I would need to return an error to the ID hook if something > > > is wrong and I'm stuck in creating it. PHP successfully returns the > > > information but I'm having a very hard time with the darn hook. Please > > > see the code below: > > > > $(document).ready(function() { > > > $(function() { > > > $("#form-submit").click(function() { > > > /* > > > serialize the form and create the initial array > > > */ > > > array = $("#theform").serialize().split("&"); > > > for(var i in array) { > > > /* > > > for each value, split it again and grab the element > > > key > > > which will be my CUSTOM_PARAMETER > > > */ > > > arr = array[i].split("="); > > > var custom_parameter = arr[0]; > > > /* > > > arr[0] is the key which is basically the > > > CUSTOM_PARAMETER I need > > > arr[1] is the actual value and makes no interest > > > */ > > > $.ajax({ > > > url: 'request.php', > > > type: 'POST', > > > data: array[i], > > > success: function(data) { > > > /* > > > PHP returns an error if the data is invalid > > > but I need to define a "hook" using the > > > CUSTOM_PARAMETER element > > > ex: $("#error_phone_number").html(data); > > > */ > > > $("#error_"+custom_parameter).html(data); > > > } > > > }); > > > } > > > }); > > > }); > > > > }); > > > > I hope I succeeded to make myself as clear as possible and of course, > > > I would really appreciate your thoughts on this. > > > > Thank you!
