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Created February 10, 2013 02:02
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Jquery 1.8+ ajax submit - with new callbacks
// variable to hold request
var request;
// bind to the submit event of our form
$("#myform").submit(function(event){
// abort any pending request
if (request) {
request.abort();
}
// setup some local variables
var $form = $(this);
// let's select and cache all the fields
var $inputs = $form.find("input, select, button, textarea");
// serialize the data in the form
var serializedData = $form.serialize();
// disable the inputs for the duration of the ajax request
$inputs.prop("disabled", true);
// fire off the request to /form.php
var request = $.ajax({
url: "/form.php",
type: "post",
data: serializedData
});
// callback handler that will be called on success
request.done(function (response, textStatus, jqXHR){
// log a message to the console
console.log("Hooray, it worked!");
});
// callback handler that will be called on failure
request.fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
// log the error to the console
console.error(
"The following error occured: "+
textStatus, errorThrown
);
});
// callback handler that will be called regardless
// if the request failed or succeeded
request.always(function () {
// reenable the inputs
$inputs.prop("disabled", false);
});
// prevent default posting of form
event.preventDefault();
});
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