[FX.php List] JQuery and posting image-upload forms

[Steve Winter]

And that would work as Bob wants it to, and upload the file... hence why I was asking him if there was some particular reason he wanted to use Ajax ;-)

Cheers
Steve

> I'm sure I am misunderstanding, but I use Javascript to submit forms all the time using the simple Javascript statement:
> 
> document.YourFormName.submit();
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David Allen Ness
> Database Systems Administrator
> Web Applications Developer
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:13 AM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] JQuery and posting image-upload forms
> 
> Well, I'm not sure what to call it, but I'm using JQuery to submit a form. I'm using actual FORM tags...
> 
> So my form has the enctype set to "multipart/form-data"; my JQuery looks like this:
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready(function(){
> 	// submit form
> 	$('#form1').submit(function() {
> 		
> 		var folder_var  = $('#folder').val();
> 		var filename_var = $('#filename').val();
> 		var userid_var = $('#userid').val();
> 		
> 		// POST the form
> 		$('#status').html('Uploading file...');
> 		$.post(
> 			// URL
> 			'upload2.php', 
> 			// DATA
> 			{
> 				folder: folder_var,
> 				filename: filename_var ,
> 				userid: userid_var
> 
> so... upload2.php is the page that does the uploading. I've run this page by itself, and it does process just fine, but not using this above...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Bob
> bob at patin.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Steve Winter wrote:
> 
>> What do you mean by 'jQuery form-processing method'...? do you mean you're trying to use jQuery and AJAX to submit a form...? if that's the case, then no, it won't work...
>> 
>> If all you're using jQuery to do is to submit a standard form, then it should work fine...??
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>> 
>>> Anyone used JQuery in conjunction with a form that uploads files?
>>> 
>>> I've tested the upload page and its associated processing page, and both work fine; however, when I embed the upload page with JQuery, and then try to use JQuery to trigger the form-process, it fails.
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering if the JQuery form-processing method will work with forms that are dealing with files?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> 
>>> Bob Patin
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