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Save data of form to database with jquery, ajax and php
Hello everyone!
I am working on a website which needs to collect some type of data from the visitors and then send it to a database/file.
I did an example to illustrate:
So, on the left I have a form so the users can submit their company's name and annual income. Then I have a counter that after processing the data will update the values.
What I need here is instead of the form data goes to an email, I need the data to be sent to a database or file and then the same data will update the values of the number of companies that submited the form and the accumulated annual income of all companies.
What I have so far
-the hmtl page with form and counter:
-Using jquery/ajax to send the submitted data to a php file:
-the php file(save.php):
So, I have a simple setup (with my limited knowledge of jquery/php), that sends the data from the form to a php file that writes the data to a simple .txt file(data.txt).
I would like to ask if this aproach is relaiable and secure and how would I send the data for a database and then grab the values and update the counters with no manual editing.
Also, I would need the submitted data rendered in an html page so the admin of the site can see the submited companies and have that reference. This page needs to be secure, so only the admin can see it.
This is my first question, not sure if I am following the protocol, and if I am asking too much. Thank you and sorry for my bad english
I am working on a website which needs to collect some type of data from the visitors and then send it to a database/file.
I did an example to illustrate:
So, on the left I have a form so the users can submit their company's name and annual income. Then I have a counter that after processing the data will update the values.
What I need here is instead of the form data goes to an email, I need the data to be sent to a database or file and then the same data will update the values of the number of companies that submited the form and the accumulated annual income of all companies.
What I have so far
-the hmtl page with form and counter:
<div id="container">
<div id="form-submit">
<form action="#" method="get">
<label for="name-of-company">Company Name: </label>
<input type="text" name="name-of-company" value="" id="name-of-company" /><br>
<label for="annual-income">Annual Income : </label>
<input type="text" name="annual-income" value="" id="annual-income" /><br>
<button type="submit" id="submitBtn">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
<div id="counter">
<ul>
<li><h4>Number of companies</h4></li>
<li>0</li>
<li><h4>Accumulated Annual Income</h4></li>
<li>0</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div><!--end container-->
-Using jquery/ajax to send the submitted data to a php file:
<script>
$('form').on('submit', function() {
$.post('save.php', $(this).serialize(), function() {
console.log('completed!');
});
return false;
})
</script>
-the php file(save.php):
<?php
$f = fopen('data.txt', 'w');
fwrite( $f, $_POST['name-of-company']);
fwrite( $f, $_POST['annual-income']);
fclose($f);
So, I have a simple setup (with my limited knowledge of jquery/php), that sends the data from the form to a php file that writes the data to a simple .txt file(data.txt).
I would like to ask if this aproach is relaiable and secure and how would I send the data for a database and then grab the values and update the counters with no manual editing.
Also, I would need the submitted data rendered in an html page so the admin of the site can see the submited companies and have that reference. This page needs to be secure, so only the admin can see it.
This is my first question, not sure if I am following the protocol, and if I am asking too much. Thank you and sorry for my bad english
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There are a lot of moving parts to this -- it's not really a question so much as a requirement for application development, and if you have any time/money value in this exercise, you might be better off hiring a professional developer instead of trying to learn to be a professional developer and then writing the code. Let's try to deconstruct...
The page needs to be secure. This article describes PHP client authentication.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_2391-PHP-login-logout-and-easy-access-control.html
Basics of jQuery and AJAX:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/JavaScript/Jquery/A_10712-The-Hello-World-Exercise-with-jQuery-and-PHP.html
A good learning tool for simple applications in PHP and MySQL:
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpmysql5/
How would I do it? First I would set aside the jQuery and AJAX part of things and just get the HTML submit correct. Once I knew that the form was working, I would add the data base part (to replace the current text file). The general design would have one row for each submission. The response from the server would count and sum the DB information.
It looks like you have a lot of it together already. Best of luck with the project, ~Ray
The page needs to be secure. This article describes PHP client authentication.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_2391-PHP-login-logout-and-easy-access-control.html
Basics of jQuery and AJAX:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/JavaScript/Jquery/A_10712-The-Hello-World-Exercise-with-jQuery-and-PHP.html
A good learning tool for simple applications in PHP and MySQL:
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phpmysql5/
How would I do it? First I would set aside the jQuery and AJAX part of things and just get the HTML submit correct. Once I knew that the form was working, I would add the data base part (to replace the current text file). The general design would have one row for each submission. The response from the server would count and sum the DB information.
It looks like you have a lot of it together already. Best of luck with the project, ~Ray
So, let me post my progress:
Jquery
db.php
save.php
My follow-up questions:
-The code I have so far is working, but should/can I improve it or it's ok like this?
-Also, see the image again:
I need the values of "Number of companies" to be updated with the number of entries in the Database.
And the "Accumulated annual income" to be also updated, adding up all the anual incomes, if I have 2 entries in the database with the annual incomes being 5 in one and 4 in other, the value should be added up and rendered in html as "9", where is 0 now.
Thank you so much.
Jquery
<script>
function clearInput() {
$("#myForm :input").each( function() {
$(this).val('');
});
};
$("#submitBtn").click( function() {
var result = $('#result');
var company = $('#myForm > #name-of-company');
var ai = $('#myForm > #annual-income');
var characterReg = /^([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,50})$/; //only letters and numbers
var aiReg = /^([0-9]{3,15})$/; //only numbers
var inputVal = ai.val();
var inputValName = company.val();
if ( !characterReg.test(inputValName) ){
result.text('that\'s not a valid name!');
company.addClass('wrong');
} else if ( !aiReg.test(inputVal) ) {
result.text('only numbers!');
ai.addClass('wrong');
company.removeClass('wrong');
} else {
$.post( $("#myForm").attr("action"),
$("#myForm :input").serializeArray(),
function(info){ result.html(info);
});
clearInput();
company.removeClass('wrong');
ai.removeClass('wrong');
};
});
$("#myForm").submit( function() {
return false;
});
</script>
db.php
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '');
$db = mysql_select_db('dados_db');
?>
save.php
<?php
include_once('db.php');
$name = $_POST['name-of-company'];
$ai = $_POST['annual-income'];
if(mysql_query("INSERT INTO empresas VALUES('$name', '$ai')"))
echo "Data sent!";
else
echo "Data not sent!";
?>
My follow-up questions:
-The code I have so far is working, but should/can I improve it or it's ok like this?
-Also, see the image again:
I need the values of "Number of companies" to be updated with the number of entries in the Database.
And the "Accumulated annual income" to be also updated, adding up all the anual incomes, if I have 2 entries in the database with the annual incomes being 5 in one and 4 in other, the value should be added up and rendered in html as "9", where is 0 now.
Thank you so much.
To get the number of result rows from a SELECT query, you might be able to use mysql_num_rows().
To get the sum of values from a column, you can use the MySQL SUM() function.
See also: http://php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.api.choosing.php
To get the sum of values from a column, you can use the MySQL SUM() function.
See also: http://php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.api.choosing.php
Ray_Paseur, thanks for the reply. That is what I needed.
Just to finish this question, consider the following exampe:
-My html and css renders like so:
-Html:
How would I replace these "dummy" numbers with the number returned from the MySQL SUM() function?
-Let's say in the beggining the number returned from the mysql sum is "1256"; I need to keep the zeros on the left and only affect the 4 numbers on the right. How would I do that?
Thanks a lot
Just to finish this question, consider the following exampe:
-My html and css renders like so:
-Html:
<span id="euro">€</span>
<span id="number">0</span>
<span id="separador">.</span>
<span id="number">0</span>
<span id="number">0</span>
<span id="number">0</span>
<span id="separador">.</span>
<span id="number">3</span>
<span id="number">6</span>
<span id="number">9</span>
<span id="separador">.</span>
<span id="number">9</span>
<span id="number">9</span>
<span id="number">9</span>
<li id="text_vendas">accumulated annual income</li>
How would I replace these "dummy" numbers with the number returned from the MySQL SUM() function?
-Let's say in the beggining the number returned from the mysql sum is "1256"; I need to keep the zeros on the left and only affect the 4 numbers on the right. How would I do that?
Thanks a lot
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