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Simple Perl/AJAX Form
I'm after the barebones to pass a single value to a Perl CGI via query and output the result.
The HTML I need to modify is:
What HTML/JS modifications do I need to make to invoke my Perl CGI script?
The HTML I need to modify is:
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<div class="input-form">
<input type="text" name="field1" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter to search...">
<span class="input-btn">
<button class="btn" id="check" type="button"><i class="b-search"></i></button>
</span>
</div>
<div class="result">
The output of the Perl CGI Script
</div>What HTML/JS modifications do I need to make to invoke my Perl CGI script?
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Finally managed to cobble together a combination of the two approaches.
My javascript looks now looks like:
My javascript looks now looks like:
$(function () {
$('.btn').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var site = $("[name='field1']").val();
url = 'search.pl';
var posting = $.post( url, { f1: site } );
posting.done(function( data ) {
$( "#result" ).empty().append( data );
});
});
});Thats a Good News.. So I guess, You issue has been resolved..
Good Luck for further coding :)
ASKER
I tried your javascript, and could get the Perl script to fire, but couldn't get any results displayed.
Should the script using the MIME type text/html, or something else?
Dave, I got your solution to work, but I'm unsure how to trigger the action on a button press, rather than a traditional HTML form.
Also, I'm trying to get the spinning graphic displayed while the script is running.