I have a dependent dropdown menu for category>subcategory without refreshing page with the help of Ajax. But currently my JavaScript code sends the Ajax request to another page and it works fine, i want to send the request to the same page. Currently using the JavaScript as below .. please anyone help me to get the request to the same page.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".category").change(function(){
var id=$(this).val();
var dataString = 'id='+ id;
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "ajax-subcat.php",
data: dataString,
cache: false,
success: function(html){
$(".subcat").html(html);
}
});
});
</script>
If I empty the Ajax url, still doesn't work for one page.
HTML as below
<select name="category" class="category">
<option selected="selected">--Select Category--</option>
<?php
$sql=mysqli_query($mysqlCon, "SELECT * FROM category WHERE catid=1");
while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($sql)){
$cat_id=$row['catid'];
$data=$row['catname'];
echo '<option value="'.$cat_id.'">'.$data.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<label>Subcategory:</label>
<select name="subcat" class="subcat">
</select>
ajax-subcat.php contains the below
if(isset($_POST['id'])){
$id=$_POST['id'];
$sql=mysqli_query($mysqlCon, "SELECT * FROM subcategory WHERE sucat='$id'");
while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($sql)){
$id=$row['sucat'];
$data=$row['sucat_name'];
echo '<option value="'.$id.'">'.$data.'</option>';
}
}
I want to achieve this in 1 page, without sending request to other page. Please help.
Please remember to properly indent your code and make the necessary spaces for readability. Also, I advise you to separate your code, and put all the PHP part in classes provided for that purpose.
Try this :
Html file
<select id="category">
<?php
$sql = mysqli_query($mysqlCon, "SELECT * FROM category WHERE catid=1");
while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($sql)) {
$cat_id=$row['catid'];
$data=$row['catname'];
echo '<option value="'.$cat_id.'">'.$data.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<label>Subcategory :</label>
<select id="subcat"></select>
<!-- Suppose you call the jquery here -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#category').change(function () {
var id = $(this).val();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'ajax-subcat.php',
data: json,
cache: false
}).done(function (data) {
$('#subcat').html(data);
}).fail(function (data) {
alert('You have a critic error');
});
});
});
</script>
You should call the php script with json, and have the callback with json_encode. This approach is cleaner. Also I set you the new ajax syntax. THe syntax you used with "success" is now deprecated.
Php file
<?php
if(isset($_POST['id']) && !empty($_POST['id'])) {
$id = $_POST['id'];
$sql = mysqli_query($mysqlCon, "SELECT * FROM subcategory WHERE sucat='$id'");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($sql)) {
$id = $row['sucat'];
$data = $row['sucat_name'];
$return[] = '<option value="'.$id.'">'.$data.'</option>';
}
echo json_encode($return);
}
?>
Code not tested, but I think it work