I have a simple request for you brainies today. What i am trying to do is to activate a pop-up inside PHP tags. I have tested to see if the pop-up works by itself, and it does. My problem is the button, i have used the same setup elsewhere, but this time no cigar. I have also tried echoing the button inside the PHP tags but nothing happens.
My code:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Lib\JqueryUIcss.css">
<script src="Lib\Jquerylib.js"></script>
<script src="Lib\JqueryUI.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button type=" button" class="LeButton"> Clicky Clicky!</button>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['LeButton'])){
echo'<script> $(function() { $( "#dialog" ).dialog(); }); </script>';
echo'<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog">';
echo'<p>Image:</p>'; </div>';}
?>
</body>
</html>
I tried specifying it as a function aswell and added onclick() to the button to call that function, nothing happend either. Mind that this is the first time i am ever using Javascript/jQuery.
I (kindly) lauched a bit about the echo <script> part.
Allow me to write you a piece of code, with explanation and documentation:
HTML button:
<button type="button" id="LeButton" class="LeButton"> Clicky Clicky! </button>
&
<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog" style="visibility:hidden"><p>Image:</p> <img src="http://placehold.it/50x50" alt="Placeholder Image" /></div>
Explanation:
Your button needs an
idvalue. Which is called 'LeButton' in this example.
Documentation:
jQuery part:
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
/**
* @version 1.0.0.
*
* Do magic on button click 'LeButton'
*/
$("#LeButton").click(function() {
$("#dialog").css("visibility", 'visible'); // make the div visible.
$("#dialog").dialog(); // Post here your code on forexample poping up your modal.
});
});
</script>
Explanation:
Your tag can be placed on the bottom of your page. Your browser will 'read' the whole page. By saying '(document).ready', your script will be executed once the page has been red by your browser.
For the '.click' part it's a
jQueryfunction you can use. So which means: onceidattribute 'LeButton' (#) is clicked,jQuerywill execute a function, which willalerttext in this case.
Documentation:
Note: Make sure you have jQuery included/enabled.
Link:
Note from Simon Jensen:
The PHP can't be run from the client. If you want the dialog to be shown onclick of the button, you must send the element before it's clicked, at the moment when it is sent to the client. You should have the dialog element hidden until the user clicks the button. It could be something like:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Lib\JqueryUIcss.css">
<script src="Lib\Jquerylib.js"></script>
<script src="Lib\JqueryUI.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button type=" button" class="LeButton" onclick="$('#dialog').dialog()"> Clicky Clicky!</button>
<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog" style="display:none">
<p>Image:</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You could also change the onclick attribute to a script in the head like this:
<script>
$(function() {
$(".LeButton").click(function() {
$('#dialog').dialog();
});
});
</script>
I recommend you to change the class of the button for an id, and then using #LeButton instead of .LeButton
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Lib\JqueryUIcss.css">
<script src="Lib\Jquerylib.js"></script>
<script src="Lib\JqueryUI.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="index.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="LeButton" value="an_arbitraty_value">
<input type="submit" class="LeButton">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['LeButton'])){
echo'<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog">';
echo'<p>Image:</p></div>';
}
?>
</body>
</html>
When you load the html page $_POST['LeButton'] is not set. Therefore the intended dialog box wil not be generated in the page. In order to have $_POST['LeButton'] set, you should pass it to the html page first, hence the form I added.
Alternatively you could go for a full javascript solution like so:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<style>
.hidden { display: none }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button type=" button" class="LeButton" onclick="showDialog();">
Clicky Clicky!
</button>
<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog" class="hidden">
<p>
This is the default dialog which is useful for displaying information.
The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.
</p>
</div>
<script>
function showDialog() {
$( "#dialog" ).dialog();
};
</script>
</body>
</html>
You can handle this on the client-side without the need to use PHP to do so you need to give your button a unique identifier so whenever the button is clicked you can open the dialog using a simple evenlisener like so:
var dialog = $( "#dialog-form" ).dialog({
autoOpen: false,
height: 400,
width: 350,
modal: true,
close: function() {
// do stuff here whenever you close your dialog
}
});
document.getElementById('my-button').addEventListener('click', function () {
dialog.dialog('open');
});#dialog-form {
background-color: #ccc;
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<button type=" button" id="my-button" class="LeButton"> Clicky Clicky!</button>
<div id="dialog-form">
Name: <input><br/>
Password: <input type="passowrd">
</div></div>