It will be very convenient for the users of your web application if you can load more data from the database without refreshing the whole page.
Users don't have to wait for those web contents such as images, text, flash files, etc. to load because the app will refresh only a part of a web page. Thanks to AJAX group of technologies (AJAX in not a technology in itself).
Users don't have to wait for those web contents such as images, text, flash files, etc. to load because the app will refresh only a part of a web page. Thanks to AJAX group of technologies (AJAX in not a technology in itself).
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Today I'm gonna show you a data searching example without refreshing a page:
1. User will input a name on the textbox.
2. User can click the search button or just simply press enter to start search.
3. A loader image will be shown.
4. Loader image will hide when search result comes in.
js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js - the main weapon images/ajax-loader.gif - loader image (animated ofcourse) config_open_db.php - for database connection index.php - read below search_results.php - read below
Step 1: We should have the following table structure. Just insert your own data.
CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` int(11) not null auto_increment, `firstname` varchar(32) not null, `lastname` varchar(32) not null, `email` varchar(32), `username` varchar(32) not null, `password` varchar(32) not null, PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=23;
Step 2: We will have the user interface here in our index.php file with these codes:
<html> <head> <title>Data Searching Without Page Refresh</title> </head> <body> <!-- we will preload the loader image to show it instantly on search --> <div style='display:none;'> <img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" /> </div> <form name = "form"> <div>Enter name then click the Search Button or just press Enter</div> <!-- where our search value will be entered --> <input type="text" name="name" id="fn" /> <!-- This button will call our JavaScript Search functions --> <input type="submit" value="Search" id="search-btn" /> </form> <div id = "s-results"> <!-- This is where our search results will be displayed --> </div> <!-- import jQuery file --> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js'></script> <script type = "text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ //load the current contents of search result //which is "Please enter a name!" $('#s-results').load('search_results.php').show();//Triggered when user click search button$('#search-btn').click(function(){ showValues(); });//Triggered when user press enter$(function() { $('form').bind('submit',function(){ showValues(); return false; }); }); function showValues() { //loader will be show until result from //search_results.php is shown $('#s-results').html('<p><img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" /></p>'); //this will pass the form input $.post('search_results.php', { name: form.name.value }, //then print the result function(result){ $('#s-results').html(result).show(); }); } }); </script> </body> </html>
Step 3: This search_results.php file gets the request from our interface and then returns a result that will be displayed on the interface (index.php) too.
<?php include_once("config_open_db.php"); //define index isset( $_REQUEST['name'] ) ? $name=$_REQUEST['name'] : $name=''; // just to escape undesirable characters $name = mysql_real_escape_string( $name ); if( empty( $name )){ // this will be displayed if search value is blank echo "Please enter a name!"; }else{ // this part will perform our database query $sql = "select * from users where firstname like '%$name%'"; $rs = mysql_query( $sql ) or die('Database Error: ' . mysql_error()); $num = mysql_num_rows( $rs ); if($num >= 1 ){ // this will display how many records found // and also the actual record echo "<div style='margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: bold;'>$num record(s) found!</div>"; while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $rs )){ echo "<div>" . $row['firstname'] . " " . $row['lastname'] ."</div>"; } }else{ // if no records found echo "<b>Name not found!</b>"; } } ?>Cool huh?
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