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ykrorigin..

Best way to process form data created with jQuery Mobile?

in jQuery Mobile • 8 years ago

Hi all,

In advance, I appreciate any help and advice anyone has to offer.

I'm currently creating a form that takes basic information e.g. name & email in Dreamweaver using jQuery mobile.

The question is, what is the best approach to process the information once a user hits the submit button. I've been told to use Ajax - but can't get to grips with it. Would a normal php file work in this scenario?

Sorry if I sound naive, but this is all new to me.

Thank you!

Replies(5)

watusiware

Re: Best way to process form data created with jQuery Mobile?

8 years ago

Assuming you will be submitting the form to a website, you'll have to use some server-side scripting language to accept the form data and then do something with it.

Choose whatever server-side language you'd like. PHP would be one choice, and it's a popular one.

jQuery Mobile make Ajax page requests and form submissions for you. You don't have to do anything special. Every page load is an Ajax request, and you don't need to know anything about Ajax to take advantage of it.

ykrorigin..

Re: Best way to process form data created with jQuery Mobile?

8 years ago

Thanks for the information watusiware :)

Through my website the PHP script works to process the form data. However, when I package the the web application through PhoneGap the submit button will not send the information through PHP.

Is there something extra I must do in order to get PhoneGap to handle the PHP request? (it's sending the information via email)

Thank you :)

watusiware

Re: Best way to process form data created with jQuery Mobile?

8 years ago

Is there something extra I must do in order to get PhoneGap to handle the PHP request?

PhoneGap does not support PHP. It will not run your PHP scripts.

When your server sees a file with PHP in it, it executes the PHP, removes it from the document, and replaces it with the result of executing it. Browsers do not run PHP - your server does.

A PhoneGap app is just a browser control wrapped in a native app. Browsers don't run PHP and thus PhoneGap doesn't run PHP.

If you need to access a database on your server, send an email, etc. you can still use your server to do that. It doesn't work any differently with PhoneGap than it does with a desktop browser. You'll probably want to write a "web service" on your server to provide whatever services your app might need. You should avoid over-dependence on it, though, as requiring online access for the app to work will get a quick App Store rejection (at least for Apple.)

PhoneGap has various plugins for local database on the device - or you can use the various native Local Storage options in mobile browsers, should you need a local database.

ykrorigin..