This happens because you specify in your ajax request a different url than you use in the form. Query.post(ajaxurl, data, function(response) { you don’t show it in the code snippet butajaxurl is usually set to be the {site url}\wp-admin\admin-ajax.php.
jpd527, Please remember that ‘tag’ is singular and not plural. Here your form has multiple HTML element with same id so this is wrong. Now if you require to search data with two different inputs, then you can merge it via JS. HTML code like: <form method=”get” id=”search form” action=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”> <div> <input type=”text” value=”” name=”tag_one” … Read more
Use a PHP function to do this: https://php.net/strip_tags example: echo strip_tags(“<div>my text</div>”);
“create a plugin” isn’t really a separate option, you’d still need to intercept requests somehow. I’ve used the init method, and it’s a viable option. Checking isset on a POST var before kicking off your processing logic is extremely fast, I doubt you could even reliably measure the impact in the sea of other things … Read more
I was missing quotes around my hidden attribute in my html form. The correct syntax is echo “<input name=”mygroup” type=”hidden” value=”.$_POST[‘groupname’].”>”;
As suspected, WordPress was treating the button as type=”submit” fixed by doing: <button type=”button” onClick=”addProperty()”>Add property</button>
It sounds like a ‘classic rollover effect bug’ to me: if you trigger a visual effect on any link (or ‘button’) either with jQuery or JavaScript, users on touch devices may be forced to click twice: “iPad/iPhone hover problem causes the user to double click a link“ I suggest you either try to replace the … Read more
You should not try to do it. Direct access of php files which are not in the root directory might be blocked for security reasons. what you need to do is register a settings page for your plugin and add into your forms some hidden field that indicates what kind of processing you want to … Read more
I don’t know your html code, but here is how it will work. The idea is that you keep the original hidden elsewhere. HTML <button class=”add-form”>add form</button> <form id=”main-form”> <div class=”form-item row”> <input type=”text” name=”abc”> </div> </form> <div class=”stay-hidden original-form-item”> <input type=”text” name=”abc”> </div> CSS .stay-hidden { display:none; } JS // Add form jQuery(‘.add-form’).click(function() { … Read more
A helpful clue would be to look at the URL in the address bar of your 404 page. A reliable approach for form action in WP looks like the snippet below. <form method=”post” id=”thisform” action=”<?php bloginfo(‘url’); >/dbsearch/”> I would create your page in WP, ensure the page slug is ‘dbsearch’ as this determines your permalink … Read more