submit form with post ajax code example

Example 1: jQuery AJAX form submit

// jQuery ajax form submit example, runs when form is submitted
$("#myFormID").submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault(); // prevent actual form submit
    var form = $(this);
    var url = form.attr('action'); //get submit url [replace url here if desired]
    $.ajax({
         type: "POST",
         url: url,
         data: form.serialize(), // serializes form input
         success: function(data){
             console.log(data);
         }
    });
});

Example 2: javascript ajax post form data

$(document).ready(function() {

    // process the form
    $('form').submit(function(event) {

        // get the form data
        // there are many ways to get this data using jQuery (you can use the class or id also)
        var formData = {
            'name'              : $('input[name=name]').val(),
            'email'             : $('input[name=email]').val(),
            'superheroAlias'    : $('input[name=superheroAlias]').val()
        };

        // process the form
        $.ajax({
            type        : 'POST', // define the type of HTTP verb we want to use (POST for our form)
            url         : 'process.php', // the url where we want to POST
            data        : formData, // our data object
            dataType    : 'json', // what type of data do we expect back from the server
                        encode          : true
        })
            // using the done promise callback
            .done(function(data) {

                // log data to the console so we can see
                console.log(data);

                // here we will handle errors and validation messages
            });

        // stop the form from submitting the normal way and refreshing the page
        event.preventDefault();
    });

});