<script type="
text/javascript" src="
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/
libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js"
>
</script>
<script type="
text/javascript"
>
$(function() {
$("
.comment_button").click(function() {
var test = $(
"#content").val();
var dataString =
\'content=\'+ test;
if(test==\'\')
{
alert("
Please Enter Some Text");
}
else
{
$(
"#flash").show();
$("
#flash").fadeIn(400).html(
\'<img src="ajax-loader.gif" align="absmiddle"> <span class="loading">Loading Comment...</span>\');
$.ajax({
type:
"POST",
url:
"demo_insert.php",
data: dataString,
cache: false,
success: function(html){
$(
"#display").after(html);
document.getElementById(\'
content\').value=\'\';
document.getElementById(\'
content\').
focus();
$(
"#flash").hide();
}
});
} return false;
});
});
</script>
// HTML code
<div>
<form method="post" name="form" action="">
<h3>What are you doing?</h3>
<textarea cols="30" rows="2" name="content" id="content" maxlength="145" >
</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" value="Update" name="submit" class="comment_button"/>
</form>
</div>
<div id="
flash"></div>
<div id="
display"></div>