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jquery.form.js
/*!
* jQuery Form Plugin 2.83 (11-JUL-2011)
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
*/
/**
* ajaxSubmit() provides a mechanism for immediately submitting
* an HTML form using AJAX.
*/
$.fn.ajaxSubmit = function(options) {
// fast fail if nothing selected
if (!this.length) {
return this;
}
var method, action, url, $form = this;
if (typeof options == 'function') {
options = {success: options};
}
method = this.attr('method');
action = this.attr('action');
url = (typeof action === 'string') ? $.trim(action) : '';
url = url || window.location.href || '';
if (url) {
// clean url (don't include hash vaue)
url = (url.match(/^([^#]+)/) || [])[1];
}
options = $.extend(true, {
url: url,
success: $.ajaxSettings.success,
type: method || 'GET',
iframeSrc: /^https/i.test(window.location.href || '') ? 'javascript:false' : 'about:blank'
}, options);
var n,v,a = this.formToArray(options.semantic);
if (options.data) {
options.extraData = options.data;
for (n in options.data) {
if(options.data[n] instanceof Array) {
for (var k in options.data[n]) {
a.push( { name: n, value: options.data[n][k] } );
}
}
else {
v = options.data[n];
v = $.isFunction(v) ? v() : v; // if value is fn, invoke it
a.push( { name: n, value: v } );
}
}
}
var q = $.param(a);
if (options.type.toUpperCase() == 'GET') {
options.url += (options.url.indexOf('?') >= 0 ? '&' : '?') + q;
options.data = null; // data is null for 'get'
}
else {
options.data = q; // data is the query string for 'post'
}
var callbacks = [];
// perform a load on the target only if dataType is not provided
if (!options.dataType && options.target) {
var oldSuccess = options.success || function(){};
callbacks.push(function(data) {
var fn = options.replaceTarget ? 'replaceWith' : 'html';
$(options.target)[fn](data).each(oldSuccess, arguments);
});
}
else if (options.success) {
callbacks.push(options.success);
}
options.success = function(data, status, xhr) { // jQuery 1.4+ passes xhr as 3rd arg
var context = options.context || options; // jQuery 1.4+ supports scope context
for (var i=0, max=callbacks.length; i < max; i++) {
callbacks[i].apply(context, [data, status, xhr || $form, $form]);
}
};
if ($.browser.msie && method == 'get') {
var ieMeth = $form[0].getAttribute('method');
if (typeof ieMeth === 'string')
options.type = ieMeth;
}
$.ajax(options);
// fire 'notify' event
this.trigger('form-submit-notify', [this, options]);
return this;
};
/**
* ajaxForm() provides a mechanism for fully automating form submission.
*/
$.fn.ajaxForm = function(options) {
if (this.length === 0) {
if (!$.isReady && this.selector) {
$(function() { //DOM not ready, queue
$(this.selector, this.context).ajaxForm(options);
});
}
return this;
}
return this.unbind('submit.form-plugin click.form-plugin')
.bind('submit.form-plugin', function(e) {
if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) { // if event has been cancelled, don't proceed
e.preventDefault();
$(this).ajaxSubmit(options);
}
}).bind('click.form-plugin', function(e) {
var target = e.target;
var $el = $(target);
if (!($el.is(":submit"))) {
// is this a child element of the submit el? (ex: a span within a button)
var t = $el.closest(':submit');
if (t.length == 0) {
return;
}
target = t[0];
}
});
};
/**
* formToArray() gathers form element data into an array of objects that can
* be passed to any of the following ajax functions: $.get, $.post, or load.
* Each object in the array has both a 'name' and 'value' property. An example of
* an array for a simple login form might be:
*
* [ { name: 'username', value: 'jresig' }, { name: 'password', value: 'secret' } ]
*
* It is this array that is passed to pre-submit callback functions provided to the
* ajaxSubmit() and ajaxForm() methods.
*/
$.fn.formToArray = function(semantic) {
var a = [];
if (this.length === 0) {
return a;
}
var form = this[0];
var els = semantic ? form.getElementsByTagName('*') : form.elements;
if (!els) {
return a;
}
var i, j, n, v, el, max, jmax;
for (i = 0, max = els.length; i < max; i++) {
el = els[i];
n = el.name;
if (!n) {
continue;
}
v = $.fieldValue(el);
if (v && v.constructor == Array) {
for(j=0, jmax=v.length; j < jmax; j++) {
a.push({name: n, value: v[j]});
}
}
else if (v !== null && typeof v != 'undefined') {
a.push({name: n, value: v});
}
}
return a;
};
/**
* Returns the value of the field element.
*/
$.fieldValue = function(el) {
var n = el.name, t = el.type, tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
var successful = true;
if (successful && (!n || el.disabled || t == 'reset' || t == 'button' ||
(t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') && !el.checked ||
(t == 'submit' || t == 'image') && el.form && el.form.clk != el ||
tag == 'select' && el.selectedIndex == -1)) {
return null;
}
if (tag == 'select') {
var index = el.selectedIndex;
if (index < 0) {
return null;
}
var a = [], ops = el.options;
var one = (t == 'select-one');
var max = (one ? index+1 : ops.length);
for (var i= (one ? index : 0); i < max; i++) {
var op = ops[i];
if (op.selected) {
var v = op.value;
if (!v) { // extra pain for IE...
v = (op.attributes && op.attributes['value'] && !(op.attributes['value'].specified)) ? op.text : op.value;
}
if (one) {
return v;
}
a.push(v);
}
}
return a;
}
return $(el).val();
}
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