I know there are thousands of examples on the internet, but I want for the script I already have to display a loading gif image while the data is retrievedd. My java knowledge are poor, therefore I'm asking how to change the following:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
function getData(p){
var page=p;
$.ajax({
url: "loadData.php?id=<? echo $id; ?>",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
data: "&page="+ page,
success : function(html){
$(".content").html(html);
}
});
}
getData(1);
$(".page").live("click", function(){
var id = $(this).attr("class");
getData(id.substr(8));
});
});
</script>
And my div is here:
<div class="content" id="data"></div>
Thanks.
John
Let's say you have a tag someplace on the page which contains your loading message:
<div id='loadingmessage' style='display:none'>
<img src='loadinggraphic.gif'/>
</div>
You can add two lines to your ajax call:
function getData(p){
var page=p;
$('#loadingmessage').show(); // show the loading message.
$.ajax({
url: "loadData.php?id=<? echo $id; ?>",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
data: "&page="+ page,
success : function(html){
$(".content").html(html);
$('#loadingmessage').hide(); // hide the loading message
}
});
Take a look at ajaxStart and ajaxStop
$.ajax(
{
type: 'post',
url: 'mail.php',
data: form.serialize(),
beforeSend: function()
{
$('.content').html('loading...');
},
success: function(data)
{
$('.content').html(data);
},
error: function()
{
$('.content').html('error');
}
});
have fun playing arround!
if you should have quick loading times which prevent te loading showing, you can add a timeout of some sort.
This is very simple and easily manage.
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery("#search").click(function(){
jQuery("#loader").show("slow");
jQuery("#response_result").hide("slow");
jQuery.post(siteurl+"/ajax.php?q="passyourdata, function(response){
setTimeout("finishAjax('response_result', '"+escape(response)+"')", 850);
});
});
})
function finishAjax(id,response){
jQuery("#loader").hide("slow");
jQuery('#response_result').html(unescape(response));
jQuery("#"+id).show("slow");
return true;
}
<div id="load" style="display:none"><img src="ajax-loader.gif"/></div>
function getData(p){
var page=p;
document.getElementById("load").style.display = "block"; // show the loading message.
$.ajax({
url: "loadData.php?id=<? echo $id; ?>",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
data: "&page="+ page,
success : function(html){
$(".content").html(html);
document.getElementById("load").style.display = "none";
}
});
make sure to change in ajax call
async: true,
type: "GET",
dataType: "html",