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Reputation: 852

Laravel form uses ajax just when checkbox is manually checked

I cannot understand this:

I have a Laravel form. In the controller, I set up the consideration that the form might store data via ajax, and I have also put a fallback non-ajax for another part of the site, where ajax is not used: 

public function store(Requests\EntryRequest $request) {

    $journal = new Article($request->all());
        if ( Request::ajax() ) {
            Auth::user()->articles()->save($journal);
            return response(['msg' => 'Daily entry saved', 'status' => 'success']);
        } else {
            Auth::user()->articles()->save($journal);
            return redirect('home')->with('message', 'Daily entry saved');
        }
   }

So far so good. My form contains a checkbox, and also a hidden input in order to help sending a value with the form if the user doesn´t touch the checkbox (I remove the hidden value later on if the real checkbox is checked)

{!! Form::hidden('doctor', '0', ['type'=>'hidden', 'id'=>'drhelp'] ) !!}
{!! Form::checkbox('doctor', '1', false , ['class' => 'checkbox', 'data-toggle'=>'toggle', 'data-onstyle'=>'success', 'id'=>'drcheck']) !!}

And the form is being sent like this, nothing special: 

$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: '/articles/',
      data: form.serialize(),
      success: function( msg ) {
          //do things after success
      }
});

My question: Why does the form works through Ajax JUST when I manually change the checkbox. For instance, it opens unchecked, so if I want to post it unchecked, I must check it and uncheck it again. If I don´t touch it, the form just goes via regular submit.

And yet, if I interact with the checkbox, the form goes through Ajax POST. What is the problem here?

Thanks so much

Upvotes: 0

Views: 893

Answers (1)

issam abbas
issam abbas

Reputation: 342

my better way to handle that is to add default value to check box from migration 

$table->boolean('doctor')->default(false);

then you dont have to add hidden input and this will be enough

{!! Form::checkbox('doctor', true, false , ['class' => 'checkbox', 'data-toggle'=>'toggle', 'data-onstyle'=>'success', 'id'=>'drcheck']) !!}

Upvotes: 1

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