Laravel 5.8 jQuery Ajax Form Submit

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 5.8 jQuery Ajax Form Submit and its application with practical example.

In this Laravel jQuery Ajax Form Submit tutorial you’ll learn to submit form data without reloading or refreshing of page using ajax. In this tutorial I’ll show you step by step how to submit a form without reloading or refreshing of page using ajax. In this example we will be using jquery ajax submit handler for ajax form submission.

Table Of Contents−

Laravel 5.8 jQuery Ajax Form Submit
Create Laravel 5.8 Application

.env file
Generate Application Key
Set Default String Length

Create Model and Migration
Run Laravel Migration
Create Laravel View Files

Add CSRF Meta Tag In View file
Add jQuery In View file
Create a submit handler function

Create Laravel Controller
Define Laravel Route
Start Development Server

In Laravel, to submit form data using ajax we must have to incorporate csrf token with form data and set X-CSRF-TOKEN request header with ajax form submit request.

Before starting with example I assume that you already have fresh laravel 5.8 installation ready, if you have it installed then you can skip this step.

Create Laravel 5.8 Application

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 5.8 using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel larablog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel larablog

Configure Database In .env file

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

.env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=larablog
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=larablog

DB_USERNAME=root

DB_PASSWORD=

Generate Application Key

Open terminal and switch to the project directory and run the following command to generate application key and configure cache.

php artisan key:generate
php artisan config:cache

1 2	php artisan key:generate php artisan config:cache

Set Default String Length

Locate the file “app/Providers/AppServiceProvider”, and add following line of code to the top of the file

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

1	use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

and inside the boot method set a default string length as given below –

Schema::defaultStringLength(191);

1	Schema::defaultStringLength(191);

So this is how “app/Providers/AppServiceProvider” file looks like –

<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
 public function boot() {
 Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
 }
 public function register(){
 }
}

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider

{

public function boot() {

Schema::defaultStringLength(191);

}

public function register(){

}

Create Model and Migration

Now, we have to define table schema for contact table. Open terminal and let’s run the following command to generate a Contact model along with a migration file to create contact table in our database.

php artisan make:model Contact -m

1	php artisan make:model Contact -m

Once this command is executed you will find a migration file created under “database/migrations”. Lets open migration file created and put following code in it –

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateContactsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('email');
            $table->string('phone');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('contacts');
    }
}

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateContactsTable extends Migration

{

/**

* Run the migrations.

* @return void

public function up()

{

Schema::create('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {

$table->bigIncrements('id');

$table->string('name');

$table->string('email');

$table->string('phone');

$table->timestamps();

});

}

/**

* Reverse the migrations.

* @return void

public function down()

{

Schema::dropIfExists('contacts');

}

Run Laravel Migration

Now, run following command to migrate database schema.

php artisan migrate

1	php artisan migrate

After, the migration executed successfully the contact table will be created in database.

Create Laravel View Files

In this step, we will create laravel view/blade file to display contact form and submit it using jquery ajax. Lets create a blade file “contact_form.blade.php” in “resources/views/ajaxFormSubmit/” directory.

Create bootstrap form In View File

Go to “contact_form.blade.php” in “resources/views/ajaxFormSubmit/” directory and put the following code in it to create a bootstrap form.

resources/views/ajaxFormSubmit/contact_form.blade.php

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
  <title>Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.js"></script>  
   <style>
   .error{ color:red; } 
  </style>
</head>
 
<body>
 
<div class="container">
    <h2 style="margin-top: 10px;">Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</h2>
    <br>
    <br>
   
    <form id="contact_us" method="post" action="javascript:void(0)">
        <div class="alert alert-success d-none" id="msg_div">
              <span id="res_message"></span>
         </div>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="name">Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="name" placeholder="Please enter name">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</span>
      </div>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="email">Email Id</label>
        <input type="text" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Please enter email id">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('email') }}</span>
      </div>      
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="phone">Phone</label>
        <input type="text" name="phone" class="form-control" id="phone" placeholder="Please enter mobile number" maxlength="10">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('phone') }}</span>
      </div>
      <div class="form-group">
       <button type="submit" id="send_form" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
      </div>
    </form>
 
</div>

</body>
</html>

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</title>

<style>

.error{ color:red; }

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h2 style="margin-top: 10px;">Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</h2>

<br>

</div>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</span>

</div>

<label for="email">Email Id</label>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('email') }}</span>

</div>

<label for="phone">Phone</label>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('phone') }}</span>

</div>

<button type="submit" id="send_form" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>

</div>

</form>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Add CSRF Meta Tag In View file

Laravel comes with a security mechanism called csrf token. In Laravel, each of the request is attached a csrf_token that is validated before can be processed. In order to submit form data using ajax, we must have to incorporate following meta tag in our view file.

<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">

1	<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">

Add jQuery In View file

Now, we need to include jquery library into our view file. Add the following line of code inside the head section of view file.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.js"></script>

1	<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.js"></script>

Create a submit handler function

Lets create an empty function to be executed when submit button is clicked. Add the following javascript code in view file at the end of the view file.

<script>
//-----------------
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#send_form').click(function(e){
     e.preventDefault();

   });
});
//-----------------
</script>

//-----------------

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#send_form').click(function(e){

e.preventDefault();

});

//-----------------

</script>

Set CSRF Token In jQuery Ajax Header :-

In order to submit form data using ajax, we must have to set X-CSRF-TOKEN request header with ajax form submit request.

$.ajaxSetup({
  headers: {
    'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
  }
});

$.ajaxSetup({

headers: {

'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')

}

});

Create $.ajax() function to submit form data :-

Now, we will add following code to submit form data using ajax inside submit handler function. Our final submit handler function will look like this –

<script>
//-----------------
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#send_form').click(function(e){
   e.preventDefault();
   /*Ajax Request Header setup*/
   $.ajaxSetup({
      headers: {
          'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
      }
  });

   $('#send_form').html('Sending..');
   
   /* Submit form data using ajax*/
   $.ajax({
      url: "{{ url('jquery-ajax-form-submit')}}",
      method: 'post',
      data: $('#contact_us').serialize(),
      success: function(response){
         //------------------------
            $('#send_form').html('Submit');
            $('#res_message').show();
            $('#res_message').html(response.msg);
            $('#msg_div').removeClass('d-none');

            document.getElementById("contact_us").reset(); 
            setTimeout(function(){
            $('#res_message').hide();
            $('#msg_div').hide();
            },10000);
         //--------------------------
      }});
   });
});
//-----------------
</script>

//-----------------

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#send_form').click(function(e){

e.preventDefault();

/*Ajax Request Header setup*/

$.ajaxSetup({

headers: {

'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')

}

});

$('#send_form').html('Sending..');

/* Submit form data using ajax*/

$.ajax({

url: "{{ url('jquery-ajax-form-submit')}}",

method: 'post',

data: $('#contact_us').serialize(),

success: function(response){

//------------------------

$('#send_form').html('Submit');

$('#res_message').show();

$('#res_message').html(response.msg);

$('#msg_div').removeClass('d-none');

document.getElementById("contact_us").reset();

setTimeout(function(){

$('#res_message').hide();

$('#msg_div').hide();

},10000);

//--------------------------

}});

});

//-----------------

</script>

Now our final view file will look like this –

resources/views/ajaxFormSubmit/contact_form.blade.php

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
  <!-- CSRF Token Meta Added -->
  <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
  <title>Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.js"></script>  
   <style>
   .error{ color:red; } 
  </style>
</head>
 
<body>
 
<div class="container">
    <h2 style="margin-top: 10px;">Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</h2>
    <br>
    <br>
   
    <form id="contact_us" method="post" action="javascript:void(0)">
        <div class="alert alert-success d-none" id="msg_div">
              <span id="res_message"></span>
         </div>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="name">Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="name" placeholder="Please enter name">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</span>
      </div>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="email">Email Id</label>
        <input type="text" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Please enter email id">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('email') }}</span>
      </div>      
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="phone">Phone</label>
        <input type="text" name="phone" class="form-control" id="phone" placeholder="Please enter mobile number" maxlength="10">
        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('phone') }}</span>
      </div>
      <div class="form-group">
       <button type="submit" id="send_form" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
      </div>
    </form>
 
</div>

</body>
</html>
<script>
//-----------------
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#send_form').click(function(e){
   e.preventDefault();
   /*Ajax Request Header setup*/
   $.ajaxSetup({
      headers: {
          'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
      }
  });

   $('#send_form').html('Sending..');
   
   /* Submit form data using ajax*/
   $.ajax({
      url: "{{ url('jquery-ajax-form-submit')}}",
      method: 'post',
      data: $('#contact_us').serialize(),
      success: function(response){
         //------------------------
            $('#send_form').html('Submit');
            $('#res_message').show();
            $('#res_message').html(response.msg);
            $('#msg_div').removeClass('d-none');

            document.getElementById("contact_us").reset(); 
            setTimeout(function(){
            $('#res_message').hide();
            $('#msg_div').hide();
            },10000);
         //--------------------------
      }});
   });
});
//-----------------
</script>

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</title>

<style>

.error{ color:red; }

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h2 style="margin-top: 10px;">Laravel 5.8 Ajax Form Submit with Validation - W3Adda</h2>

<br>

</div>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</span>

</div>

<label for="email">Email Id</label>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('email') }}</span>

</div>

<label for="phone">Phone</label>

<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('phone') }}</span>

</div>

<button type="submit" id="send_form" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>

</div>

</form>

</div>

</body>

</html>

//-----------------

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#send_form').click(function(e){

e.preventDefault();

/*Ajax Request Header setup*/

$.ajaxSetup({

headers: {

'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')

}

});

$('#send_form').html('Sending..');

/* Submit form data using ajax*/

$.ajax({

url: "{{ url('jquery-ajax-form-submit')}}",

method: 'post',

data: $('#contact_us').serialize(),

success: function(response){

//------------------------

$('#send_form').html('Submit');

$('#res_message').show();

$('#res_message').html(response.msg);

$('#msg_div').removeClass('d-none');

document.getElementById("contact_us").reset();

setTimeout(function(){

$('#res_message').hide();

$('#msg_div').hide();

},10000);

//--------------------------

}});

});

//-----------------

</script>

Create Laravel Controller

Next, we have to create a controller to display contact form and to handle form validation and submit operations. Lets Create a controller named ContactController using command given below –

php artisan make:controller ajaxFormSubmit/ContactController

1	php artisan make:controller ajaxFormSubmit/ContactController

Once the above command executed, it will create a controller file ContactController.php in app/Http/Controllers/ajaxFormSubmit directory.

Open the ajaxFormSubmit/ContactController.php file and put the following code in it.

app/Http/Controllers/ajaxFormSubmit/ContactController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\ajaxFormSubmit;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Contact;
use Redirect,Response;

class ContactController extends Controller
{
    //
     public function index()
    {
        return view('ajaxFormSubmit.contact_form');
    }       

    public function store(Request $request)
    {  
              
        $data = $request->all();
        $result = Contact::insert($data);
        if($result){ 
        	$arr = array('msg' => 'Contact Added Successfully!', 'status' => true);
        }
        return Response()->json($arr);
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\ajaxFormSubmit;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use App\Contact;

use Redirect,Response;

class ContactController extends Controller

{

public function index()

{

return view('ajaxFormSubmit.contact_form');

}

public function store(Request $request)

{

$data = $request->all();

$result = Contact::insert($data);

if($result){

$arr = array('msg' => 'Contact Added Successfully!', 'status' => true);

}

return Response()->json($arr);

}

In this controller, we have following methods –

index() :- To display contact form.

store() :- To handle form submit request.

Define Laravel Route

After this, we need to define routes in “routes/web.php” file. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add the following routes in it.

routes/web.php

Route::get('jquery-ajax-form-submit', 'ajaxFormSubmit\ContactController@index');
Route::post('jquery-ajax-form-submit', 'ajaxFormSubmit\ContactController@store');

1 2	Route::get('jquery-ajax-form-submit', 'ajaxFormSubmit\ContactController@index'); Route::post('jquery-ajax-form-submit', 'ajaxFormSubmit\ContactController@store');

Start Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

php artisan serve

1	php artisan serve

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

http://localhost:8000/jquery-ajax-form-submit

Output 1:-

laravel-5-8-jquery-ajax-form-submit-1-1

Output 2:-

Form data submitted successfully

laravel-5-8-jquery-ajax-form-submit-2-2

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