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How to submit form data with Ajax?
I need to apply backend behavior (PHP directives in my case) to an HTML <form>.
The backend behavior I wish to apply to the form is in this pattern (behavior.php):
<?php
$name = $_POST['name']; # Required;
$email = $_POST['email']; # Required;
$to = 'example@example.com';
$subject = 'A new message from: ' . $name;
$headers[] = 'MIME-Version: 1.0';
$headers[] = 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8';
mail($to, $subject, $message, implode("\r\n", $headers));
?>
The way I know to do this is with this HTML pattern:
<form action="/behavior.php" method="POST">
Now I have a form that the default behavior of which is prevented with preventDefault() so clicking the submit button will not cause form submission.
Therefore the HTML action and method became ineffective and I need to send the form's data with Ajax but according to the backend behavior (under behavior.php) where the relevant email address is stored.
In MDN "Using Fetch" I didn't find any code example with such a file reference.
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