AJAX Password Change without Refresh
- by Richard
I'm trying to implement password change functionality into my website. I've got all the password changing script, validation, etc done. But now I need to prevent the page from going to the script page or refreshing. When the user clicks the submit button, I want nothing to change except a message displaying successfully changed or error. So here's my html:
<form id="change_Pass" action="" method="post">
Current Password<input type="password" id="change_password" name="change_password"><br>
New Password<input type="password" id="new_password" name="new_password"><br>
Verify Password<input type="password" id="verify_password" name="verify_password"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" id="change_pass_submit">
</form>
And my jquery:
$('#change_pass_submit').click(function(){
var $this = $(this);
$.ajax({
data: $this.serialize(), // get the form data
type: "POST", // GET or POST
url: "/Private/change_password.php", // the file to call
success: function() { // on success..
//$('#success_div).html(response); // update the DIV
alert("good");
},
error: function() { // on error..
//$('#error_div).html(e); // update the DIV
alert("bad");
}
});
return false; //so it doesn't refresh when submitting the page
});
And my php:
<?php
session_start();
require_once '../classes/Bcrypt.php';
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
$usr = $_SESSION["username"];
$old_pwd = $_POST["change_password"];
$new_pwd = $_POST["new_password"];
$new_pwd = Bcrypt::hash($new_pwd);
try {
$link = new PDO('mysql:host=*;dbname=*;charset=UTF-8','*','*');
$query = "SELECT *
FROM Conference
WHERE Username = :un";
$stmt = $link->prepare($query);
$stmt->bindParam(':un', $usr);
$stmt->execute();
$row = $stmt->fetchAll();
$hash = $row[0]["Password"];
$is_correct = Bcrypt::check($old_pwd, $hash);
if($is_correct) {
$query = "UPDATE Conference
SET `Password`=:new_pwd
WHERE Username = :usr";
$stmt = $link->prepare($query);
$stmt->bindParam(':new_pwd', $new_pwd);
$stmt->bindParam(':usr', $usr);
$stmt->execute();
return true;
} else return false;
} catch(PDOException $e) {
print "Error!: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>";
die();
}
But for some reason, when I hit the submit button, the page STILL goes to change_password.php. I have no idea why, i've looked at so many tutorials and my code matches theirs but for some reason mine won't stay on the same page. Where did I go wrong?
