Run jQuery function via php on form submit

Question

I am using a form to allow file download and to store the number of downloads but now I can't seem to find a way to fadeIn a subscribe div (#cover) on form success..

This is my form:

<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="free-download" id="free-download">
    <button class="download" type="submit" name="clicks" onclick="window.open('download/imagins_._ro_free_files_format_icons.rar')">download (<span class="small"><?php echo getClickCount(); ?> times</span>)</button>
</form>

Is there a jquery way of doing this?

This is what I tried:

$("#free-download").bind('ajax:complete', function() {
          $('#cover').fadeIn(600);
          $('body').addClass('hidescroll');
});

Update

By changing the form action to <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> and adding the following (below) I managed to add an echo to the page on form success, but how do I have the #cover div fadeIn?

<?php
if(isset($_POST['clicks'])) 
{ 
    echo "<p class='section-desc'>You just downloaded it</p>";
}
?>

You're missing the echo in the action attribute of your <form> tag but this is not the problem here. Just pointing out. — D4V1D
– D4V1D, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 17:41
@D4V1D, adding <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> isn't changing anything, is there something that I'm missing? — Alin
– Alin, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 17:46
@D4V1D I found a way to do this, I answered my own question, check it out. — Alin
– Alin, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 18:16

Stephan Muller · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-28 18:48:40Z

1

Working solution

Use php to echo a script tag containing whatever you want to achieve on submit success (in my case, a div fadeIn).

<?php
if(isset($_POST['clicks'])) 
{ 
    echo '
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
    $(function() {
        $( "#cover").fadeIn();
    });
    </script>';
}
?>

edited Mar 28, 2015 at 18:48

Stephan Muller

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answered Mar 28, 2015 at 18:05

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