Partial page reload using laravel and ajax

Question

I am trying to submit a form using ajax so my page will not do a full page reload rather only the form should change to show any errors. I have tried many options from the web with no luck. This here is the best help I have seen, but it doesn't give the solution. Note I am using laravel version 5.3.10 .

Here is my code:

Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">

    $(document).ready(function () {

        $('#footer-form').click(function () {
            //event.preventDefault();
            $.ajax({
                type: 'POST',
                url: 'http://localhost/ensignhospital/mail',
                data: $('form#footer-form').serialize(),
                dataType: 'html'
            })

                    .done(function (data) {
                        console.log(data);
                    });

        });
    });

</script>

Laravel Route:

Route::group(['before' => 'guest'], function () {
    /*
     * CSRF Protection
     *
     * */
    Route::group(['before' => 'csrf'], function () {

        Route::post('/ensignhospital/mail', [
            'as' => 'mail',
            'uses' => 'HomeController@postSendMail'
        ]);
    });


});

Laravel controller:

 public function postSendMail(Request $request)
    {

        if($request->ajax()){

            $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [

                'first_name' => 'required',
                'last_name' => 'required',
                'email' => 'required|email',
                'message' => 'required',
                'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|captcha'
            ]);

            if($validator->fails()){
                return redirect()->back()
                    ->withErrors($validator)
                    ->withInput(Input::all());
            }else{
                return View('passed');

            }
        }else{
            return View('fail');
        }



    }

Form:

{!! Form::open(['route' => 'mail', 'method' => 'post', 'role' => 'form', 'id' => 'footer-form']) !!}
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
    {!! Form::label('first_name', null, ['class' => 'sr-only']) !!}
    {!! Form::text('first_name', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'First Name']) !!}
    <i class="fa fa-user form-control-feedback"></i>
    @if($errors->has('first_name'))
        {{ $errors->first('first_name') }}
    @endif
</div>
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
    {!! Form::label('last_name', null, ['class' => 'sr-only']) !!}
    {!! Form::text('last_name', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Last Name']) !!}
    <i class="fa fa-user form-control-feedback"></i>
    @if($errors->has('last_name'))
        {{ $errors->first('last_name') }}
    @endif
</div>
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
    {!! Form::label('email', null, ['class' => 'sr-only']) !!}
    {!! Form::email('email', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Email address']) !!}
    <i class="fa fa-envelope form-control-feedback"></i>
    @if($errors->has('email'))
        {{ $errors->first('email') }}
    @endif
</div>
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
    {!! Form::label('message', null, ['class' => 'sr-only']) !!}
    {!! Form::textarea('message', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'rows' => 8, 'placeholder' => 'Message']) !!}
    <i class="fa fa-pencil form-control-feedback"></i>
    @if($errors->has('message'))
        {{ $errors->first('message') }}
    @endif
</div>    

{!! Form::submit('Send', ['class' => 'btn btn-default', 'id' => 'mail_btn']) !!}

{!! Form::close() !!}

Answer 1

What you need to do is to render the view that you want to pass throught the ajax like this:

return view('passed')->render();

...

return view('fail')->render();

EDIT

You have to pass event as a clouser parameter and uncomment this: //event.preventDefault(); :

$('#footer-form').click(function (event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'http://localhost/ensignhospital/mail',
            data: $('form#footer-form').serialize(),
            dataType: 'html'
        })

                .done(function (data) {
                    console.log(data);
                });

    });

so that:

click(function () {

why it doesn't work. Should be:

click(function (event) {