jquery $(“#form”).submit() not getting called

Question

I have a form on a page that requires a captcha if the user has a blocked attribute set in a database.

$("#expressform").submit(function() {
    if($("#op").val() == "")
            return false;
    if($("#tagbar").val() == "")
            return false;
    $.post("getallowed.php", function(data) {
            if(data == "true")
                    submitNormal();
            else if(data == "false"){
                    displayCaptcha();
            }
    });
    return false;
});

If the user is not allowed, the displayCaptcha function is called instead of just submitting the form.

function displayCaptcha(){
    $.post("expresscaptcha.php", function(data) {
            var string = data;
            $("#expressformdiv").html(string);
            Recaptcha.create("xxxxxxxxxxx", "captcha",
                    {
                            theme: "red",
                            callback: Recaptcha.focus_response_field
                    }
            );
    });
}

This function posts to a php script that returns a new type of form that returns the html for a new form with the id expressformcaptcha. Here is the php script.

<?php
echo <<<_END
<form id="expressformcaptcha">
    //other form elements
    <div id="captchadiv"><div id="captcha"></div></div>
</form>
_END;
?>

All of this works fine, the captcha displays, etc. However, the alert in the following never gets called. Why?

$("#expressformcaptcha").submit(function() {
    alert("FORM SUBMITTED");
});

Does it have something to do with the captcha being there that screws with jquery? When submit the form, instead of the alert, the page just refreshes.

Answer 1

You need to use live or delegate as expressformcaptcha is injected into the DOM at a later time.

$("#expressformcaptcha").live('submit', function() {
    alert("FORM SUBMITTED");
});