jQuery getting these functions to work together

I'm new to jQuery and have tried looking around for an answer on how to do this. I have 2 functions and I would like both to work together. The one function is submitHandler and its used to hide a form and at the same time add a class to a hidden element to unhide it - ie a thank you for submitting h1. The other function is to grab the input data and display it onsubmit in the form. So the problem is that I can get that one to work but then the other doesnt. Ie on form submit I can see the data input but not the h1 Thank you message.

Here are the functions:

SubmitHandler:

    submitHandler: function() {


    $("#content").empty();
    $("#content").append(
    "<p>If you want to be kept in the loop...</p>" +
    "<p>Or you can contact...</p>"
    );
    $('h1.success_').removeClass('success_').addClass('success_form');
    $('#contactform').hide();

},

onsubmit="return inputdata()"

    function inputdata(){

                    var usr = document.getElementById('contactname').value;
                    var eml = document.getElementById('email').value;
                    var msg = document.getElementById('message').value;

                    document.getElementById('out').innerHTML = usr + " " + eml + msg;
                    document.getElementById('out').style.display = "block";

                    return true;
            },

The form uses PHP and jQuery - I dont know about AJAX but after some reading even less sure. Please help me out I dont know what I'm doing and at the moment I am learning but its a long road for me still.

Thank you

The form:

          <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" id="contactform" onsubmit="return inputdata()">
        <div class="_required"><p class="label_left">Name*&l开发者_运维百科t;/p><input type="text" size="50" name="contactname" id="contactname" value="" class="required" /></div><br/><br/>
        <div class="_required"><p class="label_left">E-mail address*</p><input type="text" size="50" name="email" id="email" value="" class="required email" /></div><br/><br/>
        <p class="label_left">Message</p><textarea rows="5" cols="50" name="message" id="message" class="required"></textarea><br/>
        <input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" id="submit" />
    </form>

The PHP bit:

<?php

$subject = "Website Contact Form Enquiry";

//If the form is submitted if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

//Check to make sure that the name field is not empty
if(trim($_POST['contactname']) == '') {
    $hasError = true;
} else {
    $name = trim($_POST['contactname']);
}

//Check to make sure sure that a valid email address is submitted
if(trim($_POST['email']) == '')  {
    $hasError = true;
} else if (!eregi("^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$", trim($_POST['email']))) {
    $hasError = true;
} else {
    $email = trim($_POST['email']);
}

//Check to make sure comments were entered
if(trim($_POST['message']) == '') {
    $hasError = true;
} else {
    if(function_exists('stripslashes')) {
        $comments = stripslashes(trim($_POST['message']));
    } else {
        $comments = trim($_POST['message']);
    }
}

//If there is no error, send the email
if(!isset($hasError)) {
    $emailTo = 'info@bgv.co.za'; //Put your own email address here
    $body = "Name: $name \n\nEmail: $email \n\nComments:\n $comments";
    $headers = 'From: My Site <'.$emailTo.'>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $email;

    mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, $headers);
    $emailSent = true;

}

} ?>

The Jquery Validate bit:

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#contactform').validate({

       showErrors: function(errorMap, errorList) {
       //restore the normal look
       $('#contactform div.xrequired').removeClass('xrequired').addClass('_required');
       //stop if everything is ok
       if (errorList.length == 0) return;
       //Iterate over the errors
       for(var i = 0;i < errorList.length; i++)
       $(errorList[i].element).parent().removeClass('_required').addClass('xrequired');
        },

Here is the full jQuery bit:

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#contactform').validate({

       showErrors: function(errorMap, errorList) {
       //restore the normal look
       $('#contactform div.xrequired').removeClass('xrequired').addClass('_required');
       //stop if everything is ok
       if (errorList.length == 0) return;
       //Iterate over the errors
       for(var i = 0;i < errorList.length; i++)
       $(errorList[i].element).parent().removeClass('_required').addClass('xrequired');
        },

submitHandler: function() {             

    $('h1.success_').removeClass('success_').addClass('success_form');
    $("#content").empty();
    $("#content").append('#sadhu');
    $('#contactform').hide();

},

}); });

Latest edit - Looks like this:

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#contactform').validate({

       showErrors: function(errorMap, errorList) {
       //restore the normal look
       $('#contactform div.xrequired').removeClass('xrequired').addClass('_required');
       //stop if everything is ok
       if (errorList.length == 0) return;
       //Iterate over the errors
       for(var i = 0;i < errorList.length; i++)
       $(errorList[i].element).parent().removeClass('_required').addClass('xrequired');
        },

    function submitHandler() {             
        $('h1.success_').removeClass('success_').addClass('success_form');
        $("#content").empty();
        $("#content").append('#sadhu');
        $('#contactform').hide();
    },
    function inputdata() {
         var usr = document.getElementById('contactname').value;
         var eml = document.getElementById('email').value;
         var msg = document.getElementById('message').value;
         document.getElementById('out').innerHTML = usr + " " + eml + msg;
         document.getElementById('out').style.display = "block";
    },
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $('#contactForm').submit(function() {
            inputdata();
            submitHandler();
        });
    });

});

I know this question has already been answered and this isn't directly regarding the question itself; more so regarding the code in the question. However, I can't post comments as I'm a brand new member, but I just thought I'd highlight a few things in your code! Mainly consistency regarding the use of jQuery.

In the function supplied for 'submitHandler' - you empty $('#content') and then append HTML to it. This will work, but an easier method would be using the .html() function; note that this function can be used to return the HTML contained inside an element; but that's when no arguments are supplied. When you supply an argument, it re-writes the content of the html element. Additionally, I would most likely use the .show() method on the h1 success element; if only for code readability.

For example:

submitHandler: function(){
    $('#content').html( "<p>If you want to be kept in the loop...</p>"
        + "<p>Or you can contact...</p>");
    $('h1.success_').show();
    $('contactform').hide();
}

As for inputdata() - you seem to have strayed off of the jQuery ethos here a little again, I'd aim for consistency when using jQuery personally - but also as the jQuery syntax makes the traditional javascript 'document.getElemen...' object look a bit outdated/it's extra to type. At its most basic jQuery is essentially best viewed as a wrapper for the document object - just with added syntactical sugar. Additionally, it allows you to chain methods - so the last two expressions can essentially be "dressed up" to look as one when using jQuery.

I'd personally use .val(), .html() and .css() functions; example:

function inputdata(){
    var usr = $('#contactname').val();
    var eml = $('#email').val();
    var msg = $('#message').val();

    $('#out').html( usr + " " + eml + msg )
    .css('display', 'block');

    return true;
}

Your submitHandler function isn't called. That's why it doesn't work.

Add this to your code:

$('#contactForm').submit(function() {
inputdata();
submitHandler();

});

EDIT:

try this:

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#contactform').validate({

showErrors: function(errorMap, errorList) {
   //restore the normal look
   $('#contactform div.xrequired').removeClass('xrequired').addClass('_required');
   //stop if everything is ok
   if (errorList.length == 0) return;
   //Iterate over the errors
   for(var i = 0;i < errorList.length; i++)
   $(errorList[i].element).parent().removeClass('_required').addClass('xrequired');
},

submitHandler: function(form) {             
    $('h1.success_').removeClass('success_').addClass('success_form');
    $("#content").empty();
    $("#content").append('#sadhu');
    $('#contactform').hide();
    var usr = document.getElementById('contactname').value;
    var eml = document.getElementById('email').value;
    var msg = document.getElementById('message').value;
    document.getElementById('out').innerHTML = usr + " " + eml + msg;
    document.getElementById('out').style.display = "block";
    form.submit();
}
});
});

CHange return true, to return false in the inputdata function