Changing a text file from a HTML form - ajax

I'm just wondering if there's any way I can change the data held in my text file by filling out a HTML form on my website.
I've used AJAX to read to the website before but I don't know if its possible the other way round..
Ok so I don't really have any code yet cause I'm not sure how to do it.. but essentially, I want this HTML form:
<form name="updateGallery">
<b>Image:</b> <input type="image" name="image"/><br>
<b>Name:</b> <input type="text" name="name"/><br>
<b>Description and Price:</b> <input type="text" name="desPrice"/><br><br>
<input id="start" type="submit" onclick="submit" value="Update"/>
<input id="start" type="reset" value="Cancel"/>
</form>
to read to a text file I have set up containing information on items including - the name, an image of the item, description and price.

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Firefox bug with input type password?

I have a problem in an application I'm developing, if I have input fields with type 'password' then another input field is populated with data from a completely different element.
If I set the type of the element that is 'password' to 'text' there is no problem.
Unforunatley I can't post an example of jsFiddle, but I've searched around and found other people having a problem with Firefox with an older version.
I'm using version: 43.0b9 with Firebug 2.0.13
IE, Chrome and Safari do not do this with the exact same page loaded, but its very repeatable and very realiable in FireFox.
I've set the attribute autocomplete="off" but no difference.
This problem has me scratching my head...I've commented out just about everything, but the problem still occurs, some how my name and login password are finding there way into two INPUT elements, the same page in Chrome, IE and Safari does not do this.
I was having the same problem, and finally solved it after reading this answer to other similar question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10745884/6938721
In my case, I had a lot of input fields divided into multiple fieldsets, and sent them through AJAX.
Well, the solution was to surround each <fieldset>...</fieldset> with <form>...</form> labels.
Originally I had something like:
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="field1">
<input type="password" name="field2">
<input type="password" name="field3">
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="field4">
<input type="password" name="field5">
<input type="password" name="field6">
</fieldset>
And after applying the solution I get:
<form>
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="field1">
<input type="password" name="field2">
<input type="password" name="field3">
</fieldset>
</form>
<form>
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="field4">
<input type="password" name="field5">
<input type="password" name="field6">
</fieldset>
</form>
Edit:
The key is to not have more than 3 password inputs inside a <form> block. The document works as a <form> block by itself
Hope this helps

Click a input type submit - Mechanize Ruby

I am trying to click a button which is actually a submit without a form which looks some thing like this and store the result in an object
<div class="searchBar-input">
<input id="front-page-search" value="Enter Keyword(s)" type="text">
</div>
<div class="searchBar-submit">
<input id="searchBtn" value="Search" type="submit">
</div>
I have tried puts page.forms and I am getting nothing as there is no form on the page. Its just a text box whose value I have to submit.
I have googled but I found everything about form submit and links. How can I click this? Any suggestions.Thanks in advance
try this :
<div class="searchBar-submit">
<input id="searchBtn" value="Search" type="submit" onclick="document.forms[0].submit();" ></div>

Honeypot protection with Ajax

Recently i got attacked by nasty auto-form fill bots which filled my shout form with all sorts of spam. My shout form consist from a html file with 2 textboxes,an ajax script(for refreshing without reloading) and my php file for handling all the inserting data into my DB.
I am thinking implementing a hidden textbox for a minimum protection against these bots but with no luck since i cant pass the honeypot data to my php file. My code:
HTML Form
<form class="form" method="post" action="postdata.php">
<fieldset id="inputs">
<input id="name" name="name" type="text" placeholder="name" maxlength="20">
<textarea id="message" name="message" type="text" placeholder="message" maxlength="255"></textarea>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="actions">
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit">
</fieldset>
</form>
Ajax script
$(function(){refresh_shoutbox();$("#submit").click(function(){var a=$("#name").val();var b=$("#message").val();var c="name="+a+"&message="+b;$.ajax({type:"POST",url:"postdata.php",data:c,success:function(d){$("#shout").html(d);$("#message").val("");$("#name").val("")}});return false})});
function refresh_shoutbox(){var a="refresh=1";$.ajax({type:"POST",headers:{"cache-control":"no-cache"},url:"postdata.php",data:a,success:function(b){$("#shout").html(b)}})};
postdata.php file
<?php
if($_POST['name'] or $_POST['message']) {
$name= $_POST['name'];
$message= $_POST['message'];
///do other stuff/////
?>
I will insert a hidden field in my html form
<input id="email" name="emails" style="display:none"></br>
but i cant manage to pass the extra value to my existing ajax script.Tried some code but with no luck.
Any help so i can get my shoutbox up and running again?

Form submission issue IE9 + Ajax

I have a form that is served via Ajax from the server when a button is clicked. It pops up in a jquery dialog.
<form onsubmit="hideModal();return getAJAX(this);">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="updateUserNotes">
<input type="hidden" name="userid" value="20312">
<hr/>
<B>Flags:</B><BR/>
<input type="radio" name="flag" value="none" checked> <img src="images/icons/grey_flag.png"> No Flag<BR>
<input type="radio" name="flag" value="green" > <img src="images/icons/flag_green.png"> Green Flag<BR>
<input type="radio" name="flag" value="red" > <img src="images/icons/flag_red.png"> Red Flag
<B>NOTES:</B><BR>
<textarea name="usernotes" cols="80" rows="10"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Save Notes">
</form>
This is the code that my script sends back to display the form. With the HR in there, the form will not submit when you click "save notes". It does not throw a javascript error, it simply does not submit.
If I remove the horizontal rule the form submits 100% fine.
Anyone know what might be causing this? It only appears to affect IE9. I cannot replicate it in Chrome or Firefox or earlier versions of IE9.
I think it has something to do with IE9's strictness, but I can't figure out how the horizontal rule is messing anything up.

Multiple password forms + password completion

On a website I'm working we have an onsite login and a private login, the problem I'm having is that Firefox doesn't seem to be able to differentiate between these login forms.
Does anybody know how I can make clear that these are different logins?
I already tried giving the form fields different names and ids, ex: onsite_login and login but without success.
edit: my form-tags are not being mixed up, they aren't even on the same page
The two forms on the different pages
<form method="post" action="/en/login/1">
<fieldset>
<p>
<input type="hidden" value="login" name="form"/>
<input type="hidden" value="en" name="redirect"/>
<label for="onsite_username">Username<abbr title="Required ">*</abbr></label>
<input type="text" class="input-text" maxlength="255" value="" name="onsite_username" id="onsite_username"/>
<label for="onsite_password">Password<abbr title="Required ">*</abbr></label>
<input type="password" class="input-password" maxlength="255" value="" name="onsite_password" id="onsite_password"/>
<input type="submit" value="Log in" name="submit" class="input-submit"/>
</p>
</fieldset>
</form>
and
<form method="post" action="">
<fieldset>
<input type="hidden" value="login" name="form"/>
<div>
<label for="username">Username</label>
<input type="text" class="input-text" value="" name="username" id="username"/>
</div><div>
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="input-password" value="" name="password" id="password"/>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Aanmelden" class="input-submit"/>
</fieldset>
</form>
Apparently this is not possible due to the way Firefox stores its passwords.
A password-manager entry is stored with the following data
The username (encrypted and secured with Firefox Master Password).
The password (encrypted and secured with Firefox Master Password).
The hostname of the webpage containing the login form.
The hostname of the webpage to which the form data has been submitted.
Thus Firefox does not distinguish between the two loginfields on my page.
I've not yet heard about a multiple form problem in Firefox.
But it could be that Firefox mixed up your 2 login forms if there is another tag around that is not closed properly.
I've had that problem myself with <p> tags and a not properly closed <div> around it.
I'm not sure.. but try to give them a different ID like <form method="POST" action="#" id="login1">

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