I'm creating a register form in react with validation. The values i'm asking is Username, Email, password + (controll password). Everything about the form works, validations, Errors and if you click sign up you go to a new page. Now i want to extract the values to a my MySql database. I succeed in putting stuff in my database so the link works but i can't get the values of what i typed in the form.
I have tried
onChange={(e) => {
setUsernameReg(e.target.value);
}}
(see mented item)
But when i tried this I couldn't fill anything in Username. The code for the other inputs (email, password) is the same apart from the names.
So in short I want to get the value what you typed in a textbox to my database.
Code: FormSignup.js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import Axios from 'axios';
import validate from './validateInfo';
import useForm from './useForm';
import './Form.css';
const FormSignup = ({ submitForm }) => {
const { handleChange, handleSubmit, values, errors } = useForm(
submitForm,
validate
);
const [usernameReg, setUsernameReg] = useState("");
const [emailReg, setEmailReg] = useState("");
const [passwordReg, setPasswordReg] = useState("");
Axios.defaults.withCredentials = true;
const register = () => {
Axios.post("http://localhost:3001/register", {
username: usernameReg,
password: passwordReg,
email: emailReg,
}).then((response) => {
console.log(response);
});
};
return (
<div className='form-content-right'>
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit} className='form' noValidate>
<h1>
Get started with us today! Create your account by filling out the
information below.
</h1>
<div className='form-inputs'>
<label className='form-label'>Username</label>
<input
className='form-input'
type='text'
name='username'
placeholder='Enter your username'
value={values.username}
onChange={handleChange}
/*
//onChange={(e) => {
// setUsernameReg(e.target.value);
//}}
*/
/>
Code UseForm.js
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import Axios from 'axios';
const useForm = (callback, validate) => {
const [values, setValues] = useState({
username: '',
email: '',
password: '',
password2: ''
});
const [errors, setErrors] = useState({});
const [isSubmitting, setIsSubmitting] = useState(false);
const [usernameReg, setUsernameReg] = useState("");
const [emailReg, setEmailReg] = useState("");
const [passwordReg, setPasswordReg] = useState("");
Axios.defaults.withCredentials = true;
const register = () => {
Axios.post("http://localhost:3001/register", {
username: usernameReg,
password: passwordReg,
email: emailReg,
}).then((response) => {
console.log(response);
});
};
const handleChange = e => {
const { name, value } = e.target;
setValues({
...values,
[name]: value
});
};
const handleSubmit = e => {
e.preventDefault();
setErrors(validate(values));
setIsSubmitting(true);
};
useEffect(
() => {
if (Object.keys(errors).length === 0 && isSubmitting) {
callback();
}
},
[errors]
);
return { handleChange, handleSubmit, values, errors };
};
export default useForm; The code is from ;t and ;t
I'm creating a register form in react with validation. The values i'm asking is Username, Email, password + (controll password). Everything about the form works, validations, Errors and if you click sign up you go to a new page. Now i want to extract the values to a my MySql database. I succeed in putting stuff in my database so the link works but i can't get the values of what i typed in the form.
I have tried
onChange={(e) => {
setUsernameReg(e.target.value);
}}
(see mented item)
But when i tried this I couldn't fill anything in Username. The code for the other inputs (email, password) is the same apart from the names.
So in short I want to get the value what you typed in a textbox to my database.
Code: FormSignup.js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import Axios from 'axios';
import validate from './validateInfo';
import useForm from './useForm';
import './Form.css';
const FormSignup = ({ submitForm }) => {
const { handleChange, handleSubmit, values, errors } = useForm(
submitForm,
validate
);
const [usernameReg, setUsernameReg] = useState("");
const [emailReg, setEmailReg] = useState("");
const [passwordReg, setPasswordReg] = useState("");
Axios.defaults.withCredentials = true;
const register = () => {
Axios.post("http://localhost:3001/register", {
username: usernameReg,
password: passwordReg,
email: emailReg,
}).then((response) => {
console.log(response);
});
};
return (
<div className='form-content-right'>
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit} className='form' noValidate>
<h1>
Get started with us today! Create your account by filling out the
information below.
</h1>
<div className='form-inputs'>
<label className='form-label'>Username</label>
<input
className='form-input'
type='text'
name='username'
placeholder='Enter your username'
value={values.username}
onChange={handleChange}
/*
//onChange={(e) => {
// setUsernameReg(e.target.value);
//}}
*/
/>
Code UseForm.js
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import Axios from 'axios';
const useForm = (callback, validate) => {
const [values, setValues] = useState({
username: '',
email: '',
password: '',
password2: ''
});
const [errors, setErrors] = useState({});
const [isSubmitting, setIsSubmitting] = useState(false);
const [usernameReg, setUsernameReg] = useState("");
const [emailReg, setEmailReg] = useState("");
const [passwordReg, setPasswordReg] = useState("");
Axios.defaults.withCredentials = true;
const register = () => {
Axios.post("http://localhost:3001/register", {
username: usernameReg,
password: passwordReg,
email: emailReg,
}).then((response) => {
console.log(response);
});
};
const handleChange = e => {
const { name, value } = e.target;
setValues({
...values,
[name]: value
});
};
const handleSubmit = e => {
e.preventDefault();
setErrors(validate(values));
setIsSubmitting(true);
};
useEffect(
() => {
if (Object.keys(errors).length === 0 && isSubmitting) {
callback();
}
},
[errors]
);
return { handleChange, handleSubmit, values, errors };
};
export default useForm; The code is from https://www.youtube./watch?v=KGFG-yQD7Dw&t and https://www.youtube./watch?v=W-sZo6Gtx_E&t
Share Improve this question asked Feb 14, 2021 at 22:25 user15208198user152081981 Answer
Reset to default 6By using the value prop of the input, you turn it into a controled input element and thus need to update its value via a state variable. So this:
<input
className='form-input'
type='text'
name='username'
placeholder='Enter your username'
value={values.username}
onChange={handleChange}
/*
//onChange={(e) => {
// setUsernameReg(e.target.value);
//}}
*/
/>
Should just be this:
<input
className='form-input'
type='text'
name='username'
placeholder='Enter your username'
value={usernameReg}
onChange={e => setUsernameReg(e.target.value)}
/>
Note that this only answers this part:
I succeed in putting stuff in my database so the link works but i can't get the values of what i typed in the form
So this is how you can access those values. I can't guide you on how to get those values all the way to your DB as there is a longer distance they have to travel and I don't know what else could be in the way.
You should also look into useRef(), which will give you access to those input fields without updating your state on every change of the input and thus re-rendering your form over and over.
You can do something like this:
...
const regInput = React.useRef();
...
...
<input
ref={regInput}
className='form-input'
type='text'
name='username'
placeholder='Enter your username'
Then when you're ready to submit, just access the value of the username input like so:
...
const v = regInput.current.value;
...