$(function () { $( "#contactForm input,#contactForm textarea,#contactForm button" ).jqBootstrapValidation({ preventSubmit: true, submitError: function ($form, event, errors) { // additional error messages or events }, submitSuccess: function ($form, event) { event.preventDefault(); // prevent default submit behaviour // get values from FORM var name = $("input#name").val(); var email = $("input#email").val(); var phone = $("input#phone").val(); var message = $("textarea#message").val(); var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message // Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message if (firstName.indexOf(" ") >= 0) { firstName = name.split(" ").slice(0, -1).join(" "); } $this = $("#sendMessageButton"); $this.prop("disabled", true); // Disable submit button until AJAX call is complete to prevent duplicate messages $.ajax({ url: "/assets/mail/contact_me.php", // Make sure this points to the contact_me.php file on your server type: "POST", data: { name: name, phone: phone, email: email, message: message, }, cache: false, success: function () { // Success message $("#success").html("