For your solution, call a javascript function on onClick()
of Submit button and add following code:
<?php echo CHtml::submitButton('Submit', array('onClick' => 'js: return submitForm(this);')); ?>
<?php echo CHtml::button('Clear', array('onClick' => 'js: return clearForm(this);')); ?>
<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">
function submitForm(obj) {
var r = document.getElementById("TestpageForm_r").value;
var len = document.getElementById("TestpageForm_length").value;
var result = 0;
if (r != "" && len != "") {
result = r * len;
var strAppend = '<div class="row"><span>Result: </span><span>' + result + '</span></div>';
$('#mainDiv').append(strAppend);
}
else{
alert('Please enter value of r and length');
}
return false;
}
function clearForm(obj) {
document.getElementById('mainDiv').innerHTML = "";
}
</script>