I'm trying to hide the form and show a loading GIF after submitting it. I've tried many methods and this is one of them. I tried replacing ClassName with Id and it didn't work.
It's a school project. I've spent way too long wondering what I'm doing wrong here and I am not sure what else to try.
The login button says "Kirjaudu".
html:
  <div class="user" id="logsection">
      <div class="user__header">
          <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/3219/logo.svg" alt="" />
          <h1 class="user__title">Kirjaudu sisään</h1> <!-- kirjaudu sisään = login -->
      </div>
      <form class="form" action="login_users.php" method="post" name="loginform" onsubmit="processing()">
          <div class="form__group">
              <input name="username" type="text" placeholder="Käyttäjänimi" class="form__input" required/> <!-- käyttäjänimi = username-->
          </div>
          <div class="form__group">
              <input name="password" type="password" placeholder="Salasana" class="form__input" required/> <!-- salasana = password -->
          </div>
          <button name="add" class="btn-prim" type="submit">Kirjaudu</button> <!-- kirjaudu = login-->
          <button class="btn-sec" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='../register/register.php'">Luo tili</button> <!-- luo tili = sign up -->
      </form>
  </div>
js:
function processing() {
        document.getElementById('loginsection').style.display = 'none'
       document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'block'
      }
css:
* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
    font-family: helvetica;
    font-size: 14px;
    background-size: 200% 100% !important;
    background: url('../img/login.jpg');
    height: 100vh;
    overflow-y: hidden;
}
header{
  z-index: 2;
  background: linear-gradient(#2b2b2b 31%, #1b1b1b 100%);
  opacity: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  height: 70px;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
header{
  display: flex;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
}
header p{
  color: #AAAAAA;
  margin-left: 10%;
}
a img{
  margin: 10px;
}
.user {
    width: 90%;
    max-width: 340px;
    margin-left: 39%;
    margin-top: 10%;
    position: absolute;
}
.user__header {
    text-align: center;
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translate3d(0, 500px, 0);
    animation: arrive 500ms ease-in-out 0.7s forwards;
}
.user__title {
    font-family: Arial;
    margin-bottom: -10px;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: white;
}
.form{
    margin-top: 40px;
    border-radius: 6px;
    overflow: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translate3d(0, 500px, 0);
    animation: arrive 500ms ease-in-out 0.9s forwards;
}
.form--no {
    animation: NO 1s ease-in-out;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}
.form__input {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
    font-family: $font-family;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    transition: 0.3s;
    opacity: 80%;
    &:focus {
        background: darken(#fff, 3%);
    }
}
.btn-prim {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
    font-family: $font-family;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    outline: 0;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0px 0px 7px 7px;
    color: white;
    background: #ABA194;
    transition: 0.3s;
    }
.btn-prim:hover{
    background: #91897d;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.btn-sec {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
    font-family: $font-family;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    outline: 0;
    border: 3px solid transparent;
    color: white;
    background: transparent;
    transition: 0.3s;
}
.btn-sec:hover{
    color: #91897d;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.loading{
  background-image: url(../img/loading.gif);
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  display: none;
}
@keyframes NO {
  from, to {
    -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
  10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 90% {
    -webkit-transform: translate3d(-10px, 0, 0);
    transform: translate3d(-10px, 0, 0);
  }
  20%, 40%, 60%, 80% {
    -webkit-transform: translate3d(10px, 0, 0);
    transform: translate3d(10px, 0, 0);
  }
}
@keyframes arrive {
    0% {
        opacity: 0;
        transform: translate3d(0, 50px, 0);
    }
    100% {
        opacity: 1;
        transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
}
@keyframes move {
    0% {
        background-position: 0 0
    }
    50% {
        background-position: 100% 0
    }
    100% {
        background-position: 0 0
    }
}
php:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="login.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<?php
   define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
   define('DB_USERNAME', 'root');
   define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
   define('DB_DATABASE', 'kotisivu'); //kotisivu = homepage
   $db = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USERNAME,DB_PASSWORD,DB_DATABASE);
   session_start();
   $_SESSION['success'] = "";
   if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
      $username = mysqli_real_escape_string ($db,$_POST['username']);
      $password = mysqli_real_escape_string ($db,$_POST['password']);
      $password = md5($password);
      $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username' and password = '$password'";
      $result = mysqli_query($db,$sql);
      $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
      $row = mysqli_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
      $count = mysqli_num_rows($result);
      if($count == 1) {
        $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
        sleep(3);
        header("Location: ../homepage.php");
        exit();
      }else {
        echo '<body>
              <center>
              <h2 style="color:red;margin-top:100px;">Väärä käyttäjänimi ja/tai salasana<br></h2>
              <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/RedX.svg/1024px-RedX.svg.png" padding-left="50px" width="100px" height="100px"><br>
              </center>
              </body>';                             //Väärä käyttäjänimi ja/tai salasana = Wrong username and/or password
        header( "refresh:2;url=login.php" );
      }
   }
?>
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