Submit a form with hyperlink

[ry66]

Hello All!

Is it possible to submit a form using hyperlink? I want to send hidden element
when a link is clicked. I read some books, but I found only using button which I
don't want to use.

Thanks in advance.

[Sam Hughes]

ry**@yokoyama.w s wrote in
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Hello All!

Is it possible to submit a form using hyperlink?
Not in HTML.
I want to send
hidden element when a link is clicked. I read some books, but I found
only using button which I don't want to use.

So you want a hyperlink to submit a form that _only_ has a hidden field?
As in, the user doesn't type anything? They way you do this is with the
URL:

Say you wanted to send the data in two hidden fields:
<input type="hidden" name="blah" value="clam">
<input type="hidden" name="blegh" value="homestar ">

Just drop the hidden fields and put it in a URL like this, making sure to
escape the ampersand with &amp;:

<a href="path/pagename.extens ion?blah=clam&a mp;blegh=homest ar">Linky
Linky</a>

However, if you want to submit a form in which a user enters any sort of
input, then a button is the way to go.

--
In a room with thirty-seven people, never have everybody shake each
other's hand.

[Greg Griffiths]

you can use Javascript :

<form name="myForm" method="post" action="myscrip t.pl">
<input type="hidden" value="10">
</form>
<script language="javas cript>
document.myForm .submit();
</script>

ry**@yokoyama.w s wrote:

Hello All!

Is it possible to submit a form using hyperlink? I want to send hidden element
when a link is clicked. I read some books, but I found only using button which I
don't want to use.

Thanks in advance.

[Lachlan Hunt]

Greg Griffiths wrote:

you can use Javascript :

<form name="myForm" method="post" action="myscrip t.pl">
<input type="hidden" value="10">
</form>
<script language="javas cript>
document.myForm .submit();
</script>

I think you meant something more like:
<script language="javas cript>
function submit() {
document.myForm .submit();
}
</script>
....
<a href="javascrip t:submit();">su bmit</a>

However, don't do this unless you provide a button as a fall back.
Better yet, just use a button, and use CSS to style so it looks like a
link. Other than the presentation, I can't imagine any reason for using
a link instead of a real button.

--
Lachlan Hunt
http://www.lachy.id.au/

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[Lachlan Hunt]

Lachlan Hunt wrote:

I think you meant something more like:
<script language="javas cript>
Oops, that should have been:
<script type="text/javascript">
or
<script type="applicati on/x-javascript"> (this one does not work in IE)
function submit() {
document.myForm .submit();
}
</script>
...
<a href="javascrip t:submit();">su bmit</a>

However, don't do this unless you provide a button as a fall back.
Better yet, just use a button, and use CSS to style so it looks like a
link. Other than the presentation, I can't imagine any reason for using
a link instead of a real button.

--
Lachlan Hunt
http://www.lachy.id.au/

Please direct all spam to ab***@127.0.0.1
Thank you.