run a javasciprit function

Somaht · **Posted:** Sun 02-12-2006 8:29PM

Hey everyone. I'd like to know how to run a javascipt function. I'm wanting to use javascript to submit a form. here's how I want to do it:

<form name="myform" action="handle-data.php">
Search: <input type='text' name='query'>
<A href="javascript: submitform()">
<img src="go.gif" width="33" height="19" border="0">
</A>
</form>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.2">
function submitform()
{
if(document.myform.onsubmit())
{
document.myform.submit();
}
}
</SCRIPT>

I just want to run the submitform() function. I don't want the user to have to do anything. It loads the page, and then runs the functions. Any Ideas?

-gw

Somaht · **Posted:** Tue 02-14-2006 12:10AM

nevermind. Found out how to do it. you can run it from the body tag:

<body onLoad=" function();">

Hope that helps someone.

-gw

Brandito · **Posted:** Fri 03-03-2006 10:28AM

hopefully you are putting your javascript functions between the HEADER tags.

Somaht · **Posted:** Fri 03-03-2006 12:40PM

yeah, I was. put any and all code before the body tag. Like if you want the javascript to submit for you, then you need to add in the form information before the body

<form action="somehwere.html" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="whatever" value="<? echo $php_var?>" >
</form>

or what ever else you needed. Why do it this way and not simply use a submit button?? this allowed me to submit information to two pages automaticly. the first page was sumbited when the user click. Then the second page was submited automaticly by the java script. Hope that helps!

-gw

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