[RESOLVED] subminT form using hyperlink

[ryan1987]

hi

i have a webpage with a menu. The menu is in a form linked to a php process page. Depending on what link you click the php will process the relavent information. my menu/form is setup like this:

<form name="formname" method="post" action="process.php" >
                <li> <h3> Player Stats </h3>
					<ul>
						<li><a name="option1" href="javascript:submitform();" onClick="submitForm('option1');">option1</a></li>

this is the javascript that processes the form:

<script type="text/javascript">
			function submitform()
			{
  				document.formname.submit();
			}
	</script>

when it come the php page. the php codes isnt picking up which link has been clicked. the php code i use to test is:

<?php print $_POST['submit']; ?>

and i just get this error: Notice: Undefined index: submit in C:\wamp\www\statisticsprocess.php on line 31

the code i am using doesnt pass the option in the menu to the php page. what do i need to change in the function submitform() to do this so the php picks it up?

thanks for your help

[yearbass]

<?php print $_POST['submit']; ?>

there was no element named "submit", and what property of <a> you want to pass to process.php? href? text link? or ??

fyi, "submit" is a bad idea for form element name, pick another one.

some example:

<form name="formname" method="post" action="process.php" >
<input type="hidden" name="submitdata" value=""/>
<h3> Player Stats </h3>
<ul>
	<li><a name="option1" href="#" onclick="submitForm(this);">option1</a></li>
</ul>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function submitForm(a){
	document.formname.submitdata.value=a.innerHTML;
	document.formname.submit();		
}
</script>

and the process.php:

<?php print($_POST['submitdata']); ?>

[Fang]

What is wrong with using a styled submit button? Using JavaScript has accessibility issues.

[ryan1987]

i have used all that code you gave me but when I click on any of the links in my form nothing happens. my links look like this:

<li><a name="link1" href="javascript:submitform();" onClick="submitForm('link1');">link 1</a></li>

is that correct?

[ryan1987]

i have come up with a solution thread can be closed