advancedfuture Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I am trying to get this simple page to work... I know how to do it with a normal form button, but I dont know how to get the PHP code to execute when submitting a form with a javascript link. Any ideas? <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> function submitform() { document.myform.submit(); } </SCRIPT> <form name="myform" action=""> Search: <input type='text' name='query'> <A href="javascript: submitform()">Search</A> </form> <?php if($_POST['submitform']) { echo 'this form was submitted!'; } ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman6003 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 There is no form element with the name "submitform", therefor it will not be in the $_POST array. Use print_r to see what is in the $_POST array... echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST, true); A better test to determine if the form was submitted would be to test if your text input contains a value... if ($_POST['query'] != "") { echo "The form was submitted."; } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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