Maintain button submit value when using link to submit a form - javascript

i am trying to create a link that submits a form. I use this and works fine :
<a name="submit" href="javascript:document.theForm.submit();" class="rollover-button gray small"><span>Send Message</span></a>
However, i have a problem. My previous submit button was :
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Message" />
When this was clicked, i was getting a $_POST['submit'] value that i was checking with isset in my php script, to see whether the form is submitted or not. However, this does not work with my submit link. Does anybody know how i can do that ?
EDIT:
I tried that, as suggested :
<form action="." name="theForm" class="contactForm" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Send Message" />
</form>
<a name="submit" href="javascript:document.theForm.submit();" class="rollover-button gray small"><span>Send Message</span></a>
But still does not work.

You can create input type of hidden and check for its existence:
if (isset($_POST['hiddenName'])) {....}

You can use a hidden field instead. So when the form is submitted, you can check if the hidden element exists.
Like this:
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Send Message" />
This way, you can check for $_POST['submit'] when you submit the form. Just make sure the hidden <input> is inside the <form> element, so it will POST with the rest of the form.

add a hidden input.
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Send Message" />
it will not be visible to the user, but it will be send with the form contents.

You can always hide the submit button (with css display: none) and click it with JavaScript:
document.forms.theForm.elements.submit.click();

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document.getElementById("postad").submit();
Form is given below.
<form action="register.php" id="postad" method="post">
<input class="textfield2" type="text" id="post_title" style="width:640px;" placeholder="Ad Title" onBlur="check('post_title')" />
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Your form contains two form controls. Neither will be a successful control (i.e. one that appears in the submitted data), but for different reasons.
Only form controls with name attributes can be successful. Your text input doesn't have a name. (It also doesn't have a default value, so you need to type in it first).
Buttons can only be successful if they are the submit button used to submit the form. Your button isn't a submit button and you use JavaScript to submit the form.
There is no name attribute in your input text fields
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Form submit button not working with AngularJs

I've a problem with my form. I want to make standard PHP form but AngularJS is blocking the "Submit" button.
When I click the "Submit" button, it returns some errors in console. And remember I don't want to dynamically submit.
The error is:
An invalid form control with name='' is not focusable.
This example
<body ng-app="mainApp">
<form action="post.php" method="post">
<div ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<label for="titlex">Title</label>
<input id="titlex" class="form-control" type="text" maxlength="75" min="10" name="titlex" required>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
</body>
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You hide an form element before send your data.
Some required form elements does not have a name attribute.
Your submit input does not have a name attribute.
You can try to add a name attribute to your submit input:
<input type="submit" value="Send" name="send">
or you can setup your form to be not validated by the browser mechanics by using
<form name="myform" novalidate>
Try adding name attribute in input tag.
Only form elements with a name attribute will have their values passed when submitting a form.
<input type="submit" value="Send" name="send">
Hope this solves your problem.

Why isn't my JS redirecting the webpage?

I'm trying to make a HTML form that on submit does a google search with JS.
This is the HTML:
<form name="form">
<input type="text" name="search" id="searchBox" onkeyup="changeLogo()" autofocus>
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Submit" onclick="googleSearch()">
</form>
And the JS function:
function googleSearch() {
var searchText = document.getElementById("searchBox").value;
window.location.href = "http://google.com/";
}
The Google URL isn't right but it isn't redirecting at all.. I put alert(searchText) in the function and the alert showed so not really sure what's going on.
If you use button type as 'submit', it will submit your form.
So you can change your button from
<input type="submit" id="button" value="Submit" onclick="googleSearch()">`
to
<input type="button" id="button" value="Submit" onclick="googleSearch()">
It will work.
because the page refreshed when you click submit button before excuting localtion.href line
try change with your code like below
<form name="form" onsubmit="return false">
....
</form>
Your form is submitted which might be the issue. Change the type="submit" to type="button" this will make sure the form is not submitted on click of this button

jsp two buttons in a form and javascript form validation

I am working on a web project using structs2. I have a form with submit button and another button. I am using javascript functions for form validation. My problem is that when I click the other button the form validation function works.
my jsp:
<h2>New Form</h2>
<s:form action="aa.action" name="myform" method="post" onsubmit="return(validateForm())">
<s:textfield name="formnumber" size="20" />
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.
<button value="add" name="add">Add</button>
.
.
<s:submit method="create" key="xxx" value="xxx" />
When i click anyone of the the button the validation function will excecute.I dont want excecute the validation function on add button click.
Default button always submit the form so add type="button" it will stop
<button type="button" value="add" name="add">Add</button>
OR Use
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Get rid of the onclick. You don't need it here. The type="add" already submits the form. Your concrete problem is likely caused because the onclick of the <form> has returned false.
<input type="button" name="method" value="Add" class="button"
onclick="location.href='Employeelist.jsp'" />
You should mention type="button".
Otherwise it will submit the current URL again.
<button type="button" value="Add" name="add"/>
details about "type" in html
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_button_type.asp
Java Script Form validation can be
w3schools
Tutorials point
javaScript Coder
if you familier with java script libraries you can use validate.js
type : What type of widget you want.
vlaue : The text what you want in that.
name : The id of that purticulat widget.

form is not submiting with onclick event

I am trying to submit form on image click event but I am getting Uncaught TypeError: Object #<HTMLInputElement> has no method 'submit' this error after click event fire.
My Code:
<form name="searchRef" id="searchRef" method="get" action="#">
<input type="text" name="s" id="ref" value="" class="ref_search" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="ref_submit" value="GO" class="ref_submit" />
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</form>
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You have to remove/change attribute name of submit button, e.g:
name="btnSubmit"
Otherwise, submit() method of FORM element is overwritten.
Change your submit button name from submit to ref_submit
as shown below
<input type="submit" name="ref_submit" id="ref_submit" value="GO" class="ref_submit" />
this is just an idea, but try using
document.forms["searchRef"].submit();
instead of
document.getElementById('searchRef').submit();
please change the form tag action attribute , repalce # with the target page name say action.php, and also add onsubmit="javascript:return false" in form tag
There is probably already an html element with id=searchRef in your page, so the getElementById() get the wrong one.
A better solution would be to replace your submit button by an input type=image:
<input type="image" name="ref_submit" id="ref_submit" value="GO" class="ref_submit"
src="path/to/your/image" />
Notice this will result in server side by a POST request with $_POST['submit_x'] and $_POST['submit_y'] (which corresponds to the (x,y) mouse coordinates from the top left of the image)
This error occurs because your name attribute as submit, try to change the name attribute or try below code.
<img src="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/image.php?s=2c556ca62e6fd2a2e4d6ca925fb3fda1&u=8331&dateline=1057444055" alt="Go" onclick='window.searchRef.submit();' />

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