submit form from a text link

[Anon]

Hi there!

I wonder whether PHP can do anything to submit a form not by means of the regular button or image option, but by clicking on a text-string.

I'm aware of solutions with Javascript but Netscape or older browsers do not always seem to eat it. By putting the task to the Server the problem could be avoided.

Thanks for any help

[[deleted]]

Nope.

a browser will only submit a form by means of a submit button or a javascript call to the submit function.

Besides, PHP is serverside, how would you ever get the server to submit a form from the client?

[Anon]

If you know enough javascript (which I don't) you could theoretically use a js form validator to actually rewrite the text links URL to include the form data in a query string. The downside is that browsers (especially IE) will truncate the query string if it's too long (2048 char??)

[Anon]

What you are trying to do is a snap with a little java script. But keep in mind that PHP is SERVER SIDE and JavaScript is CLIENT SIDE.

<a href="javascript:document.form-name.submit();" class="main2">Text Goes Here</a>

Be sure to name your form "form-name" or change this text in the code to what ever the name of your form is.

HTH,

Caset