Using a link as a submit button?

[MM xSkillz]

Hi,

Is there a way to use a simple link as a submit button for a form? I want to do this so that I can make a link which rather than simply going to a page can do a method="post" and define a variable in PHP without it being in the URL (which is how you would normally do it but I don't want to do it that way because I want it hidden in the URL). Thanks in advance!

[rangana]

You can have it. Normally, a link is just as simple as this:

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<a href="#">Link</a>


You can however command the link (via JS) that it should submit the form:

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<a href="#" onclick="document.NameofUrForm.submit()">Link</a>


You can replace NameofUrForm with your form name. You can also use getElementById() or accessing the document.forms[formINDEX].

Hope that makes sense.

[MM xSkillz]

Cool, thanks!!!

[rangana]

No problem.

[sheena]

In the <FORM ...> tag there is a field called ACTION, specify the target web page address there. Now if you use <INPUT TYPE='submit'> for the button then there is no issue.. your problem is solved. That would be cool info here.



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