javascript set hidden fields and post form!

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  • dasien
    New Member
    • Apr 2007
    • 2
    #1

    javascript set hidden fields and post form!

    right off the bat - im a javascript noob so please forgive the question. im sure it is some stupid bit of syntax that i am missing, but im a middle tier developer trying to help out a friend!

    so what im trying to do is post some form data from a javascript function that gets called from an anchor tag.. here are the relevant parts of the page code.

    <html>
    <head>
    <script language="JavaS cript">
    function setItemDetails( action,id,qty)
    {
    document.myform .pageAction.val ue = action;
    document.myform .itemId.value = id;
    document.myform .itemQty.value = qty;
    document.myform .submit();
    }

    </head>
    <body>
    <form name="myform" action="http://myserver.com/cart.php" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="pageActio n" value="0" />
    <input type="hidden" name="itemId" value="0" />
    <input type="hidden" name="itemQty" value="0" />

    <a href="javascrip t:setItemDetail s('add_item',12 ,1)">Blah</a>
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>

    The idea was that the 'cart.php' page would get the POSTed data and use it, but i cant get the javascript function to fire. when i put "alert('test'); " in the href of the anchor tag it works, but for some reason it wont call the javascript function i have.

    any help would be appreciated.
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    • dasien
      New Member
      • Apr 2007
      • 2
      #2
      sorry - after reading that post this morning, i realized i forgot the </script> tag. it is there is the code, but i didnt copy it to this message.

      Any ideas on what else it could be would be helpful!

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        • acoder
          Recognized Expert MVP
          • Nov 2006
          • 16032
          #3
          It works fine in Firefox. Which browser are you using?

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            • iam_clint
              Recognized Expert Top Contributor
              • Jul 2006
              • 1207
              #4
              Code:
              <html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function setItemDetails(action,id,qty)
{
alert("test");
document.myform.pageAction.value = action;
document.myform.itemId.value = id;
document.myform.itemQty.value = qty;
document.myform.submit();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="[url="http://myserver.com/cart.php"]http://myserver.com/cart.php[/url]" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="pageAction" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="itemId" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="itemQty" value="0" />

<a href="javascript:setItemDetails('add_item',12,1)">Blah</a>
</form>
</body>
</html>
              worked fine in IE6

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