embeding javascript in anchor tag

[omerbutt]

hi i am trying to use javascript in the anchor tag within the href attribute but it is not picking the value instead it is posting the javascript as a text when i click that link here are the combination i have already tried.

<a href="index.php?nxId=document.getElementById('questions').options[document.getElementById('questions').selectedIndex].value"></a>

<a href="index.php?nxId=<script type='text/javascript'>document.getElementById('questions').options[document.getElementById('questions').selectedIndex].value</script>"></a>

<a href="index.php?nxId=<?php echo '<script type='text/javascript'>document.getElementById('questions').options[document.getElementById('questions').selectedIndex].value</script> ?>"></a>

any help in this regard
Omer Aslam

[RamananKalirajan]

Hi Omer,
Why cant you have a function and set the values through that, instead of setting in the href itself?

Thanks and Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan

[omerbutt]

i already did it via ajax but myt senior said that the application is to be used with in the intranet not online and it is more possible that such applications will fail due to not having javascript enabled on their machine so everything should be done via php
regards,
Omer Aslam

[Dormilich]

neither of your lines is correct. the first one is not recognised as JavaScript and the latter are violating the HTML syntax (thus it is also not executed).

cou can use PHP only after the form submit and it will not react upon immediate changes. if you use AJAX to submit those changes to the server, you can as well use standard JavaScript to do the same and just change the href.

the embedding works only, if you have an event handler defined.

[omerbutt]

yeah as i told i had already done it through AJAX it woz a piece of cake but now its irritating me :(

[acoder]

i already did it via ajax but myt senior said that the application is to be used with in the intranet not online and it is more possible that such applications will fail due to not having javascript enabled on their machine so everything should be done via php

You do realise:
1. If you have JavaScript disabled, none of these attempts will work even if you had the correct syntax,
2. On the intranet, you have more control over the settings. You can ensure that everyone has JavaScript enabled.

If you want to do everything via PHP, use a form and submit.