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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Hello all
what i am really trying to do is to use POST method to send info to next page with just HYPERLINK; Here is what i want:
Get method:
I want this to be in POST method without using forms.
also i am making this in php so is there a way to do this on click instead of using fourms because i really dont want to use those boxs with submit in them to submit the info.
what i am really trying to do is to use POST method to send info to next page with just HYPERLINK; Here is what i want:
Get method:
<a href="http://www.someting.com?date=9/15/05&age=21">age and time</a>
also i am making this in php so is there a way to do this on click instead of using fourms because i really dont want to use those boxs with submit in them to submit the info.
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I think you have some confusion about a normal url, a get form and and post form
a url such as index.php?page=whatever simulates the results of this get form
If the method was post you wouldn't see the variables on the page (exception in the exception where the action is 'index.php?page=whatever' but that's not recommended).
The intention of post forms is twofold
Sarah
a url such as index.php?page=whatever simulates the results of this get form
<form action='index.php' method='get'> <input type='text' name='page' value='whatever' /> <input type='submit'> </form>
If the method was post you wouldn't see the variables on the page (exception in the exception where the action is 'index.php?page=whatever' but that's not recommended).
The intention of post forms is twofold
- to allow large amounts of data to be submitted, exceeding the 256 char limit on a url
- to prevent the user from saving the form data as a bookmark and running again later. This is appropriate in a great many cases
Sarah
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Junior Poster
ok mainly what i want to do is to use the POST method without using forms only because i dont what the HTML button box there:
[HTML]
<input type='text' name='page' value='whatever' />
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I just want to use a plain link or an image instead that input box.
I can use forms but i just dont want to use the input boxes to submit info.
[HTML]
<input type='text' name='page' value='whatever' />
[/HTML]
I just want to use a plain link or an image instead that input box.
I can use forms but i just dont want to use the input boxes to submit info.
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Posting Shark
I guess you could create a form that uses POST and has no visible elements (use hidden inputs). A hyperlink could then use javascript to submit the form. It's not extremely compatible with older browsers, but it could work if you absolutely had to have it work that way.
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Here's an example from Chris' suggestion
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Submit Form example from sarahk.pcpropertymanager.com/blog/submit-form-using-javascript/192/</title>
<script>function submitMe()
{
alert('In submitMe()');
document.submitForm.submit();
return;
}
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<form name="submitForm" action="selfsubmit.html" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="page" name="whatever">
<a href="javascript:document.submitForm.submit()">submit direct</a><br>
<a href="javascript:submitMe()">submit via a function</a><br>
<input type="image" src="https://scgi.ebay.com/saw/pics/sitewide/processBar1_16x16.gif">
</form>
</body>
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So, in fact you DO want to POST a FORM, you just don't want an "ugly button". Right? Then either style the button using CSS, or code almost any other HTML element, such as a hyperlink, to fire the form's "submit()" method.
(You might have had more answers, sooner, if you'd posted in the HTML/JavaScript forum rather than PHP.)
(You might have had more answers, sooner, if you'd posted in the HTML/JavaScript forum rather than PHP.)
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Re: HYPERLINK with PHP POST Can any one give me a good example of the submit() as the one above have a lot of stuff in it an comfusing.
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It's very simple. If you have a single form on the page, then this hyperlink would submit it:
There are a couple of variations. I prefer to refer to all HTML elements via their ID property. So if you give your form an ID, like:
then your hyperlink could be:
Lastly, if you don't like having that href, you can also code it:
<a href="#" onclick="document.forms[0].submit();">Submit form</a>
There are a couple of variations. I prefer to refer to all HTML elements via their ID property. So if you give your form an ID, like:
<form id="myForm" method="post" action="myFormProcessor.php">
then your hyperlink could be:
<a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('myForm').submit();">Submit form</a>Lastly, if you don't like having that href, you can also code it:
<a href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit();">Submit form</a>
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Junior Poster
i hope u are looking for this script.
<a href=details.php?id=<?echo $id?>&city=<?echo $city?>&state=<?echo $state?>>click here</a>
u will go to details.php and get all the i nformation of that particular id.
and without using forms and submit button u will go to details .php
i have used state city ext u change the variables.
<a href=details.php?id=<?echo $id?>&city=<?echo $city?>&state=<?echo $state?>>click here</a>
u will go to details.php and get all the i nformation of that particular id.
and without using forms and submit button u will go to details .php
i have used state city ext u change the variables.
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