Javascript not submitting hidden field value

Question

I have basic example of submitting a value to a hidden. But its seems not to want to take my value in my function. Maybe there us something am missing.

<script language="JavaScript">
function submitForm() {
document.statusform.do.value = "checkstatus";
document.statusform.submit();
}
</script>

<form action="" method="GET" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="statusform">
<input type="hidden" name="do" id="do" value="">
<input type="submit" class="button" name="submit" value="Resume Request" onClick="submitForm();" /></form>

Don't use 'do' as name, because it a keyword

Tamil Selvan C
– Tamil Selvan C

2013-03-24 07:52:57 +00:00
Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 7:52 — Tamil Selvan C
– Tamil Selvan C, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 7:52

Iswanto San · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 08:00:47Z

1

First, You're wrong in this part:

document.statusform.do.value = "checkstatus";
document.statusform.submit();

In firefox error console it will be show an error:

Error: TypeError: document.statusform is undefined

Change that code to:

document.forms['statusform'].do.value = "checkstatus";
document.forms['statusform'].submit();

Second, remove name attribute from submit button.

Change this part:

<input type="submit" class="button" name="submit" value="Resume Request" onClick="submitForm();" /></form>

to:

<input type="submit" class="button" value="Resume Request" onClick="submitForm();" /></form>

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 8:00

Iswanto San

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saiyan101 Over a year ago

Thank you Iswanto San. Is there a way to store a image hotspot selection to a variable to passed on later in a GET method?

Iswanto San Over a year ago

@saiyan101: you can put the value in hidden field

saiyan101 Over a year ago

I have done that but to no success. this is in my map tags:

<area shape="poly" coords="472,242,455,234,448,223,460,213,480,197,493,184,504,191,489,231" href="results.php" onclick="alert('<?php echo $_SESSION['map']="NYC"; ?>');submitForm('<?php echo "NYC"; ?>');" />

Tamil Selvan C · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 07:59:28Z

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change

<form action="" method="GET" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="statusform">

to

<form action="" method="GET" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="statusform">

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 7:59

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