Form Value from a Javascript Function

Garabaldi · Mar 10, 2006

Hiya Folks...

I need to determin what language the user's browser is set up as (ie: english or french).

I have the javascript code that will read this off of IE (var lang = navigator.userLanguage

.

Now I am trying to pass this information to a form so I can mail it off to a php page and render either an english or french page...

Can someone please show me how to pass a javascript value to a form??

Thanks,

Angelo

BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 10, 2006

I'm not aware that any of the major browsers (IE, Fx, Safari) have a language switching option.

Surely you would have an option on your page to select the language?

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rac2 · Mar 10, 2006

Add a hidden field to the form. Set the value of the field with Javascript.

Code:

<html>
...
<form name="whoosurdady" onsubmit="return setValues();">
...
<input type="hidden" name="user_language" value="">
...
</form>
<script>
function setValues(){
  document.whoosurdady.user_language.value = navigator.userLanguage;
...
  return true;
}
</script>
...
</html>

If you already have validation code in the onsubmit event handler, just add the line of code to that function.

My Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference by Danny Goodman from O'Reilly mentions other properties related to language, browserLanguage, language, systemLanguage. Only language was available in Netscape 4. That may have changed.

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Form Value from a Javascript Function

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