Submitting JavaScript var - Automatically

[X131044]

I want to grab the client-side date and send it server side automatically without having to use any submit buttons. The routine exists and is working fine except it isn't automatically submitting the date/time. The submit button has to be pressed.

Here is the scenario. Every time an end-user adds a new record I want to grab the date from their machine and put it in to a display field, so that they can see it, and at the same time write that date/time away in PHP to a MySQL table. also not a problem.

I do not have a good understanding of JavaScript can anybody help?

Here is a snippet of coding at the point in question

clientdate=<?=$_REQUEST['Datum']?><br>
<form method="get" action="datetest.php" name="myform">
<!-- The line below sends the datetime upon form submit -->
<input type="hidden" name="clientdate" value="">
<input type="submit" OnClick="document.myform.clientdate.value=Datum;">

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you attach an onload event to your page then you can run a function which submits the form automatically when the page loads:

window.onload = submitForm;

function submitForm() {
   document.forms['myform'].submit();
}

...

<form method="get" action="datetest.php" name="myform">
   <input type="hidden" name="clientdate" value="<?=$_REQUEST['Datum']?>">
</form>

Hope this helps,
Dan




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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

X131044,

How did you go? Did you resolve your problem?

Dan



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[X131044]

Hi Dan,

I am still struggling with the problem. But I have got a little further. I have had a few strange things happen which could well have affected the suggested solution first off, the value="<?=$_REQUEST['Datum']; ?>"> is passes across as literal using LOCALHOST under Windows as the test environment. Running the same thng on my hosted website under Linux nothing is passed across. really puzzling. I have tried and exhausted everything I have researched and still no joy.

Paul

 

[X131044]

Sorry Dan,

Your solution doesn't work

Paul

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

In what way does it not work? Does it not submit the form, or is there another error?

Why not post the [!]client-side[/!] code that you're now having problems with?

Dan



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