Trouble with javascript:document.textlink.submit()

[milo3169]

Hi,

I am working on this project where a sales person can send a Payment Request to a customer where they can pay on-line. So I wrote a PHP script to do that. It would build a dynamic form and send it in a HTML format to the customer. They click on the button and boom; it goes to their shopping cart. Well, some customers experience problems, because they can't view HTML in their email browser, so I wrote a text line with a link that they can choose if they can't see the HTML.

<a href=\"javascript:document.textlink.submit()\">Click Here</a>

The problem I am having is that when the email is sent the text link is there, but when I click on the link it doesn't submit the form. It just opens a new window and in the url address bar it displays the HREF. When I bypass the mail function and just have the text link display on the browser page, the link works fine. Will someone be able to tell me why the email link is not working?

Thanks in advance.

 

[monksnake]

Since you are submitting, (making a page load), you can just do this

<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"document.textlink.submit()\">Click Here</a>

The better idea is probably to make a submit button instead of using an anchor, as what I posted isn't considered the greatest practice.

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[milo3169]

I tried that, but it looks like it submits to the cart, but then goes back to javascript:void(0) in the URL addres bar. I can't seem to figure this out.

 

[monksnake]

My bad, do this

<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"document.textlink.submit()\">Click Here</a>

I had forgotten that you can't submit with a javascript:void

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[milo3169]

That Works! Thanks a lot.