I have this simple form:

<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" action="story.php" method="POST">
<input type="submit" value="Show files">
<input type="hidden" name="emailp" id="emailp" value="">
</form>

I fill the "value" with a querystring parameter by external iframe and javascript. Ok. Now I need to send this data to a php file. My idea was go for autosubmit. Now I can do that with a button like "show files", but I dont need a button but something that send the value automatically. Is it possible do that?

I have this simple form:

<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" action="story.php" method="POST">
<input type="submit" value="Show files">
<input type="hidden" name="emailp" id="emailp" value="">
</form>

I fill the "value" with a querystring parameter by external iframe and javascript. Ok. Now I need to send this data to a php file. My idea was go for autosubmit. Now I can do that with a button like "show files", but I dont need a button but something that send the value automatically. Is it possible do that?

• php
• javascript
• html
• forms

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• possible duplicate of Javascript autosubmit form – Oleg V. Volkov Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 14:59

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Call a this JS code that submits the form after you set the value of the input.

document.getElementById("storyForm").submit();

HTML:

<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" action="story.php" method="POST" id="storyForm">
<input type="submit" value="Show files">
<input type="hidden" name="emailp" id="emailp" value="">
</form>

If you add an ID to that form you could do it like this .

$('#FORM_ID').submit(); with jQuery

form = document.getElementById('FORM_ID');
   form.submit();

or with JavaScript