JavaScript Form Submit Example 2

<!-- Include the validator script-->
<SCRIPT src="/scripts/gen_validatorv2.js"  language="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>

<form name="myform" action="handle-data.php">
Search: <input type='text' name='query'>
<A href="javascript: submitform()">Search</A>
</form>

<!-- Add validations to the form-->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var myformValidator = new Validator("myform");
myformValidator.addValidation("query","req","Please enter the value for query");
</SCRIPT>

<!-- The function that submits the form-->
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
function submitform()
{
 if(document.myform.onsubmit())
 {//this check triggers the validations
    document.myform.submit();
 }
}
</SCRIPT>

The form created by code above:

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How To Submit a Form Using JavaScript

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