Topic: Simple question about document.submit (Page 1 of 1)

Tearing my hair out here.

Being a php'er, what would be the correct syntax for a variable name of a form? I have a page that generates multiple forms, and they're all given an individual name (ex. myform_34) and each one has a button (delete). Whenever "delete" is clicked, a confirmation-box popup and if the user clicks "ok" the form is submitted.

I have however been unsuccessful in writing the correct syntax for the script:
function confirmErase( id ) {
input_box=confirm("Do you really want to delete?");
if (input_box==true) {
document.myform_+id+.submit();
}
return false;
}


This aint working. And I know it's where I try to put in the variable in the document.-line. Maybe this approach is wrong and it needs to go into a string first. I've tried most but I'm still crap.

All help is welcome.

You need to access a collection, like document.forms["myform_3489"] or document.getElementById("myform_3489")

looks like:
document.getElementById("myform_"+id).submit();

is working!

You can use document.formName.submit , in IE at least - not sure if other browsers like this however. The way you mentioned is probably more browser friendly.

The way he chose is correct, dom and w3c wise. therefore compatible.

Thanks guys!

it is working fine with all browsers except opera.

you should try:

<a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('results').innerHTML='';document.forms['form_to_submit'].submit();return false;">submit</a>

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(Edited by roberts on 03-17-2007 10:38)