How do I get javascript to send form to php

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I have searched the questions and none directly addresses the issue I'm having. Please forgive me if it has been addressed; I could not find it. I am making a form using JavaScript and trying to submit it, but when I do form.submit nothing happens. The page reloads, but it never gets to the PHP page to which I am directing it.

the JavaScript:

 function voteForName(name){ var form2 = document.createElement("form"); form2.setAttribute("method", "get"); form2.setAttribute("action", "../php/namesSuggest.php"); var hiddenField = document.createElement("input"); hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "text"); hiddenField.setAttribute("name", "babyName"); hiddenField.setAttribute("value", name); form2.appendChild(hiddenField); document.body.appendChild(form2); alert(form2.outerHTML); form2.submit(); }

the html

 '<tr> <td width="33%"></td> <td width="33%" align="center"><a href><p onclick="voteForName(\''. $obj["name"] .'\')" title="Click to vote for this name!" id="123'. $obj["name"] .'" >' . $obj["name"] . '</p></a></td> <td width="33%"></td> </tr>';

the html is being formed using php. the folders are set up

site home fileWhereJSIsCalled.php php namesSuggestions.php js myJSfile.js

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

i am not getting any errors in the console. I just figured it out... the 'href' in the <a> tag was not letting it do what it needed to do — aldito2
– aldito2, Commented Nov 14, 2013 at 4:37

Avinash Ware · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-14 04:38:51Z

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try this

form2.setAttribute("action", "php/namesSuggest.php");

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 4:38

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aldito2 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-15 17:30:54Z

Adding href to the <a> tag would refresh the page and not let the javascript do it's thing.

Very silly mistake, but I am going to add the answer here just in case anyone else has this problem

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