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Asked: 2026-06-02T20:28:35+00:00

I have a form and when the form is loaded through a browser, I

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I have a form and when the form is loaded through a browser, I want it to submit the data automatically.

The problem is I wrote a PHP script that will submit it all fine on a test form. My problem is the server I’m trying to submit the data to named the button "submit".

Here is the example form:

<html>

<head>
</head>

<form  action="http://www.example.com/post.php"  method="post">
    <input type="text" name="input1" value="test1"  />
    <input type="text" name="input2" value="test2"  />
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
    document.forms[0].action="submit"
</script>

</body>

</html>

The person that created the form on the other server named it "submit". Is there a workaround until they fix it?

Here is a example of the person’s form

<html>

<head>
</head>

<form  action="http://www.example.com/post.php"  method="post">
    <input type="text" name="input1" value="test1"  />
    <input type="text" name="input2" value="test2"  />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit" value="Send Data" />
</form>

</body>

</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    You want to submit the form? Then simply use its submit() method:

    document.forms[0].submit();

    If the server expects submit to be POSTed, i.e. the button being clicked, you can simply trigger the click() event of the button. Since you cannot access it using its name, I’d use jQuery for it:

    $('input[name="submit"]').click();
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