Web programming question.

Endante · 03-08-2006, 05:12 PM

I have a client that needs a web page created that has6 different <textarea> form fields that are sent to seperate scripts (hosted on another server as part of a paid service) when the submit button is pressed.

My original thought was to havethe entireform sent to a scripted page (PHP by my choice) where I could break the data into6 smaller pieces and then send it out. My problem is that I do not know how to write a form that will automatically be sent on page creation.

Does anyone know how to create a form that will send without a submit button being pressed? Or know of a resource I could dig through that might have that answer?

sheepcentral · 03-09-2006, 09:13 AM

In Javascript there is something like document.THE NAME OF YOUR FORM.submit and I think that would work but it would probably also change the page. You could just use PHP like you said, using the fsock commands might work but sockets scare me, so I can't help.

Endante · 03-09-2006, 10:41 AM

Thank you! I dont know enough about the socket commands, so like you I am heistant to use them. I will check out the Javascripting though. I aprreciate the input.

luni · 03-18-2006, 09:59 AM

hey , there goes to show that nobody knows it all, or at least can remember to know it all!! haha , sorry it doesnt pertain to this thread, i just thought it was nifty

andrew247 · 03-18-2006, 10:14 AM

A better question would be, why would you want to send a form on page creation? How's anyone going to fill in data, if a blank form is sent as soon as they load the page?

Endante · 03-19-2006, 01:38 PM

That is a good question (why would anyone want to send a blank form?)

In this case I dont neccessarily need to send it on page creation, that was just one idea I was toying with, and the form would not be blank.... (read on for the intriguing -or boring- details)

My clients has a page that asks 8 different questions (fill in the blank type survey) the answers to these questions need to go to 8 different scripts for proccessing. The site visitor, is not likely to stay around to fill out 8 seperate forms, with 8 seperate submit buttons, and most will only fill out about half of the forms in the firstplace. (no way to determine which forms will be answered prior to the sbmit button being hit)

So my thought on the "send-on-page-creation" was actually to be an invisible step 2 to the proccess.BRstep one would be for the visitor to fill out one form with 8 fields and one submit button.BRstep two would be a PHP script to parse the answers of the 8 questions and cynamically create the forms (pre filled in) for the answered questions and submit those forms individually to the appropriate scripts.

This is a very ungracefull solution, but the best that I have been able to devise.....with the exception that I have not found how to do the auto-submit of my forms after they have been processed. --go figure--

sheepcentral · 03-23-2006, 12:26 PM

I was thinking why don't you try and combine all of the separate scripts into one. Another is that you could again use Javascript but put 8 iframes on the page and some how make the targets as them or something like that.

03-08-2006, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Endante Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon USA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Web programming question. I have a client that needs a web page created that has6 different <textarea> form fields that are sent to seperate scripts (hosted on another server as part of a paid service) when the submit button is pressed. My original thought was to havethe entireform sent to a scripted page (PHP by my choice) where I could break the data into6 smaller pieces and then send it out. My problem is that I do not know how to write a form that will automatically be sent on page creation. Does anyone know how to create a form that will send without a submit button being pressed? Or know of a resource I could dig through that might have that answer?

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03-09-2006, 09:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
sheepcentral Senior Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In Javascript there is something like document.THE NAME OF YOUR FORM.submit and I think that would work but it would probably also change the page. You could just use PHP like you said, using the fsock commands might work but sockets scare me, so I can't help.

03-09-2006, 10:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Endante Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon USA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you! I dont know enough about the socket commands, so like you I am heistant to use them. I will check out the Javascripting though. I aprreciate the input.

03-18-2006, 09:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
luni Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: IRAQ Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hey , there goes to show that nobody knows it all, or at least can remember to know it all!! haha , sorry it doesnt pertain to this thread, i just thought it was nifty

03-18-2006, 10:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,420 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	A better question would be, why would you want to send a form on page creation? How's anyone going to fill in data, if a blank form is sent as soon as they load the page?

03-19-2006, 01:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Endante Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon USA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That is a good question (why would anyone want to send a blank form?) In this case I dont neccessarily need to send it on page creation, that was just one idea I was toying with, and the form would not be blank.... (read on for the intriguing -or boring- details) My clients has a page that asks 8 different questions (fill in the blank type survey) the answers to these questions need to go to 8 different scripts for proccessing. The site visitor, is not likely to stay around to fill out 8 seperate forms, with 8 seperate submit buttons, and most will only fill out about half of the forms in the firstplace. (no way to determine which forms will be answered prior to the sbmit button being hit) So my thought on the "send-on-page-creation" was actually to be an invisible step 2 to the proccess.BRstep one would be for the visitor to fill out one form with 8 fields and one submit button.BRstep two would be a PHP script to parse the answers of the 8 questions and cynamically create the forms (pre filled in) for the answered questions and submit those forms individually to the appropriate scripts. This is a very ungracefull solution, but the best that I have been able to devise.....with the exception that I have not found how to do the auto-submit of my forms after they have been processed. --go figure--

03-23-2006, 12:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
sheepcentral Senior Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was thinking why don't you try and combine all of the separate scripts into one. Another is that you could again use Javascript but put 8 iframes on the page and some how make the targets as them or something like that.

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