using Jquery to automatically submit form

Question

hi guys

I am trying to submit a form by using jquery automatically after page load

$(function(){

$("input[name=name]").val("somename");
$("input[name=email]").val("[email protected]");
$('#aweberform').submit();

});

Both the name/email value can be seen to get populated on the form. But the submit event wont triggered.

Any one here that can shed any lights ?

thanks !

Answer 1

Syntax looks correct. Did you try to debug with Firebug?

Answer 2

Are you sure your form's id="aweberform" ?

Answer 3

Have you got action and method set in the form ??

Answer 4

Add a function in the submit. Seems to work for me.

$('#aweberform').submit(function(){return true;});

Answer 5

ok i found out the problem

apparently the submit input cannot have the name submit

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="click to submit!">

changed to

<input type="submit" name="someothername" value="click to submit!">

and that got the problem fixed