Cakephp javascript onclick submit function on view

Question

I'm trying to use Javascript's onclick submit function on the view file of Cakephp site and it doesn't seem to do anything when it's clicked...

Any suggestions?

<?php echo $form->submit('  Preview  ', array('label'=>false,'name'=>'submit','id'=>'print_log')); ?>
<a id="print_log" href="#" onclick="this.form.submit()" name="submit">
<?php echo $html->image("btn_preview.jpg",array("alt" => "Preview")); ?>
</a>

I've actually used button function with style background and url with image path and it worked! Below is my answer: <button style="border: medium none; background: url('/img/btn_preview.jpg') no-repeat scroll 0pt 0pt transparent; height: 26px; width: 85px; cursor: pointer;" type="submit"></button> Strange that Cakephp does not allow onclick function to work with form properly when submitting through Javascript. Anyways, job done! — Passionate Engineer
You might as well add this as an answer and possibly also accept @lxa 's answer — icc97

lxa lxa · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-15T12:45:35

<a> is not a form element (while <input> or <button> are), therefore this.form is undefined for it. It has nothing to do with CakePHP.

Cakephp javascript onclick submit function on view

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