SO - 30929162

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<div id="contact-form">
    <form method="POST" id="contactform" action="bespoke-form-handler.php">
        <div>
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name" />
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="mail">E-mail:</label>
            <input type="email" id="mail" name="user_email" />
        </div>
        <div class="button">
            <button type="submit" name="someothername"><a href="javascript: submitform()">Submit</a>
            </button>
        </div>
    </form>

JavaScript

function submitform() {
    document.forms["contactform"].submit();
}