auto submit form in drupal

Question

I'm using drupal.

I have a form which has a single field, the field value increments 1 everytime the form is submitted. The form has a time until it expires, the time is resest every time the form is submitted

Im trying to build a module which will do more, but for a starting point I'm looking at getting the form to auto submit.

The form can be submitted by a random user, and will be with in 1-10 seconds of the form closing.

if anybody can give me anything at all to work with i'd be very greatful.

Thanks

Answer 1

You'll need to use javascript (I've used jQuery as it's included with Drupal):

drupal_add_js("
  (function($) {
    window.setTimout(function(){ $('#my-form-id').submit(); }, 5000)
  })(jQuery);
", 'inline');

Just change the 5000 to the number of milliseconds you want until the form auto-submits.