Trigger javascript function through PHP
<p>I'm trying to call a JavaScript function through PHP and have met some problems. I have got three code snippets for your understanding:</p>

<p>1) My javascript function:</p>

<pre><code>function addPoints(radiobutton){
    //code
}
</code></pre>

<p>The parameter is an actual button and inside the function is a lot of code reading button value and name and taking care of checked status of the button.</p>

<p>2) My php-code creating the button looks like this. Notice that i send 'this' to the function.</p>

<pre><code>echo "&lt;input type=\"radio\" name=\"X\" value=\"Y\" onClick=\"addPoints(this)\"/&gt;";
</code></pre>

<p>3) Finally I have this code at the very end of the document for triggering the javascript function when page is loaded.</p>

<pre><code>echo "&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE='javascript'&gt;addPoints();&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;";
</code></pre>

<p>If <code>addPoints</code> only consisted of an alert, this would work. But my problem is that I need to send an actual button as parameter to the function. I need both triggering the function on page load (to load some data from a database) and the normal button onClick-event.</p>

<p>Is there any solution for this if I don't use another server request to catch the desired button? It's important that I get the button created above (in fact I've got a lot of buttons, but let's think of is as one) and send it as parameter.</p>
