Jquery function BEFORE form submission

Question

I am trying to fire a function using Jquery when the form submit button is clicked, but the function needs to fire BEFORE the form is actually submitted.

I am trying

Answer 1

You can use some div or span instead of button and then on click call some function which submits form at he end.

<form id="my_form">
   <span onclick="submit()">submit</span>
</form>

<script>
   function submit()
   {   
       //do something
       $("#my_form").submit();
   }
</script>