Jquery not submitting my form - php

Question

Hi I want to submit my form using JQuery but I don't know why it won't work for me. here's the code:
$("#search_result_fake_div2").live("click", function () {
$("#search_result_present_list2").show("fast");
$('body').one('click',function() {
$("#search_result_present_list2").hide();
});
event.stopPropagation();
});
$(".search_result_list_item2").live("click", function () {
$("#search_result_fake2").val($(this).html());
$("#getattendees").submit();
$("#search_result_present_list2").hide();
});
and my HTML code:
<div>
<div id="search_result_fake_container">
<div id="search_result_fake_div2"></div>
<form method="GET" id="getattendees">
<input type="text" id="search_result_fake2" value="<?php if(!empty($city)){echo $city;} else{echo "Select Event";}?>" name="event_name">
</form>
</div>
<div id="search_result_present_list2">
<?php foreach ($events as $events1): ?>
<div class="search_result_list_item2" id="search_result_item_12" style="text-align:center;"><?php echo $events1['event_name']; ?></div>
<?php endforeach ?>
</div>
</div>
This is a drop down menu using div which came from my other question. One thing that I want to happen is for the form to submit once I've clicked a content from the drop down selection. I tried using onchange="javascript: document.getattendees.submit();" on my input box but nothing happens so I'm thinking of using jQuery instead but still the problem persists. I'm just a newbie on the jQuery and in fact I'm not that well versed on this one.

Answer 1

try this:
$('form#getattendees').trigger('submit');