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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/23/07 21:15
Geoff Berrow wrote:
> Message-ID: <CMydnX5KLv-Fe0PYnZ2dnUVZ_rSjnZ2d@comcast.com> from Jerry
> Stuckle contained the following:
>
>> But again, JS "enhances the
>> experience".
>
> It's funny how threads pop up when you have just been working on
> something.
>
> I had an admin form with a list of records in text fields for editing.
> My client wanted the choice of editing or deleting individual records so
> I added a checkbox with name=' chosen[]' value='$id' and so on. Press
> one button and the selected records would be updated, press another and
> the chosen records get sent to a delete script.
>
> Then I had the bright idea that the checkbox should be checked if the
> text was edited to 'enhance the experience' using an onChange event.
> Ok, to do that each check box would have to have a different name so I
> did
> name=' chosen[$id]' value='$id'
>
> After much head scratching and cursing of JavaScript I discovered that
> while php is happy with square brackets, Javascript isn't. I eventually
> had to name it name=' chosen$id' value='$id'
>
> But that meant I would no longer have my array of ids. :-(
>
> So I did this:
>
> foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value){
> if(substr($key,0,6)=='chosen'){
> $change[]=$value;
> }
> }
>
> Hope this helps someone stop scratching their head as much as I did.
>
Hi, Geoff,
An even easier way:
name=' chosen[$id]' value='$id' id='chosen{$id}
And in your Javascript use:
document.getElementById(chosen{$id})
That way both Javascript and PHP are happy.
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