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 Posted by Brent Baisley on 06/14/34 11:33 
You should have posted this to a javascript board, it has nothing to   
do with PHP. That said, if the form field name contains special   
characters, like [], you can reference it like this: 
document.formname.elements['checkbox1[]']. 
 
Use the elements[] reference style. 
 
On Dec 1, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Kelly Meeks wrote: 
 
> Hi all, 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm using javascript for some client side field validation in a form 
> (method=post) that gets managed via php. 
> 
> 
> 
> This particular form makes extensive use of checkboxes.  I've   
> always like 
> how when named properly (field name of "checkbox1[ ]"), php will   
> pass that 
> variable as an array that contains all the values selected in the   
> form. 
> Very handy.  BUT, 
> 
> 
> 
> How do you then reference that variable via javascript to do any   
> client-side 
> validation?  The code I use makes reference to the field's id, and   
> it still 
> doesn't seem to check things properly. 
> 
> 
> 
> Is there any way around this, or what am I missing? 
> 
> 
> 
> TIA, 
> 
> 
> 
> Kelly 
> 
> 
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