RE: [PHP-DB] HTML Forms question...

Let me append my earlier post. If you write a function like this: function myfunction(name){ document.form.name.do_something_legal_to_this_object } All you have to do on subsequent pages is pass the name of the object into the function and you're good to go (e.g. onClick="javascript:myfunction(objectName)") as long as the function is included in the page. Sorry for any confusion. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hutchins, Richard [mailto:Richard.Hutchins@GetingeCastle.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:45 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] HTML Forms question... > > > Not only does Mike's description below work really well for a > single page, > if you write all of your JS stuff like this, you can very > easily use the > same script on multiple pages. Portability! Works great for me. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ford, Mike [LSS] [mailto:M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:35 PM > > To: 'Rich Gray'; NIPP, SCOTT V (SBCSI); php-db@lists.php.net > > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] HTML Forms question... > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rich Gray [mailto:rich@f1central.net] > > > Sent: 20 November 2002 01:13 > > > > > > If you name the checkbox as name="system[]" then PHP will > > > automatically > > > create an array of the checkbox values which can be > > > subsequently accessed > > > via $_POST['system'][n] - be warned however that the '[]' can > > > screw up any > > > JavaScript code that refers to the checkbox object... > > > > G'rrrr -- not this old chestnut again! > > > > It only "screws up" your JavaScript if you don't write your > > JavaScript to > > allow for it. > > > > It's really very simple: *by* *definition* in JavaScript, > the notation > > > > a.b > > > > is *identical* to > > > > a["b"] > > > > Thus, if you have a single checkbox named with name="system", > > then you can > > access it in either of these ways: > > > > document.form.system > > document.form["system"] > > > > By extension, if you have multiple checkboxes all named with > > name="system[]", you can refer to them as: > > > > document.form["system[]"][0] > > document.form["system[]"][1] > > document.form["system[]"][2] > > > > etc... > > > > I know this works because I've been using it for years > (even before I > > started programming with PHP!). > > > > Cheers! > > > > Mike > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >