Re: Dynamic input fields in Form
| From: | Frank Keessen | Date: | Fri, 07 Feb 2003 17:54:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Dynamic input fields in Form | ||
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Hi,
Thanks for the answer; but there is nobody who can show me an example in
code???
Regards,
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Haworth" <jhaworth@witanjardine.co.uk>
To: <fkeessen@planet.nl>; <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Dynamic input fields in Form
> Hi Frank,
>
> > I have a form where the user selects for example; how many cars
> > you have: 4. Then it most dynamicly create 4 input fields
> [...]
>
> Using only PHP, you'll have to make this a two-step process where page 1
> collects the number of cars and posts to page 2, which generates the form
> accordingly.
>
> If is has to be done on the same page, you'll need to call a Javascript
> function every time the number of cars changes. That function will have to
> add or remove <input>s from the form depending on the number of cars
> entered, and of course the whole page will break completely for anyone
> without Javascript.
>
> I'd make it a two-step process myself, it's considerably more robust and
> offers considerably less room for problems (what happens if I claim I have
> five cars, fill out their details, and then change it to three cars? which
> details do you get rid of?)
>
> Cheers
> Jon
>
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