Re: Dynamic input fields in Form

From: 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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