Re: checkboxes problem

Richard Lynch wrote: > > On Wed, May 30, 2007 3:59 am, blueboy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a checkbox array (about 20 lines) >> >> input name=\"box\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$id\"> >> input name=\"box\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$id\"> >> input name=\"box\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$id\"> >> >> I do some client side checking with javascript however the javascript >> array >> >> name=\"box\" >> >> does not match the php version, >> >> name=\"box[]\" >> >> So either my client side stuff works or the php array only returns 1 >> value >> when posted. Is there any way to for this to work? > > Let PHP use the NAME= attribute, and JS use the ID= attribute > > name="box[1]" id="box1" > Another JS approach I found recently: Rather than refer to the checkbox as document.form_name.box[] (which fails in javascript), use: document.form_name['box[]']. -Roberto