Re: dynamic boxes problem... JS and PHP

Ryan S wrote:

Hey everyone, A bit of a puzzle here, dont know if this is a JS problem or PHP or FF or .... just me. (My money is on the last one :p ) Here's what I am trying to do: In a form I have a listbox with the values 1-5, and under the listbox i have a <TD> with the id of "recips" (like so: <TD id='recips"> I have a onChange event linked to the list box and depending on what number the client picks it should dynamically put the number of text boxes there, here is the JS code: ///// ############### Start JS code ############ function change_no_of_recipients() { var nr=document.mainform.no_of_friends.options[document.mainform.no_of_friends.selectedIndex].value;

        if(nr>5){nr=5;} // max number of recipients
    var msg = "";

for (var x = 1; x <= nr; x++) { msg += '<table width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">' + '<tr>' +

    '<td nowrap="nowrap">'+ x +'. Recipient\'s name:</td>' +
    '<td><input type="text" name="rec_name[]" id="rec_name[]" /></td>' +
    '<td nowrap="nowrap">Recipient\'s email:</td>' +
    '<td><input type="text" name="rec_email[]" id="rec_email[]" /></td>' +

'</tr>' + '<tr>' + '</table>'; }

        document.getElementById('recips').innerHTML=msg;

} ///// ##################### End JS code ################ So far on the page everything is working, but when I click the submit button this is my PHP processing script: <?php print_r($_REQUEST); ?> It shows me everything that has been submitted but NOT any of the above dynamically made boxes values... but get this, it DOES show me all values... in IE7 _not_ in FF (am using 2.0.0.13) Anybody else face anything like this? Is this a bug in FF? Is $_REQUEST wrong to catch this? Dont know what the @#$@ to do... ANY help even a link to a site which can shed a little light would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. /Ryan

Hi Ryan, Since I'm relatively new to PHP I could be off on this, but I'd say yes, $_REQUEST is wrong. I would think you'd want to use $_POST to receive the incoming values from a form. -- Mark ------------------------- the rule of law is good, however the rule of tyrants just plain sucks! Real Tax Reform begins with getting rid of the IRS. ============================================== Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5)