Re: Retrive a ID or Class value from a form input field

I was just writing a form validation script... I know that there is ton of them out there... and i know that there are some different methods of doing it... but i want to assign class names to each field like class="req:email"... not sure if that is the right way to do it, but i thought it would make thing neat and tidy Thanks for all your input Joe On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jim Lucas <lists@cmsws.com> wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >> >> Jim Lucas wrote: >>> >>> Joe Harman wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> is there any way to get more field information other than just the >>>> value of a field when a form is submitted??? >>>> >>>> ex: >>>> <input name="email" type="text" id="email" >>>> size="30" maxlength="120" >>>> class="theClass" value="" /> >>>> >>>> type, size, class, etc. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Joe >>>> >>> >>> Yes, but that would be a Javascript question. >>> >>> Google for a javascript method called getAttribute() >>> >> >> Man, what a day. >> >> I should have said it like this. >> >> No, but in javascript, before the form is submitted, you can. >> >> then.... >> > > Let me ask this. Why would you want to do this? > > -- > Jim Lucas > > "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, > and some have greatness thrust upon them." > > Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V > by William Shakespeare > > -- Joe Harman SCP Performance Parts Warehouse 3475 High Ridge Blvd High Ridge, MO 63049 Office : (636) 677-1320 Cell : (269) 277-0717 http://www.scpracingparts.com