Re: W3C Validator and Post Arrays

Michael A. Peters wrote: > Shaun Thornburgh wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We are getting errors when trying to vaildate our HTML due to the [ >> character when using Post Arrays: >> >> Line 173, Column 65: >> character "[" is not allowed in the value of attribute "id" >> >> …e="filters[calling_url]" id="filters[calling_url]" >> value="categories-bulk-ear >> >> Does anyone know of a way around this? >> >> Thanks > > Don't use [] in an ID - it doesn't belong there. > If you are not using the ID for a hook, just drop it - the ID doesn't > need to be there. > > The name attribute is where you want the [] to post an array, ID does > not get sent in a post. The ID of any element should be unique in a HTML document - if you need an ID for each of the inputs then you'll have to generate a unique one for each. To the rest of the list: I'm not too happy about having stuff inside the [] either - is that some syntax I've missed or is it just wrong? -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent