Re: W3C Validator and Post Arrays

Peter Ford wrote: > 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? > Oooh, I've just looked it up - that *is* neat! -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent