Re: W3C Validator and Post Arrays

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:25:55PM -0400, tedd wrote: > At 4:03 AM -0700 4/2/09, 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" >>> >>> Še="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. > > > Correction -- name is Ok and where you should put the []. > > The demo is here: > > http://www.webbytedd.com/bbb/check-box-form/ > > It works, shows why and how you can use [] and it validates. > > Cheers, > > tedd I vote we scrap this list. Anyone with a question, just go to Tedd's website. There's got to be an example on there somewhere. ;-} Paul -- Paul M. Foster