RE: [PHP] Radio buttons problem

From: Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:54:25 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] Radio buttons problem
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> -----Original Message----- > From: leledumbo [mailto:leledumbo_cool@yahoo.co.id] > Sent: 07 August 2009 05:43 > > > This should work: > > > > <input type='radio' name='sex[1]' value='1'> > > <input type='radio' name='sex[1]' value='2'> > > <input type='radio' name='sex[2]' value='1'> > > <input type='radio' name='sex[2]' value='2'> > > Yes, that works. But should I manually maintain the number in the > bracket? > Is there anyway so that it can be automatically maintained? Because > my app > allows to delete entries arbitrarily. For instance, consider this > layout (+ > is insert button, - is delete): > > entry1 +/- > entry2 +/- > entry3 +/- > > entry1 has sex[0] field, entry2 has sex[1] and so on. If entry2 is > deleted, > then I have to change all sex fields in entries below entry2 which > is a > waste of time. Why do you? There's no reason you *have* to have consecutive indexes -- just iterate over the resulting array with foreach, and there's no problem. (Unless your back-end logic demands sequential id numbers, but my opinion would be there's something wrong with your design if it does.) Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm

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