[thelist] PHP Hidden field question

David Dorward evolt at david.us-lot.org
Fri Dec 26 05:19:56 CST 2003


On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 18:51, Ken Moore wrote:
> I am certain that this is a simple queston for many but I have checked books 
> and on-line. What good is the "id=somename" part of the hidden field in PHP?

None whatsoever, the id *attribute* is for client side manipulation
(JavaScript, CSS, fragment identifiers in URIs, etc). It is the name
attribute that is used for submitting data to the server (where PHP
reads it).

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David Dorward                                 <http://dorward.me.uk/>


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