On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:38:49 -0400, sheldonlg <sheldonlg> wrote:
>This is kind of basic, and I googled but didn't find much help.
>
>I have an array of text element fields. They all need to have the same
>name. So, let the name be either all with a[] or build individually as
>a[0], a[1], a[2], etc. The brackets need to be there because I will
>obtaining the values of them as an array using $_POST{'a'] in php.
>
>What I want to do is in javascript set the value of an individual
>element, say a[3]. I have tried many combinations of
>
>1 - setting the ids all as
> a) a
> b) a[]
> c) individually as a[0], a[1], etc.
>2 - using document.getElementById
>3 - using document.getElementsByName
>
>Any time I create and object from the name, and then try to use that
>object, I get "object has no properties" in Firebug. This is true
>whether I try obj.value or obj[i].value.
>
>So, please,
>1 - How do I set the id attribute?
>2 - How do I access or set an individual member in the array?
>3 - For the name attribute, should I use a[] or individually build them
>or does it not matter as far as javascript is concerned?
>
>Yes, this is basic, but I have been going in circles for a few hours now
>so any help will be appreciated.
Pleast post question to comp.lang.javascript.
This group is about basic html.
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