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Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 297

submitting value of <select> field inside div in form

i am trying to submit values of form.
but all values other than a <select> field is not submitted because i think its inside div element as shown in code below

<form action="next.php" method="post">
     <input>....
     <input>....
     <input>....
     <select name="asdf"> <!--This field submitted successfully -->
         <option value="wtevr"> </option>
         <option value="wtevr2"> </option>..........
     </select>
     <div>
         <select name="asdf2"> <!--problem is here submitting this field -->
             <option value="wtevr11"> </option>
             <option value="wtevr22"> </option>..........
         </select>
     </div>
</form>

I used div because this is part of my ajax code through which i update the values in select field.

Is there any alternative solution to submit this select field form?

MY approach:

I think that there is a solution if i use a hidden input field in this form whose value get equal to value of select field before submitted the form. 

<input type="hidden" value="<!--comes from JavaScript code -->">

I am new to JavaScript so any help is appreciated..

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3458

Answers (3)

Torge Rosendahl
Torge Rosendahl

Reputation: 564

The <select> tag has a property called [form=""]. With that you can assign it to a form element. As the form gets submitted, the select element is included.

<form name="myform">
    <input type="text" name =...>
    <select name="selectelement" form="myform">
    <input type="submit">
</form>

Upvotes: 0

durbnpoisn
durbnpoisn

Reputation: 4669

You could use:

<select name="asdf2" id="asdf2" onchange="setField();">
            <option value="this">this</option>
            <option value="that">that</option>
        </select>
        <input type="hidden" id="hiddenField" value="nothingYet">
<script type="text/JavaScript" language="JavaScript">
function setField() {
            toWhat = document.getElementById("asdf2").value
            document.getElementById("hiddenField").value = toWhat;
        }
</script>

In any case. If all you're doing is submitting the form, there really is no reason for that value to be ignored. How are you retrieving the values?

Upvotes: 1

Erik
Erik

Reputation: 1

Use a 'name' tag in your inputs, then they'll be submitted. like this:

<form action="next.php" method="post">
<input name="foo" value="var"/>
</form>

Upvotes: 0

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