quick question

[dennismonsewicz]

Can you post information that is inside a div?

 

For example:

 

If i have a div like so:

 

<div id="test">This is a test</div>

 

Can I post it using this:

 

$test = $_POST['test'];
echo $test;

 

Just wondering...

[F1Fan]

No, but you could use a hidden input:

 

<div id="test">This is a test</div>
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="This is a test">

 

And if the text inside the div was dynamic, you could use a little JavaScript to copy it to the hidden input.

[dennismonsewicz]

thanks!

[dennismonsewicz]

is there any other way of doing this besides placing the content inside a hidden input?

[F1Fan]

List your applicable code and describe exactly what you're trying to do. Another option would be to use a text area that you format heavily with CSS, but there may be other options if I know what you're trying to do.

[dennismonsewicz]

its kind of confusing but here goes...

 

Here is the code:

 

echo '<div class="left-list" id="left-list">';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm1" class="checkbox" id="pm1" /> <label for="pm1">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="designer1" class="checkbox" id="designer1" /> <label for="designer1">Designer</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm2" class="checkbox" id="pm2" /> <label for="pm2">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="writer" class="checkbox" id="writer" /> <label for="writer">Writer</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm3" class="checkbox" id="pm3" /> <label for="pm3">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="designer2" class="checkbox" id="designer2" /> <label for="designer2">Designer</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm4" class="checkbox" id="pm4" /> <label for="pm4">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="christine" class="checkbox" id="christine" /> <label for="christine">Christine</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm5" class="checkbox" id="pm5" /> <label for="pm5">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="designer3" class="checkbox" id="designer3" /> <label for="designer3">Designer</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm6" class="checkbox" id="pm6" /> <label for="pm6">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="julie" class="checkbox" id="julie" /> <label for="julie">Julie</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm7" class="checkbox" id="pm7" /> <label for="pm7">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="designer4" class="checkbox" id="designer4" /> <label for="designer4">Designer</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm8" class="checkbox" id="pm8" /> <label for="pm8">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="proofreading" class="checkbox" id="proofreading" /> <label for="proofreading">Proofreading</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm9" class="checkbox" id="pm9" /> <label for="pm9">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="layne" class="checkbox" id="layne" /> <label for="layne">Layne</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm10" class="checkbox" id="pm10" /> <label for="pm10">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="programming" class="checkbox" id="programming" /> <label for="programming">Programming</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="pm11" class="checkbox" id="pm11" /> <label for="pm11">PM</label></div>';
	echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="testing" class="checkbox" id="testing" /> <label for="testing">Testing</label></div>';
echo '</div>';

 

At work we have a project board that has all of our project names and the names of the designers/project managers/marketers/whoever to see where a project is and where it as to go. They have asked me to make this into an online version. I was just trying to simplify my checking to see if any of the checkboxes had been checked verses checked each one.

[F1Fan]

Do you have the ability to change the checkbox names? If so, this could be real easy. If not, it might be a little more complicated, but I think it's still feasible.

 

If you can change the names, I would change all of them to something like:

<?php
echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="checkboxes[pm1]" class="checkbox" id="pm1" /> <label for="pm1">PM</label></div>';
echo '<div><input type="checkbox" name="checkboxes[designer1]" class="checkbox" id="designer1" /> <label for="designer1">Designer</label></div>';
?>

 

Then you can just do a check like this:

<?php
foreach ($_POST['checkboxes'] as $key=>$val){
  whatever...
}
?>

[dennismonsewicz]

Yes, I have free reign over the names of the inputs. The names are the easiest way I could come up with to correspond with the sql table.

 

Are you suggesting saving the names in an array called checkboxes?

[F1Fan]

Exactly. If you change all the names like I suggested, then the $_POST['whateveryouchoose'] variable will be an array. Just grab all the keys in that array, and there's all your checked values!