function to change input text name

[davocold]

i need a function that can change the name of an input text.

<input type="text" name="saisie" onkeyup="transcrire()" id="pfc_words" title="<?php echo _pfc("Enter your message here"); ?>"maxlength="<?php echo $max_text_len; ?>"/>

 

 

[AyKay47]

You want JS/Jquery, what have you tried so far?

[davocold]

You want JS/Jquery, what have you tried so far?

 

Is there a javascript or Jquery code that can change the name "saisie" of the text input to "anothername"?

[AyKay47]

yah, http://api.jquery.com/attr/

[davocold]

yah, http://api.jquery.com/attr/

 

thanks, i think am getting somewhere but what am i doing wrong with the following functions

 

<?php

function english()

  {

  $('#pfc_words').attr('name', 'english');

}

function saisie()

  {

  $('#pfc_words').attr('name', 'saisie');

}

?>

[nogray]

You can just use the following

document.getElementById('pfc_words').name = 'MY_NEW_NAME';

you don't need jquery or anything else

[davocold]

You can just use the following

document.getElementById('pfc_words').name = 'MY_NEW_NAME';

you don't need jquery or anything else

 

thanks, i want the change when a radio button is selected, i mean when i select a radio button i want the name of the pfc_words change to "english". How do i go about doing that?

 

can i use

onClick="document.getElementById('pfc_words').name = 'MY_NEW_NAME';"

in radio button?

[nogray]

Yes, your onclick will work. If you want to make a function, you can do the following

<input type="radio" onclick="my_name_change_func('english');" ....
... later in your script...
function my_name_change_func(nm){
    document.getElementById('pfc_words').name = nm;
}

[davocold]

Yes, your onclick will work. If you want to make a function, you can do the following

<input type="radio" onclick="my_name_change_func('english');" ....
... later in your script...
function my_name_change_func(nm){
    document.getElementById('pfc_words').name = nm;
}

 

thanks alot, i used the onclick and it changes the name but only once, if i click another radio button to change it back to the previous name, it doesn't.  would the function way of doing this fix it?