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selecting inputs with [] in name field


benjam

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I have a form that POSTs to php, and inside that form I have several inputs for peoples names, i.e. first_name and last_name

These 8 field groups have the name 'first_name[]' and 'last_name[]' so that when they are passed to the php script I can access them through $first_name[$i] and $last_name[$i].

My problem is this, after a certain date, I want to disable those input boxes, but I cannot select them through JavaScript because they have a name that contains square brackets.

I have tried:
form.first_name[].disabled = true; // error

for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
form.first_name[i].disabled = true; // error
}

form.first_name.disabled = true; // error



Any suggestions on how to disable these input elements?

Thanks.
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Hi there,

Not sure to get all your problem, but maybe this code example could help you,,
[code]

<html>
<body>
<form>

Input 1: <input type="text" id="first_name" value="disabled">
Input 2: <input type="text" id="last_name" value="enabled">
Input 3: <input type="text" id="[other_name]" value="disabled">
<br>
Cbox1 <u>disabled</u>: <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox[1]" value="disabled">
Cbox2 <u>disabled</u>: <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox[2]" value="disabled">
Cbox3 enabled: <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox[3]" value="enabled">
Cbox4 enabled: <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox[4]" value="enabled">

</form>

<script>
document.getElementById('first_name').disabled = true;
document.getElementById('last_name').disabled = false;
document.getElementById('[other_name]').disabled = true;

for (var i = 1; i < 3; i++)
{
eval("document.getElementById('checkbox['+i+']').disabled = true;");
}

</script>

</body>
</html>
[/code]

Good luck,,

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