retrieving values from dynamically added html table row

cracker

Hi

I have a php page which displays rows from a mysql database and allows values to be modified and saved by posting the values to a php file which updates the database.
I have added a java script function to create a blank row in the html table but I can't figure out how to access the new values to save them to the database. They don't appear in the $_POST array. I am guessing that I need to use javascript somehome but I can't figure out how. Ideally I want all the processing to occur in the called php file, is this possible?

Thanks

Dave

daymobrew

Please post a link to the code or the output html.

cracker

Sorted, it was my lack of experience with html.
I was putting a form element around each row but it seems that I can only wrap a form element around a complete table or inside a single cell and so the html formed was invalid.
So I put an outer table with a single cell per row and then nested my original table inside this.

Eoin

Do you really need loads of forms?

cracker

Possibly not, I'm certainly open to suggestions.

I have summary information about a person and then a list of dates associated with that person which is displayed as a sub table.

If I don't implement each person's details as a separate form then for any edits to be saved I would have to do updates for every person on the page. I thought performance wise it would be better to have a separate form for each person so that I just update the person who was modified? The list of dates for each person can be quite long.

The only other alternative that I can see is to have a separate page that displays the details for a single individual.

Eoin

It's hard to tell without seeing the page, but it could well be easier with multiple forms too. If it's working OK, then just leave it!