Set PHP form array variable with javascript - javascript

I'm currently in the process of passing a javascript array though to a form for submission with a file upload.
As it currently stands i have been able to pass the javascript array though to the form but not quite how i would like.
The initial javascript values i have stored in the array are as follows:
Folder 1/File 1.txt
Folder 1/Folder 2/File 2.txt
Once passed though the array output from the PHP variable is as follows:
Array ( [0] => Folder 1/File 1.txt,Folder 1/Folder 2/File 2.txt )
What i would like to do however if possible is alter the array to the following:
Array ( [0] => Folder 1/File 1.txt,
[1] => Folder 1/Folder 2/File 2.txt )
The HTML code the array is being passed to from javascript:
<input type="hidden" id="pathArray" name="pathArray[]" value="pathArray">
The current javascript code:
let picker = document.getElementById('picker');
var pathStructure = [];
var i = 0;
picker.addEventListener('change', e =>
{
for (let file of Array.from(e.target.files))
{
pathStructure[i] = file.webkitRelativePath;
i++;
};
document.getElementById('pathArray').value = pathStructure.toString();
});
The main issue i'm having and at the moment is setting the array position values of the form for submission. I'm able to input the array into the form but not able to set the individual array positions and as of yet have been unable to find the relevant documentation on how to achieve this somehow like the following:
let picker = document.getElementById('picker');
var pathStructure = [];
var i = 0;
picker.addEventListener('change', e =>
{
for (let file of Array.from(e.target.files))
{
pathStructure[i] = file.webkitRelativePath;
document.getElementById('pathArray').value[i] = pathStructure[i].toString();
i++;
};
});
Any help would be greatly appreciated and if at all there is any further detail that would be required please let me know and i'll do my best to expand or provide any additional information!

toString method joins the array and returns one string containing each array element separated by commas. So you lose the array information.
I usually did something like this with adding multiple inputs:
<form id="form">
<input type="hidden" class="pathArray" name="pathArray[]">
<input type="hidden" class="pathArray" name="pathArray[]">
...
</form>
The idea is that for each value you create a new input. You will have input for Folder 1/File 1.txt, another input for Folder 2/File 2.txt and so on. The final code could look something like this
let picker = document.getElementById('picker');
var pathStructure = [];
var i = 0;
picker.addEventListener('change', e =>
{
for (let file of Array.from(e.target.files))
{
pathStructure[i] = file.webkitRelativePath;
var input = document.createElement("input");
input.type = 'hidden';
input.name = 'pathArray[]';
input.classList.add('pathArray');
document.getElementById("form").appendChild(input);
document.getElementsByClassName('pathArray')[i].value = pathStructure[i].toString();
i++;
};
});
Hope you get the idea.

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I have a problem approaching this problem and I'm unsure in how to solve it. My XML looks like this:
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<OrderLines>
<ProductLine>
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<SerialNumber>
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.
<SerialNumber>
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Edits after comments:
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Current Code:
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i need when i click on input then must prompt and result transferred to storage, help me please, i tried to find this resolve in google but no use:(
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You have createListwhich will turn that input into an Object with the current keys, so I assume you meant to include that
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I have an object declared, and I have an html form with some matching fields.
All fields in the form are in the object, but the object also has a couple of additional variables and functions.
I'd like to fill the object with the data entered in the form, what I'm trying right now overwrites the declared object, and so doesn't have the functions nor the other variables.
The object :
var Container = {
nodes: [],
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}
return (-1);
}
How I fill it from the form :
const handleContainerForm = event => {
event.preventDefault();
ContainerFormToJSON(form.elements);
var i = JSONData.Contains(Container);
if (i === -1)
JSONData.containers.push(Container);
else
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output = JSON.stringify(JSONData, null, " ");
displayContents(output);
};
The form has ID, Title, Folder, Image and Description as fields, so this last Container object doesn't have the Contains() function nor the nodes[] array.
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In JavaScript, you don't need to declare an object's properties, like you have to when you use classes. I think that you only want to serialize the form's input values to JSON. I recommend not to use an object that additionally has a nodes property and a Contains method.
If you need to keep a copy of the unserialized object, create two objects:
class Container {
constructor () {
this.nodes = [];
}
indexOf (node) {
return this.nodes.findIndex(n => n.nodeID === node.nodeID);
}
}
Container.nodeID = 0; // think of it as a static property
function extractValues (elements) {
// 'elements' is an array of <input> elements
// the 'container' will be filled and serialized
var container = new Container();
for (var index in elements) {
var element = elements[index];
container[element.name] = element.value;
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}
var inputs = document.querySelectorAll('input');
var jsonData = new Container();
document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', function () {
var newContainer = extractValues(inputs);
var index = jsonData.indexOf(newContainer);
if (index === -1) {
jsonData.nodes.push(newContainer);
} else {
jsonData.nodes[index] = newContainer;
}
var jsonString = JSON.stringify(jsonData, null, ' ');
console.log(jsonString);
});
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<input name="containerTitle">
<!-- ... -->
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Please note: only setting an object's properties doesn't make it to JSON. It's only JSON if it's serialized to a string. I recommend this article. To serialize a JavaScript object, use JSON.stringify.
Edit:
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take a look at some of the articles at MDN.

JavaScript FileReader and Dynamic Tables

I am trying to upload a file and read its contents and then output the contents to a table. The information needs to be place on a new row whenever there is a > char in the string.
I am having a bit of an issue wrapping my head around how I can create a new 'tr' and then add data to the a cell 'td' in that row.
I am stuck on the <tr> and <td> and adding them dynamically with the contents from the file. I am sure I can use regex to look for the > char but that isn't really what I need help with. I am struggling with how I take the information after the > char and add it to a new row in the table.
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TTTAATTACAGACCTGAA
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{
'id': '>9013e1',
'sequence': 'ACAAGATGCCATTGTCCCCCGGCCT...',
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Please find my proposed solution in the fiddle below:
https://jsfiddle.net/w6jbuqfy/
Here's an explanation of what's going on:
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<input id="input" type="file">
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fr.readAsText(file);
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var resultsDiv = document.getElementById('results');
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tr.appendChild(td);
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Hope this helps
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Array from php to html input to JS

Here's what i'm trying to accomplish. Insert an array from php into an HTML form and then have that array be pushed in a JS array.
PHP
$proxiearray = array();
if($row7['attribute_0'] != NULL) { array_push($proxiearray,$row7['attribute_0']);}
if($row7['attribute_1'] != NULL) { array_push($proxiearray,$row7['attribute_1']);}
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Now what i want with that is on uppon a certain task on the client side for my JS to take that aray and push it in another one.
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attributesArray[counter] = new Array();
if(proxiearray) { attributesArray[counter] = proxiearray; }
If i alert the array i get
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This just pushed in the array the ["1","4"] but what i would want it to push is have a result like
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I know i could go with X amount of inputs although that is not a solution since i may have to use a bigger ammount of attributes in the future.
EDIT: The alert is on the attributesArray.
The attributesArray[counter] alert is ["1","4"]
You can use following;
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