I am creating a webpage with ability to add input box dynamically , everything works fine. But whenever I add a new input box the value from all the input box added above that field get cleared automatically.
Here is the html which is generated on addition of the element
<div class="main_text_area" id="got_id_from_server">
<p>Add Delay For :</p>
<div class="remove_bg button btn" name="some_id_from_server"></div>
<p>
<div contenteditable class="text_im" placeholder="Enter Delay" id="some_id_from_server" onchange="post_delay(this)"></div>
</p>
<p>
<input class="text_im" placeholder="Select" type="text" id="some_id_from_server" list="some_id_from_server" onchange="post_delay(this)">
<datalist id="some_id_from_server">
<option value="Minutes"></option>
<option value="Hours"></option>
<option value="Days"></option>
</datalist>
</p>
</div>
This behavior occurs because adding new elements to your Dom will cause the Website to kind of render the view again & again so the (in this case) not stored values of a "input field given no ID attribute" you have inputted into your input-element will just reset.
So have a look at this two code snippets:
var count = 0;
function createInput(event) {
count++;
document.body.innerHTML += "<input value='Input #"+ count + "' / >"
event.preventDefault();
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button onclick="createInput()">Create Input</button>
Edit: Using jQuery will be the better solution so have a look at this code (To prevent the reset of the input fields you have to use "append()". Try it on your own!:
var count = 0;
$(function() {
$("#createInput").click(function(event) {
count++;
$('form').append('<input type="text" value="Input #' + count + '" />');
event.preventDefault();
});
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form action="" method="post" name="myForm" accept-charset="utf-8">
<button id="createInput">Create Input</button>
</form>
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I am trying to get respective values of dynamically generated inputs. In other words, I have an X number of dynamically generated inputs; each of these inputs is bound to a button. With that being said, I would like the user to get alerted the dynamically generated input that is bound to the clicked button. What I have done so far does not sort this out and whatever button is clicked, only the first input's value is generated.
I have the following code - a dynamic input and a button:
<input type="hidden" id="job_id" name="jobIdName" value="{{ job_id }}"> // please note this input is dynamically generated....
<button name="get_id_name" class="get_id_class" id="get_id_id" >Show Id</button>
As for Jquery, I have done the following:
$('#get_id_id').each(function(index) {
$(this).click(function() {
var job_ids = $("[name='jobIdName']");
console.log('Job Ids -------------- : ' + job_ids);
});
});
The above code keeps generating only the first generated input value? Any ideas or suggestions?
I have seen some posts that might seem similar to this one but they are very old; also I am looking for a more modern implementation.
Add your "input tag" into div:
var counter = 0;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#get_id_id").click(function() {
var divChildren = $(".job_ids").children();
if(counter < divChildren.length){
if(counter == '0'){
console.log($(divChildren).eq(0).val());
}else{
console.log($(divChildren).eq(counter).val());
}
counter++;
}
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class ="job_ids">
<input type="hidden" name="jobIdName" value="Test01">
<input type="hidden" name="jobIdName" value="Test02">
<input type="hidden" name="jobIdName" value="Test03">
<input type="hidden" name="jobIdName" value="Test04">
<input type="hidden" name="jobIdName" value="Test05">
</div>
<button name="get_id_name" class="get_id_class" id="get_id_id" >Show Id</button>
function js() {
document.getElementById("example").innerHTML = document.getElementById("example").innerHTML+"<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" />";
}
<div id="example">
<input type="text" name="name[]" />
</div>
<button type="button" onclick="js();">Click</button>
I have a form, which need variable number of input types.
<form action="" method="">
[...]
<div id="mezok">
<div id="input_id">
<input type="text" name="name" />
</div>
</div>
[...]
</form>
I add and remove further inputs (along with their divs!) via an ajax call. Javascript calls a php which generates a new input_id div, and then concatenates to the rest of the div id="mezok". Adding and removing inputs are fine as long as everything is empty. However, when I add a new div when there is something in the input, it clears the rest of the inputs.
document.getElementById("mezok").innerHTML = document.getElementById("mezok").innerHTML+http.responseText;
document.getElementById("mezok").innerHTML += http.responseText;
document.getElementById("mezok").innerHTML.concat(http.responseText);
(The last one is not working at all...)
TL;DR: concat input to input, values of inputs disappear. :'(
Don't use innerHTML. What you are doing is redrawing the entire container contents, deleting existent inputs and creating new inputs each time. My experience says that when you are accessing innerHTML, recheck your code as you are probably doing something weird.
What you have to do is to create inputs individually and append them to the container, without touching the rest of the inputs. Is like appending elements to an array.
This way the code is more self-explanatory, and better, is way more performant:
function js() {
var input = document.createElement("input"); // Create a new input element. Is like "<input>".
input.setAttribute("type", "text"); // Set the 'type' attribute to 'text'. Is like having '<input type="text">'
input.setAttribute("name", "name[]"); // Set the 'name' attribute to 'name[]'. Is like having '<input name="name[]">' but because you already have set the type, now is like having '<input type="text" name="name[]">'
document.getElementById("example").appendChild(input); // Push it to the container
}
<div id="example">
<input type="text" name="name[]" />
</div>
<button type="button" onclick="js();">Click</button>
The code below could be a solution for you. In this way you're not going to overwrite the existing inputs with the associated values while you're adding new inputs.
function js() {
var inputElementToAppend = document.createElement('input');
inputElementToAppend.innerHTML = "<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" />";
document.getElementById("example").appendChild(inputElementToAppend.firstChild);
}
<div id="example">
<input type="text" name="name[]" />
</div>
<button type="button" onclick="js();">Click</button>
Let me know if this worked for you.
Following working fine for me.
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<p id="demo">ABC</p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("myP").innerHTML;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML += `<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" />`;
}
<script>
I would recommend to use appendChild and removeChild instead of innerHTML
How to add multiple contact numbers within a single textbox and also a X(clear) button for each of the text added using javascript?
Below is a part of my HTML page
Contact No:<input type="text" id="no"><input type="button" value="ADD" id="add" onclick="javascript:addContact();">
<input type="text" id="text_name" style="width: 300px;height:50px;" />
Here is my javascript function
function addContact(){
var temp = document.createElement("input");
temp.innerHTML="<input type='search' value='' alt='clear' >";
var contact_added=document.getElementById("text_name").value;
var contact=document.getElementById("no").value;
document.getElementById("text_name").value=contact+temp+contact_added;
}
This is what I get as my output
![My output]
However what I need is that for every text that I enter,it should be follow by a clear so that I can clear that selected block of text
function addContact(){
temp="<input type='search' value=''. alt='clear' >";
var contact_added=document.getElementById("text_name").value;
var contact=document.getElementById("no").value;
document.getElementById("text_name").value=contact+temp+contact_added;
}
However this doesnt solve your problem. I think it isnt a good idea, doing this with inputs and buttons. This only makes it complicated.
At first make a form with a hidden field:
<form action="submit.php" method="post">
<input name="contacts" id="contacts_hidden" style="display:none">
</form>
<div id="contacts">
</div>
//your submit button and input
Now you can do:
contacts=[];
function addContact(){
newcontact=document.getElementById("no");
contacts.push(newcontact.value);
newcontact.value="";
render();
}
function delete(i){
contacts.splice(i,1);
render();
}
//this takes the contacts array and adds it to the page + hidden submit field
function render(){
hidden=document.getElementById("contacts_hidden");
all=document.getElementById("contacts");
content="";
for(i=0;i<contacts.length;i++){
//add a delete button
content+=contacts[i]+"<a href='javascript:delete("+i+")'>Delete</a>";
}
all.innerHTML=content;
hidden.value=contacts.join(";");
}
So I am relatively new to JavaScript but I have experience with programming. I have this code which allows the user to define how many addresses they would like to enter so then I can query google maps and find the geographic center. The problem with this is that it looks very unprofessional in the sense that they have to enter the number of fields on one page and then they are prompted with that many boxes on the next page. Is there any way to make only one form(with all the parameters I require for one entry) and then after they click submit, I append it to an array and then when they decide they have enough addresses they hit the final submit so then I can process the data using a PHP call? Any help would be great, but I am new to this so I might need more spelt out explanations, sorry. Thanks again!
TL;DR: I want to create a single entry field which when submit is clicked, the page does not refresh or redirect to a new page and appends the data entry to an array. From there the user can enter a new input and this input would also be appended to the array until the user has decided no more inputs are necessary at which point they would click the final submit allowing me to process the data.
Here is the code I have so far:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="no-js" lang="en">
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
var c = 0;
$("#button1").click(function(){
c = $("#inputs").val();
$("#mydiv").html("");
for(i=0;i<c;i++){
$("#mydiv").append('<input type="text" id="data'+i+'" name="data'+i+'" /><br/>');
}
});
$("#button2").click(function(){
$.post("getdata.php",$("#form1").serialize(),function(data){
});
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1">
Type the number of inputs:
<input type="text" id="inputs" name="inputs" />
<input type="button" id="button1" value="Create" />
<div id="mydiv"></div>
<input type="button" id ="button2" value="Send" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
getdata.php
<?php
for( $i=0; $i<$_POST["inputs"] ; $i++){
echo $_POST["data".$i]."\n";
}
?>
Here is code:
EDIT: I rewrite the code, so you can also delete each address
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#add-address").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var numberOfAddresses = $("#form1").find("input[name^='data[address]']").length;
var label = '<label for="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']">Address ' + (numberOfAddresses + 1) + '</label> ';
var input = '<input type="text" name="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']" id="data[address][' + numberOfAddresses + ']" />';
var removeButton = '<button class="remove-address">Remove</button>';
var html = "<div class='address'>" + label + input + removeButton + "</div>";
$("#form1").find("#add-address").before(html);
});
});
$(document).on("click", ".remove-address",function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parents(".address").remove();
//update labels
$("#form1").find("label[for^='data[address]']").each(function(){
$(this).html("Address " + ($(this).parents('.address').index() + 1));
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id="form1" method="post">
<div class="address">
<label for="data[address][0]">Address 1</label>
<input type="text" name="data[address][0]" id="data[address][0]" />
</div>
<button id="add-address">Add address</button>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
After form submit you can loop through addresses like this:
foreach ($_POST['data']['address'] as $address){
...your code
}
Hope this help! :)
Normally how I do this kind of stuff is to provide a user ability to add many input fields at client level and send them all in one array when submitting the form. That is more professional I believe. Try this JSFiddle to see what I mean.
<input type="text" name="address[]" />
if you want to POST dynamic value in a form you can do it like this:
<input type="text" name="adress[]" />
so in your case you could add new fields with javascript or jquery with the same name name="adress[]".
and in your PHP you get an array:
$adresses= $_POST['adress'];
foreach ($adresses as $adress) {
echo $adress;
}
FIDDLE DEMO
To process an array of inputs you can use the following convention:
HTML: simply add square brackets to the name attribute
<input type="text" id="data'+i+'" name="data[]" />
PHP: Post returns an array
for( $i=0; $i<$_POST["data"] ; $i++){
echo $_POST["data"][$i]."\n";
}
JAVASCRIPT: $("#form1").serialize() will retrieve all the inputs data as name=value pairs even the inputs that are added dynamically. There's no need to keep an array you can just process all of them at the end.
You don't need to create an array, $_POST is actually doing it all for you already.
So I suggest you do the following: using javascript (or jQuery), keep the button clicks, but make sure the form submission is prevented (using preventDefault on the form) [EDIT: You actually won't need this, as if the buttons are just buttons, no submit inputs, the form will not submit anyway], and just make sure you append another element every time they click a plus button or something; make sure you increment the name attributes of each input element that gets created.
When the user then creates submit, use submit the form via js, then on your getdata.php you can simply loop through all the values and use them that way you want. You will even be able to know the exact number by calculating the number of times a new input element has been added to the form.
I'll try to write up something for you in a minute, but if I was clear enough, you should be able to do that too.
EDITED: So here is what I've come up with; give it a try and see if this is something for you.
This is how the form would look like:
<form id="form1" name="myform" method="post" action="getdata.php">
Enter address 1: <input type="text" name="address-1" /> <input type="button" value="More" onclick="createNew()" />
<div id="mydiv"></div>
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
And this would be the js code:
var i = 2;
function createNew() {
$("#mydiv").append('Enter address ' + i +': <input type="text" name="address-' + i +'" /> <input type="button" value="More" onclick="createNew()" /><br />');
i++;
}
...and then getdata.php:
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
echo 'The value for '.$key.' is: '.$value.'<br />';
}
here is a fiddle demo
Update
Tidied up the solution in progress and added some extra details
I have a form area which creates clones based on a template. In order to make sure the form transmits in an order, the script goes through the form at send time appending a number which defines the current batch set. Below is an over simplified representation of what is going on:
<form>
<div class="batch-template">
<div class="batch-piece">
<a class="clone" />
<input name="test-input">
<input name="another-test-input">
<select name="a-drop-down">
</div>
</div>
<div class="batch-paste-area">
</div>
</form>
When the page starts:
The contents of "batch-template" are stored to an object variable
The original template is removed from the page
An instance of the template is appended to the "batch-paste-area"
The following is an example of the output created after clicking twice.
<form>
<div class="batch-template">
</div>
<div class="batch-paste-area">
<div class="batch-piece">
<a class="clone" />
<input name="test-input">
<input name="another-test-input">
<select name="a-drop-down">
</div>
<div class="batch-piece">
<a class="clone" />
<input name="test-input">
<input name="another-test-input">
<select name="a-drop-down">
</div>
</div>
</form>
When it comes to submitting the form: prior to serialization, I would like the script to loop through each "batch-piece" within "batch-paste-area" and add a count value to the end of each form field name. Continuing with the set above, the result (to a browser) would seem like that shown below:
<form>
<div class="batch-template">
</div>
<div class="batch-paste-area">
<div class="batch-piece">
<a class="clone" />
<input name="test-input1">
<input name="another-test-input1">
<select name="a-drop-down1">
</div>
<div class="batch-piece">
<a class="clone" />
<input name="test-input2">
<input name="another-test-input2">
<select name="a-drop-down2">
</div>
</div>
</form>
So far, I can either loop through EVERY input within the paste area or just select the last.
Selecting the last batch-piece is simple:
var intCount = 1;
$('.batch-paste-area .batch-piece').each(function(){
/*
* Would like to be able to loop through form fields here
* Below is an attempt to select all form fields for current set
*/
$(this + ' input, '+ this + ' select').each(function() {
var strName = $(this).attr('name') + intCount;
$(this).attr('name', strName);
});
intCount++;
});
Frustratingly, I had actually tried the correct solution in advance but had forgotten to use the comma at the time!
var intCount = 1;
$('.batch-paste-area .batch-piece').each(function(){
/*
* Would like to be able to loop through form fields here
* Below is an attempt to select all form fields for current set
*/
$(this).find("input, select").each(function() {
var strName = $(this).attr('name') + intCount;
$(this).attr('name', strName);
});
intCount++;
});