September 18, 2012
Multiple Input fields with same id
Question by fahad
I am rendering data from php code with a input field but when i retrieve data from database the input field is replicated and i have assigned one id and one class value to it now i am facing that if i use id it only show me the 1st value only.if i use class it start iterating it and complete till each field and show empty where input fields are empty
Jquery Code is this
$('.submit-button').on('click',function(){
$('.datecontrol').each(function(){
alert($(this).val());
});
and my whole html is provided here
Answer by Starx
First, as per the title, it is not a good idea to use multiple fields with same id. It will create problems is CSS, Scripting, etc.
Next, if selecting certain numbers of field only is your problem, then assign a different class to the fields to represent a particular group.
