php and Javascript Validation

hey

I have a question...

I have a page done in php.

Each Text Box is validated in a seperate page with the onChange event.

When the user hit's Submit the page is again validated, and all the text boxes (or most)

There are three text inputs for dates.

on the page they are set up with this:

<input name="date_issue[$i]" onChange="validDate(this)">

Now the validation of the form, that occurs when the "submit" button is clicked works. However, when i try to put in the date validation for that text box (because of the $i i think) it is not working.

This is what it should idealistically (in my mind) look like:

if(form.date_issue[$i].value != "") {
if(!validDate(form.date_issue[$i],true)) {
submitform = false;
errfields += "Invalid Date";
}
}

Ok, so all the other text boxes work with the same above code. It is something to do with the [$i] and i don't understand.

help???

always use the 'long' syntax to target your elements; it's a little bit more typing, but it solves all of these kind of problems:

document.forms['formname'].elements['date_issue[$i]'].value

ok so i stuck that into the validation and it's still not working.
ugh

sorry, my crystal ball is kinda foggy, can you post some example of what you have now?

Sure, no problem

if(
document.forms['myform'].elements['date_issue[$i]'].value != "") {
if(!validDate(
document.forms['myform'].elements['date_issue[$i]'].value,true)) {
submitform = false;
errfields += "Invalid Date";
}
}

it's alright, i got it.
Not only did it need the long form, but it also needed i=0, i<4, i++

all good.

ok