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jQuery MultiFile match name and id

in Using jQuery Plugins • 10 years ago

I am using the multifile plugin and it's working as expected however i cannot figure out how to get the id attribute and the name attribute of the slave file uploads to be the same.

I've set namePattern to '$name$i' so it increments the name attribute of the original but the id attribute only adds the number to the end so I end up with the following:

id = attach - name = attach0

id = attach1 - name = attach1

id = attach2 - name = attach2

...

This almost works but then my application (which I cannot change easily) completely misses the first attachment.

See: http://jsfiddle.net/vmitchell85/3XT5C/3/

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

- Vince

Replies(10)

jakecigar

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

Each file is attached to an <input> named imp_attach0, imp_attach1, imp_attach2…

You will have to update your application to start with 0 (if you started with 1) or -1( if you started with 0)

JΛ̊KE

vmitchell..

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

Thanks for the reply but I don't follow...

I placed an input on my page and it creates new inputs as needed... If I name the original input attach then i get what I showed earlier...

id = attach - name = attach0 **ORIGINAL NOT SLAVE

id = attach1 - name = attach1

id = attach2 - name = attach2

...

if I name it attach0 then I get:

id = attach0 - name = attach00 **ORIGINAL NOT SLAVE

id = attach01 - name = attach01

id = attach02 - name = attach02

...

How exactly would I have it start with -1?

Thanks,

- Vince

jakecigar

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

The code would depend on the language you are using. The server is not privy to the ids used on the page, just the names.

I would start at attach0 and go until there is no file. then stop.

JΛ̊KE

vmitchell..

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

Our application (the location I post to) needs the names and the ids to be the same....

I apologize but I'm still not understanding what you mean...

In the JSFiddle link I posted you can see what I have going by inspecting the HTML panel...

The multifile code is in the Javascript window and I can't figure out a way to get the name and id to be the same.

Thanks again in advance for any additional help...

Maybe creating your own JSFiddle with your solution would help.

Thanks,

- Vince

jakecigar

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

The server does not see the ids used on the page, just the names.

http://jsfiddle.net/jakecigar/3XT5C/4/ shows the files, starting at attach0

JΛ̊KE

vmitchell..

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

The application url I am submitting to does see the ids and the names and I need them to be the same...

Thanks for attempting to help...

jakecigar

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

Considering that NO server program ever gets to see ids. Congratulations!

You can use a submit handler to rename the names.

JΛ̊KE

vmitchell..

Re: jQuery MultiFile match name and id

10 years ago

Using a submit handler is not a bad option...

Regarding "Considering that NO server program ever gets to see ids. Congratulations!"

I'm going to double check but I'm pretty sure when I post to my url which is a progress executable it does use the ids and the names and it's giving me trouble.

Do you know why the multiFile plugin would choose not to have the name & id be the same... I know in multi-choice fields (radio, etc..) you use the 'name' field for the grouping but is there another reason to have them different?

Thanks for your expertise and helping me through this... Apparently there are some gaps in my knowledge of form submissions...