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This question follows from my previous question counting the rows in html table using php. Since I got no working solution, I want to try a new way but dont know how to implement it. I assign unique ID to each dynamic row added using Javascript. So the count variable in Javascript stores the number of rows present in HTML table. When i submit the form, it is processed by savedata.php. Is it possible to automatically pass the Javascript variable count to savedata.php each time the form is submitted.

Following is a short version of my Javascript file that is used to create unique IDs for elements of dynamically created rows.

var count=2;

function addRow()
{


var table=document.getElementById("studenttable");
var row=table.insertRow(-1);
var cell15=row.insertCell(14);

var ipt8 = document.createElement('input');
    ipt8.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
    ipt8.id = "text" + count; 
    ipt8.name = "htmlrow[]";      
    ipt8.value = count;        
    cell15.appendChild(ipt8);
count++;
}

Each time a new row is added, count increments, so just passing it to the PHP file will allow to get the number of rows in HTML table. I want to do it automatically each time the form is submitted.

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Add this inside your form..

<input name="NumRows" id="NumRows" type="hidden" value="0"/>

And then modify your JS to update the value...

document.getElementById("NumRows").value = count;

Then, in your PHP you can do...

$NumRows = $_REQUEST['NumRows'];

Note that if for some reason NumRows isn't passed with the form (unlikely here but possible elsewhere) then you should do this in PHP...

$NumRows = isset($_REQUEST['NumRows'])?$_REQUEST['NumRows']:0;

Which means "If $_REQUEST['NumRows'] is set, use it, otherwise set $NumRows to 0"

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I need not add this input field to each row. Right ? –  akashaggarwaal Jul 6 '13 at 12:00
    
Thanx a lot. Finally done. I was wondering how could I do it without ajax and you have found me a perfect solution. Thanx again. –  akashaggarwaal Jul 6 '13 at 12:05
    
Nope - once per form :) And you're very welcome, always nice to see new members here - hopefully we'll see you around more –  Basic Jul 6 '13 at 12:08
    
Yup, looking forward to gain experience and help out other fellows as well. :) –  akashaggarwaal Jul 6 '13 at 12:17
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Go for Ajax call. Each time when submit button is clicked make an ajax call and send the required data to the any php page.

here go through these links and they will definitely gonna help u

http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/ajax_post.asp

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

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I would suggest never use $_REQUEST, use $_POST for post method forms. If you use $_REQUEST you have no guarantee that the data came from the post data, which leads to security holes in your script. So better use

$NumRows = $_POST['NumRows'];

to access the count value in PHP

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