Radio buttons really need to have same name to be grouped?

[kiropyckoticks]

Is there any other way to group radio buttons aside from the same name parameter?

I have lot of this in my form

-- one group --
<input type=radio name=answers[] value=$IDchoice>
<input type=radio name=answers[] value=$IDchoice>

-- another group --
<input type=radio name=answers[] value=$IDchoice>
<input type=radio name=answers[] value=$IDchoice>

And I run this in a loop so in my webpage source, you can see rows of radio buttons, but these radio buttons should not be all in one group...

Search engines
-radio=google
-radio=yahoo
-radio=altavista

Favorite Icecream flavor
-radio=vanilla
-radio=chocolate
-radio-strawberry

the values of the radio buttons came from one database named "choices". and I find it easy to just pass the values of the choices in an array. I have no problem in passing it but I realized that I need to have a different name for each group of radio buttons. I just want to find a way if they can still have the same name but be in different groups.

I know you guys can understand what I am up to, if ever there is a different way on how I approach the problem, I am really excited to hear about it.

Thanks in advance!

[Weedpacket]

Well, according to the specification, if you want them to be in different groups you have to give them different names.

[kiropyckoticks]

Oh my, I think I just have to use another approach. Maybe store and pass values with the help of javascript.

[Weedpacket]

Why do you need them with the same name, anyway? If they're in different groups don't you want to keep them separate? (They're already in an array - the array the form data is stored in.)

Or maybe you could name them thusly:

<!-- one group -->
<input type="radio" name="answers[0][]" value="$IDchoice">
<input type="radio" name="answers[0][]" value="$IDchoice">

<!-- another group -->
<input type="radio" name="answers[1][]" value="$IDchoice">
<input type="radio" name="answers[1][]" value="$IDchoice">