[RESOLVED] XHTML Article

[mark_kccs]

Hi to all

Just read the aticle XHTML: Why You Should Be Using It from this site and it has left me a little confused as to the "name" attribute being deprecated in favor of "id." Am i correct in thinking that PHP will not recognise a $_POST[] element if it has no name attribute set? Please correct if I'm wrong and if not, apart from continuing to use this attribute, what is the alternative?

[nrg_alpha]

I think you're confused. $_POST is not an element, but rather a super global variable that you assign something to...

What the article means is that instead of using the name attirbute, use the id instead.. go here and scroll down to the section 'The id Attribute Replaces The name Attribute' for an example.

[Weedpacket]

The "name" attribute on form <input> elements is not deprecated. It is used to name the form fields for submission.

What is deprecated is using the "name" attribute on all sorts of elements as a way of identifying them in the document.