How to retrieve custom html attribute in php POST?

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I have a custom Checkbox its made in a Div

<div class="zs" name="toggle" state="on" id="zs"></div>

The checkbox has toggle on/off and the state attribute changes on click to on/off.

The div is placed in a for submittion but I dont know how to get $_POST['toggle'] from php to receive the attribute "state"

Adding a name attribute doesn't make a div a form element... You'll have to either build the POST with javascript (in which case we want to see that code), or use a plain old checkbox (remember you can have a big label for that checkbox, so formatting-wise there are a lot of options). — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 21:58
I wanted to avoid using Ajax request to build the POST. Is there another way? — Zakukashi
– Zakukashi, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 22:01
Not if you abuse a div for this. Really, a label with a for attribute and a hidden <input type="checkbox"> seems the way to go here if you don't want to manually build the post. Or update an <input type="hidden"> somewhere. — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 22:03
Div is not a valid form element so you cannot POST information in its attributes anywhere, even if the div is surrounded by FORM tags. — Andrew Nicholson
– Andrew Nicholson, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 22:05

Colin · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-18 22:06:14Z

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The browser is only going to send through input and select tags with the form submission, not div. It sounds like you might want to store your value in a hidden input, IE:

<input type='hidden' name='toggle' value='on' />

Then add to whatever javascript you're already using to set the value appropriately.

answered Jun 18, 2012 at 22:06

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