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Looping Through Dynamic Form Fields

I am working on a form that initially has some fields, but the user can also add more dynamically.
All fields follow the name var#index# and price#index# where #index# is the number of lines in the form so far. Also form fields are always 1 var field and 1 price field. The extra fields are added via a jQuery function.
So now I need to process the form once submitted. Is there a way I could loop over the fields to get the values?

Let me know if you need any code.

PS there is also one other field in the form called title.
PPS the form is in an application driven by the FW/1 framework so I don't have the form scope. Instead I have the Request Context (RC scope) which essentially contains the request scope.

erikTsomik

you need some kinda hidden variable on the form, so every time the Jquery add a row it adds 1 to that hidden variable. And then you will simply do the loop through that variable.

ANd do

<cfset t = form["name" & ID]>

paldie

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That is exactly what I need to do. I am not sure what you are doing on that cfset, but the first part I get and then I know exactly how to process it.

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paldie

ASKER

Thanks for the help. That was exactly what I was looking for.

erikTsomik

Also for performance do not recommend using evaluate

Use this notation

<cfset var=form["var#i#"]>

erikTsomik

thank you

paldie

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Because the processing this withing FW/1 and everything is thrown into the RC struct would it be possible to call rc['var#i#']? RC holds the form structure.

erikTsomik

sure. Are you using a coldbox?

paldie

ASKER

No it is FW/1 (and Transfer ORM). It is Sean Corfield's framework, which is a great introduction into Frameworks. It doesn't use any XML files for configuration, instead it builds views, layouts, controllers, and services by directory structure. Have a full E-Commerce application built on it using 4 different sub-systems (mini applications).

http://github.com/seancorfield/fw1/