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Asked: 2026-06-08T18:06:36+00:00

I’m practicing form validation with JavaScript but when I try to retrieve the data

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I’m practicing form validation with JavaScript but when I try to retrieve the data from the page it submits to I can’t get it.

form.html

<body>
    Hello.<br />
    <form onsubmit="return validate()" action="process.php" method="POST">
    Enter name: <input type="text" id="name" /><br />
    Enter phone number: <input type="text" id="number" /><br />
    Enter password: <input type="password" id="paswd" /><br />
    Is there anything else you would like to add: <input type="text" id="anything" /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Check Form" />
    </form>
</body>

process.php

<?php
echo 'Here: '.$_POST['number']
?>

Whatever index I use I get ” Undefined index: line 2″. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: So I can’t use the id attribute I need the name? Is there anyway to prevent coding redundancy since the value of all names will be the same as the corresponding id?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need name attribute in your fields

    <input type="text" id="number" name="number" />

    $_POST looks for the name attribute in the field to capture the field values and not id

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