Will a disabled text field submit when a form is POSTed?
form-submit, forms, html, javascript
Solution
Disabled inputs will not be submitted with the form; that's part of the defined behavior of `disabled`, cf. W3C HTML 4.01 Form docs.
Problem
If I submit a disabled text field via POST, what will the resulting value be on the action page? For example, I have: ``` <table border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0> <tr><td> <input type="checkbox" id="chk_$item" onClick="javascript:handleClick('$item')"> </td><td> <input type="text" id="txt_$item" name="addresses[]" value="$item"> </td></tr> <tr><td> ...etc... </td></tr> </table> ``` the `handleClick()` javascript function checks if `chk_$item` is checked, if not, it disables the `txt_$item` text field. When I submit it, all of the text fields go to an `addresses[]` array in a PHP script. But, can I prevent the field from submitting anything if it is disabled? Will it do this by default? If not, how should I change the behavior? (I really don't want to clear the fields when they get disabled).