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On form submission does anything else get submitted but the value? Can I submit the value and the data-group attribute? 

 <input type="text" id="theInput" data-group="5" value="the value" />

I'm just talking about a PHP form submission

Phill Pafford
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  • You can either create some hidden inputs (input type="hidden"), as their values will be sent, or use JS; don't see the other way around. – raina77ow Feb 25 '12 at 03:51

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Only the value gets submitted, but you can add a hidden element for the data-group value. Also note that you should use a name attribute to identify the parameter key:

<input type="text" id="theInput" name="theInput" data-group="5" value="the value" />
<input type="hidden" name="theInputGroup" value="5" />

This will come back to the server with the request parameters of:

  • theInput ⇒ the value
  • theInputGroup ⇒ 5

Sidenote: If you are submitting the form via ajax, you can just add the group directly into the parameter list instead of adding a hidden input.

Ben Lee
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  • I can't find mention of a `data-group` property on the web. Where is it documented? (Sorry Ben, not you - it appears in the question) – Beetroot-Beetroot Feb 25 '12 at 03:58
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    @Beetroot-Beetroot, `data-group` is a custom HTML5-standard `data-*` attribute. See http://html5doctor.com/html5-custom-data-attributes/ – Ben Lee Feb 25 '12 at 04:04
  • That's what I had thought but wanted to know if HTML5 other options might be available – Phill Pafford Feb 25 '12 at 04:09