Disable input so they are excluded from POST?

Question

I have a form posting values to the server, but i wish to be able to control which inputs are included as request parameters in the post.

So if i have a basic text input, how can I stop it getting included in the submit?

Answer 1

for jquery 1.6 an higher do

$("#formField").prop("disabled",true);

Answer 2

You could insert input fields with no "name" attribute:

<input type="text" id="something" />

Or you could simply remove them once the form is submitted (in jquery):

$("form").submit(function() {

   $(this).children('#something').remove();

});

if you omit the "name" attribute value you can't access that value through any method..

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Generally if you do jQuery("#{input id}").attr("disabled","disabled"); it should prevent it from being sent.