How to pass the jquery datepicker value in form POST method?

Question

I have a input text in the form for date and i use JQuery datepicker to select date.

 <input type="text" id="datepicker" name="datepicker" value="Date"/>

when i use form post to post the values into another php for calculation. i don't get the values from this input text alone. i get an empty value instead of selected date.

 $date=$_POST['datepicker'];

i'm not sure of how to pass the datepicker value in form POST. Can someone help me out?

Answer 1

jQuery's datepicker has nothing to do with posting your form. If your form is set to "post" then whatever is left in that input field after the user has selected a date will be sent with the form.

<form action="process.php" method="post"> 
  <input type="text" id="datepicker" name="datepicker" value="Date"/>
</form>

Gives you:

$date = $_POST['datepicker'];

However if your form is being sent as a "get" request you'll need to access it as such.

<form action="process.php" method="get"> 
  <input type="text" id="datepicker" name="datepicker" value="Date"/>
</form>

Gives you:

$date = $_GET['datepicker'];