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POJS - Advice on how to merge multiple user input to one form field design
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copied!<p>I have a page that allows users to enter a lot of information about them (metadata) they can then click on a icon which opens a modal window containing a googlemap which allows them to add locations, and a title for that location.</p> <p>Using mootools I can pass the value of a form field back to the original form, using onclose. The main page form then has a single hidden input field, which goes into the database as one field, serialised. </p> <p>The problem is a user can add as many locations as they want, there are also 3 types of location. Each with its own set of co-ordinates, which can be single or multiple!</p> <p>So I want to know the best way to handle all of this data, is it possible to load it into one form and then use Moo to submit that form to a single form field, or can I use moo to just append all the information into a single hidden input field, but if I do that, how does user input come into it. Im stumped and looking at some suggestions on how to set this up in the 'best' possible way.</p> <p>Currently I have a table, and each item is added as a new row, by JS when a user clicks on the map, it creates a new row with the details about the click, item and then a user input field.</p> <p>If its a single location then its added as 'placemark', a user input field for the name and then the co-ordinates go into a 3rd table cell. However if its a shape, then the first cell contains 'shape', user input field for name/description, and the third cell contains a list of co-ordinates one for each point, this is the same for lines.</p> <p>The problem I have is I could write it all to a single form field, but then how do I allow for user input of the titles, I need to use a form field for that? The other option is to take each row from a table and input it into the single form field, seperated by a pipe or similar, but then im not sure if I can read from other form fields.</p> <p>I hope the above makes some sense!! All feedback welcome!</p> <p>Im using mootools for this, but providing I can get my head around the layout then that should not really be an issue.</p>

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