URL Parameter drops leading zeros

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URL Parameter drops leading zeros

Robert

Hi everyone,

I have a form field name zip code which is a number text field (element_6_5). When submitted, the page is redirected to a 2nd machform carrying over the values using url parameters. my url string is:

http://mywebsite.com/mypage.php?id=11376&element_6_5={element_2}

If you type in the value 01234 into zip code (element_6_5), the 0 gets dropped when it is sent to the 2nd page.

Im assuming that php is seeing the 0 as an integer and thats why it's dropping it. not sure how to convert it to a string and pass that in the url parameter to the 2nd form.

Anyone have any idea on how this can be fixed?

thanks.

Robert

I found that if i change the field from number to text, then the leading zero gets transferred over to the 2nd form. But i need to prevent the user from filling out regular characters in the the zip code text field. I did find that if you add the following to the input field: pattern="[0-9]*" this will prevent someone from enter regular characters. Anyone know how to add this?

Thanks.

Robert

Found that if i added this bit of javascript at the bottom of my page i can add pattern='[0-9]*' to my input text fields to make them accept numbers. This is also great on mobile devices, when a user access the form on mobile, it brings up the number keyboard instead of the alpha keyboard. I used this on the month/day/year fields in my datepicker as well.