form element added uisng jquery not recognised by $_POST
<pre><code>&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;
$(document).ready(function() {
 $("#specific_consultant_yes").click(function() {
$('.specific').show('slow');

$.post("&lt;?php echo  $this-&gt;url(array('controller'=&gt;'appointment', 'action' =&gt;'available'),'default',true)?&gt;",{app_date:$("#App_date").val(),consultant:$("#Consultants").val()} ,function(data){
$(".new").html(data);
});

 $("#App_date").change(function() {
$.post("&lt;?php echo  $this-&gt;url(array('controller'=&gt;'appointment', 'action' =&gt;'available'),'default',true)?&gt;",
                        {app_date:$("#App_date").val(),consultant:$("#Consultants").val()} ,function(data){
$(".new").html(data);
});
});

 $("#Consultants").change(function() {
$.post("&lt;?php echo  $this-&gt;url(array('controller'=&gt;'appointment', 'action' =&gt;'available'),'default',true)?&gt;",{app_date:$("#App_date").val(),consultant:$("#Consultants").val()} ,function(data){
$(".new").html(data);
});
});

});


 $("#specific_consultant_no").click(function() {
$('.specific').hide('slow');
});

});
&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;form name='update_form' id='update_form' method='POST' action="&lt;?php echo $this-&gt;url(array('controller' =&gt; 'appointment', 'action' =&gt;'updatesave'));?&gt;"&gt;

    &lt;fieldset name='Appointment'&gt;
                        &lt;legend&gt;New Appointment Details&lt;/legend&gt;
                      &lt;div class='field50Pct'&gt;
                        &lt;div class='fieldItemLabel'&gt;
                        &lt;label for=''&gt;Specific Consultant&lt;/label&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class=fieldItemValue'&gt;
                        &lt;input type='radio' name='specific_consultant' id='specific_consultant_yes' value='yes'&gt;Yes
                        &lt;input type='radio' name='specific_consultant' id='specific_consultant_no' value='no'&gt;No
                        &lt;/select&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class='clear'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class='specific' style='display:none'&gt;
                        &lt;div class='field50Pct'&gt;
                        &lt;div class='fieldItemLabel'&gt;
                        &lt;label for=''&gt;Appointment Date&lt;/label&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class=fieldItemValue'&gt;
                        &lt;select name='app_date' id='App_date'&gt;
                        &lt;?php
                        $today = time();
                        for($i = 0 ;$i &lt; 15; $i++)
                        {
                        $date_t = date('d-M-Y',$today);
                        $date_v = date('d-m-Y',$today);
                        ?&gt;
                        &lt;option value="&lt;?php echo $date_t ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php echo $date_t ?&gt;&lt;/option&gt;
                        &lt;?php
                        $today = $today+(1*24*60*60);
                        } ?&gt;
                        &lt;/select&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class='field50Pct'&gt;
                        &lt;div class='fieldItemLabel'&gt;
                        &lt;label for=''&gt;Consultant&lt;/label&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class=fieldItemValue'&gt;
                          &lt;select name='consultants' id='Consultants'&gt;
                        &lt;?php foreach($this-&gt;consultantlist as $consultantlist){ ?&gt;
                        &lt;option value="&lt;?php echo $consultantlist-&gt;getId() ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php echo $consultantlist-&gt;getFirstName() ?&gt;  &lt;?php echo $consultantlist-&gt;getMiddleName() ?&gt;  &lt;?php echo $consultantlist-&gt;getLastName() ?&gt;&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;?php } ?&gt;
                        &lt;/select&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;

                        &lt;div class='clear'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;br/&gt;
                        &lt;div class='new'&gt;

                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;div class='clear'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;br/&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/fieldset&gt;
                        &lt;center&gt;&lt;input type='submit' name='update_appointment' value='Update Appointment' onclick='return confirmSubmit();'&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
                        &lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/form&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>and 
available.phtml has code like </p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php

                $afternoon_time = '11:00';
                $myresult  .=   "&lt;input type='text' name='slotddd' value='hai'&gt;";

echo $myresult;

?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>the extra form element is getting added properly and its getting displayed..but when i submit the form..the element si not recognized in the $_POST ...how to solve this problem></p>
