It's generally a whole lot better to do your form value checking with
Javascript. It'll be faster and alot less of a waste of your server
resources. IMHO, of course. :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerard Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:30 PM
> To: PHP
> Subject: [PHP] PHP_SELF
>
>
> Im trying to introduce some logic into a form.I am unsing $PHP_SELF as
> the target.
> <form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"POST\" type=\"multipart/form-data\">
>
> I have a text area that the user inputs their age. What I want is that
> if the field is blank, to stop the script and send the user back to fill
> in their age. My problem now is that if I go to the blank application
> form, The script interprets the form as being blank and spits out the
> error. Ideal scenario, a blank form is presented to the user, and when
> the form is submitted, do the logic check and act accordingly. Is it
> possible using $PHP_SELF as the target, or do I have to use 2 files: a
> form 'front end' with the php logic in the 'backend'??
>
>
> if ($Age = " ") {
> echo "Please go back and enter your age."; } exit();
>
> Thanks
> Gerard
>
>
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