Laurie, You should use the funtions isset() and empty() along with the appropriate conditionals. I have a tutorial which demonstrates a way to do this:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jfulton/php1/forms.html John -- John Fulton, Webmaster, Rutgers University Computing Services. On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm a beginner in PHP, so forgive me if I ask really basic questions! > > I've created a form that inserts data into a database, and so far, the > form works. However, I don't have form validation included into this > form, so I was wondering if someone can point me to an online tutorial > on how to do this with an existing form. > > I've tried adding a javascript onclick form validation but the php code > I programmed doesnt' take the javascript onclick into consideration. > > > The php I coded takes the first three required field into consideration > and if it doesn't have the values, it goes right back to the original > form - but it doesnt' tell you what you did wrong - not very user friendly. > > -- > Laurie Landry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > (604) 693-1120 - voicemail/fax > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
