Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

Sounds good! Thanks Ken. Very clear now. Tim Sent from my iPhone On May 27, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Ken Robinson wrote: > When you do validation of the form in the same script that shows the form, > the normal way to do this is > >if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { > // > // validation here > //

Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

When you do validation of the form in the same script that shows the form, the normal way to do this is This won't work if you're getting to the page via another form, since the $_POST['submit'] is set. There two ways of avoiding this: 1) use hidden fields in each form to indicate which for

Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

Hey guys, Thanks for the input! This is pretty nice, and DOES work. I like the fact that the fields have been into an iterative array. It's a very elegant solution. However the problem with this approach is that if you load the page directly it works. But if you call the page from the index.php pa

Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

I took your code and modified it to use HTML5 validation (and few other changes). You can see the results at http://my-testbed.com/test1/form_validation.php My code follows: $fields = array('first_name','last_name','department','title','e

Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

You can validate via JS if required, for example: (JS CODE): if(element.value.length == 0){ // handle 0 length value } I do agree with Ken that you SHOULD NOT perform JS validation. It is preferable to use php or the new HTML5 features. JS can be turned-off by the user which will make JS val

Re: [PHP] iterate javascript verification

You do realize that you shouldn't rely on Javascript to validate values returned in a form? Also, if you use HTML5, you can use the required attribute in the tag and the browser won't let a user submit a form with a required field not filled. Of course, you should still validate within your P

[PHP] iterate javascript verification

Hello list, I have a php script that creates a variable number of forms based on a $_POST variable from a preceding page. It then takes the data input into the form and neatly packages the result into an email sent to an email address (eventually to be a ticketing system). Almost everything on