Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-05 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
Ash - Thanks for correcting me [should I say us ;) ]. So, if my understandng is right, we should use # instead of the superglobal variable. David - Sorry to have written that. I was not aware of the implications of the grand old way of doing it. :) Regards, Shreyas On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:24 AM

Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-05 Thread David Mehler
Hello Everyone, Thanks for all the suggestions on my sticky form problem. I've changed my action attribute to empty "" as per the article on PHP_SELF. I'm still having an issue getting the form to redisplay. For example, if i don't fill out the name field how would i get the form to redisplay with

Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-04 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 18:23 -0400, David Mehler wrote: > Hello everyone, > Thanks for your suggestions. > For my variable in the value area of the text input field I enter > > value=" > > Prior to this I assign the variable $name to: > > $name = stripslashes($_POST['name']); > > I hope this is

Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-04 Thread David Mehler
Hello everyone, Thanks for your suggestions. For my variable in the value area of the text input field I enter value=" Prior to this I assign the variable $name to: $name = stripslashes($_POST['name']); I hope this is correct. Sticky forms sounds exactly what i'm looking for. I've changed my ac

Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-04 Thread Paul M Foster
On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 01:57:01PM -0400, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > I've got a form with several required fields of different types. I > want to have the php script process it only when all the required > fields are present, and to redisplay the form with filled in values on > failure so the

Re: [PHP] form validation and error display

2010-07-04 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
David, If I understand your problem/issue here, you are talking about something called 'sticky forms'. This means - (i) the form references itself. (ii) that the form knows what the previous data was when it encounters any validation issues. You achieve (i) and (ii) by re-submitting the form with