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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/17/06 11:51
Chris wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:6LWdnftQxpp1xn_ZnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>Chris,
>>I don't rely on js for form validation. The user can turn it off too
>>easily. I validate everything server side. Even when I validate with JS,
>>I revalidate on the server.
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>>I use both, depending on the circumstances.
>>
>>But the bottom line is - always validate server side, even if you fist
>>validate client side.
>>
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>>Remove the "x" from my email address
>>Jerry Stuckle
>>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>>jstucklex@attglobal.net
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been working with an example (from
> http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/form-validation-with-php.php) that
> validates first js, then PHP. It used an onClick event in the submit button
> rather than an onSubmit in the form tag. The copy/paste code from the site
> works beautifully, first the js, then the php. The original form doesn't
> define an action, but I inserted one just to see what would happen and it
> still worked. I took the code, pasted it into my form page and edited the
> variables to match only 2 of my textboxes (simply to check if they had a
> value) for a test run. In the test I removed the action parameter just to
> see if the validation worked. I left both textboxes empty - the form ran
> but the only validation that occurred was PHP, the js alerts never appeared.
> Then I put the form action pointing to a processing page back in, it never
> saw the js, posted the php errors, then processed through. I tried useing
> onSubmit, but it doesn't work at all. It looks like I'm stuck with only
> having server-side processing, which refreshes the page each time the error
> message comes up - so I need to add the $_POST values or variables back into
> the form.
>
> Since beginning to write this message, I have edited the page several times,
> and what you see below works with php validation, but the js never occurs. I
> just don't understand why it works so well in the example (even when I make
> changes or change the action parameter, etc.) I've snipped several areas in
> what you see below, but compared to the original code at the website, the js
> appears to be correct other than editing variables (unless I accidentally
> overlooked something like a parens or whatever). I'm just burnt out
> now....and have 1 day to finish and deploy the site.
>
I'd recommend you follow up on your JS problems in a group such as
comp.lang.javascript.
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