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Posted by Jim Michaels on 02/12/06 06:35
are you accessing $errors as a global variable?
<?php function f(){$z=1;}$z=0; f(); print $z; ?>
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<?php
function f(){global $z;$z=1;} $z=0;f();print $z; ?>
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you can also access the variable as $GLOBAL['z'] from within f().
"Fernando Rodrνguez" <frr@easyjob.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing code to validate fields in a form before saving to a db. All
> the validating functions are in a separate script which is required. All
> the validating functions add an error message to an array if the data
> doesn't validate. I check if something went wrong with count($theArray).
>
> Here's my code:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> // An array to keep all the error messages
> $errors = array();
>
> // get the checking functions (which use $errors)
> require('validating_fns.php');
>
> // Process errors only if the submit button has been pressed.
> if (!empty($_POST['Submit'])) {
>
> // Each time there's an error, add an error message to the error array
> // using the field name as the key.
> //checkFirstName( $_POST['first_name']);
> checkLastName( $_POST['last_name'] );
> checkEmail( $_POST['email_address'] );
> checkEmailAgain( $_POST['email_address'], $_POST['email_address_2'] );
> checkPhoneNumber( $_POST['phone_number']);
> checkAddress( $_POST['address_line_1']);
> checkCity( $_POST['city'] );
> checkZipCode( $_POST['zip_code'] );
> @checkCountry( $_POST['country'] ); // It might not be set, if there was
> nothing selected in the combobox
> @checkState( $_POST['state_or_province'] ); // It might not be set, if
> there was nothing selected in the combobox
> checkPassword( $_POST['password'] );
> etc...
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> validating_fns.php looks like this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
>
> // Functions that check all fileds
>
> // first and last name
> function checkFirstName( $firstName ) {
> if (empty($firstName)) {
> $errors['first_name'] = 'Please enter your first name.';
> }
> }
>
> function checkLastName( $lastname ) {
> if (empty($lastName)) {
> $errors['last_name'] = 'Please enter your last name';
> }
> }
>
> etc....
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Even though some fields do not validate, when I check the count($errors) I
> get 0. Nothing was added! =:-O
>
> What am I doing wrong? O:-)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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