[PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

Pretty simple question, I think: I'm creating a PHP form and want to prevent users from entering the same response in more than one form field. How can I have the script check for identical fields on POST? Thanks Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

RE: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

been a key part in the success of our business. Juan Carlos Saravia -Original Message- From: Dave Rosenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields Pretty simple question, I think: I'm

Re: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields Pretty simple question, I think: I'm creating a PHP form and want to prevent users from entering the same response in more than one form field. How can I have the script check

Re: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

Hi, I think that you could still use Chris' method, you will just have to do it in a loop. Create an array of all the form fields, and then have a nested for loop which just checks that none of the elements are equal. $numelements = count($fieldarray); for($i = 0; $i $numelements; $i++) {

RE: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

With javascript onSubmit, but that ain't php, so with if($form1==$form2){sendthembackwitherrors()} Thanks Chris, but I have about 10 different fields and want to make sure none of those are the same. You could brute force it: $ok = true; if ($field1 == $field2 || $field1 == $field3 ||

Re: [PHP] Preventing Identical Form Fields

Thanks y'all! Everything's workin great now. Jon Haworth wrote: With javascript onSubmit, but that ain't php, so with if($form1==$form2){sendthembackwitherrors()} Thanks Chris, but I have about 10 different fields and want to make sure none of those are the same. You could brute force