Thanks for your suggestions. I can see the pros and cons of each. I
will give each some thought and decide the best way to go.
Thx
Mignon
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 08:41, Jason Wong wrote:
> On Friday 20 December 2002 22:25, Mignon Hunter wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am developing a db form that gets passed to another form. I need to
> > validate the fields in form(1), before passing on. The form action
> > posts to form(2), so that upon hitting submit - form(2) shows up in
> > browser...(the only way I know how to do this).
> >
> > I am trying to use php to validate. I have been googling and checking
> > books and archives for 2 days and all examples use the same file to post
> > to. In other words, form1.php uses form action="form1.php". But I need
> > it to be form(2), but I still need to validate.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas, or does everyone just use javascript with
> > say...alert boxes. This will be my last resort.
>
> > Here's the code for form1.php
>
> [snip]
>
> > <form action="form2.php" method="post">
>
> OK when some submits the form the contents are sent to form2.php ...
>
> > <?
> > function check_form($comp_name, $city, $state, $contact) {
> > if (!$comp_name || !$city || !$state || !$contact):
> > print ("Please fill in all Fields");
> > if (!$comp_name) {
> > print ("Please fill in your company name");
> > }
> > if (!$city) {
> > print ("Please fill in your city");
> > }
> > if (!$contact) {
> > print ("Please fill in your contact name");
> > }
> > endif;
> > }
> > ?>
>
> ..., which means this validation doesn't run (it's run when form1.php is first
> displayed, but that's not what you want).
>
> IOW your validation code must be at wherever you set the form action as.
>
> There are at least a couple of ways you can do this:
>
> 1) If your forms are related, have a single page which deals your two (or more
> forms). You have to keep track of which stage the user is at (ie if they've
> filled in form1 then you should display form2).
>
> 2) Or have it as two pages (like you have now) but in form1.php have the
> action="form1.php" (so it processes its form). After you've processed it,
> stick the values into some session variables then use header() to redirect to
> form2.php.
>
> Or you can have a look at www.phpclasses.org for some classes which can build
> and validate forms for you.
>
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