brady.k — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:25:39 +0000

i know...

thanks james

ShaneS — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:39:37 +0000

You can do it with JS just as easily and never have them reload the page. Especially with CSS, you can alert them, change the field color to red, and then give them focus. JS is great for error checking up front and never leaving.

PHP requires you to have the page submitted and then it would have to be alter before display again to show errors.

necrotic — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:24:47 +0000

You're trying to use JS in PHP, you can't. Sadly, you can't check forms until it is submitted. So, something like this:

form:

<form method='post' action='form.php'>
<input type='text' name='single' value='single'><br>
<input type='text' name='child1' value='child1'><br>
<input type='text' name='child2' value='child2'><br>
<input type='text' name='child3' value='child3'><br>
<input type='text' name='child4' value='child4'><br>
<input type='text' name='child5' value='child5'><br>
<input type='submit'></form>

Then the PHP processor:

<?php
if ((!trim($_POST['single']))&&(!trim($_POST['child1']))) {
  header(\"Location: http://.../family.html\");
} else if ((!trim($_POST['single']))&&(!trim($_POST['child2']))) {
  header(\"Location: http://.../family.html\");
} else if ((!trim($_POST['single']))&&(!trim($_POST['child3']))) {
  header(\"Location: http://.../family.html\");
} else if ((!trim($_POST['single']))&&(!trim($_POST['child4']))) {
  header(\"Location: http://.../family.html\");
} else if ((!trim($_POST['single']))&&(!trim($_POST['child5']))) {
  header(\"Location: http://.../family.html\");
} else {
  // Other Stuff
}
?>

I don't know what your trying to do with trim(). It doesn't return true or false, just a value without whitespace. More

Hope I helped.