[PHP] recommended way for server side validation - include in same file or have a different file

2005-03-08 Thread Vinayakam Murugan
Hi I have always felt for reasons for cleanliness and clarity, it is better to have the validation and insert / update statements in a seperate file rather than have it in the same script. Case 1 -- //file:form.php if $_POST then validate Insert or update on success else if

Re: [PHP] recommended way for server side validation - include in same file or have a different file

2005-03-08 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Vinayakam, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 4:11:43 AM, you wrote: V However in the second case, in case of an error, displaying the V data becomes an issue. V Any recommended ways for server side validation I usually do the updates in the same file unless there are a lot of different things

Re: [PHP] recommended way for server side validation - include in same file or have a different file

2005-03-08 Thread Brent Baisley
The way I do it is to have display, edit, validation and save all in the same file. I have an op variable that tracks whether the operation is an edit or reedit (reuse submitted data) because of validation failure. Another variable would track if it's a new entry (blank fields) or editing an