Re: [PHP] combo box validation
Hi Dave, In general, you can validate this condition with javascript before to send the form, and if some errors exist, the form is not submitted. or validate the conditions in the server side with php. Gerardo. www.webseficientes.com.ar On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an error. Thanks. Dave. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] combo box validation
On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 12:57 -0300, Gerardo Benitez wrote: Hi Dave, In general, you can validate this condition with javascript before to send the form, and if some errors exist, the form is not submitted. or validate the conditions in the server side with php. Gerardo. www.webseficientes.com.ar On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an error. Thanks. Dave. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php You should change that to 'and' instead of an 'or'. Javascript validation is nice, but you should always validate everything on the server too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] combo box validation
your advice is welcome! Gerardo www.webseficientes.com.ar On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukwrote: On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 12:57 -0300, Gerardo Benitez wrote: Hi Dave, In general, you can validate this condition with javascript before to send the form, and if some errors exist, the form is not submitted. or validate the conditions in the server side with php. Gerardo.www.webseficientes.com.ar On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an error. Thanks. Dave. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php You should change that to 'and' instead of an 'or'. Javascript validation is nice, but you should always validate everything on the server too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- Gerardo Benitez
Re: [PHP] combo box validation
On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 13:49 -0400, David Mehler wrote: Hello, I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an error. Thanks. Dave. Make the first item in the select list something like this: option value=0 selected=selected-- select month --/option Then just check for the 0 value in PHP when the form is submitted. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
