Re: Form Input Type
| From: | Michael Dearman | Date: | Fri, 03 Nov 2000 14:12:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Form Input Type | ||
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Jorge Alvarez wrote:
>
> > > Is it possible that I could specify the data type of the field inside
> the
> > > FORM, like <Input Type="character or number only" ....> something
> > > like
> that?
>
> No, this is not possible. Forms are HTML-based objects and HTML itself does
> not have validation capabilities.
>
> But that's not a problem at all. You could use JavaScript to validate the
> form on the client side, *before* it is sent to the PHP-enabled web server.
This form data could still regarded as 'user input'; thus possibly
tainted. I look at javascript validation as a service provided by the client. Fast
repsonse on improper input. But there probably should still be server side re-validation
of user input.
Mike D.