Re: Looping through Form Elements in a form

On Thursday 12 December 2002 04:13, Steve Vernon wrote: > Hiya, > I am working on a generic JavaScript form checked, that takes the names > of the elements, with the first two letters being the type of element, so > its checks that it is right, if not gives a generic error message e.g. YOu > Need To Fill this in and selects it, or Sorry only numbers are allowed in > this box or Email addresses only, so reemail could mean a field which is > required and an email address. . > > JavaScript as long as you have a link to the object of the form, gives > the elements in an array. Is there a way to do this in PHP? Have a form > with the action something like > register.php?action=updatemembers with members being a table name. The > elements would be checked like JavaScripts checks them. Ok I would need to > then set the order and manually do the call to the database, but it would > be nice not to have to do the manuual checks on the elements. > > So a function to check all the elements in a form in PHP would be nice, > then if it fails it would return an array with the wrong fields, and the > error, this could then be used to make a page where they correct there > mistakes. There are some classes in www.phpclasses.org which helps you validate forms. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* "An open mind has but one disadvantage: it collects dirt." -- a saying at RPI */