Re: Keeping existing data in textarea's

It is really easy to stop Javascript from going to the next page. To pop open the alert box I am assuming you call a javascript function. <INPUT Type="Submit" Name="Submit" Value="Create Workorder" onclick="return VerifyForm(this.form)"> Usually you would do onclick="VerifyForm(this.form)" but by changing it to: onclick="return VerifyForm(this.form)" You tell javascript to go to the page only if you return true. function VerifyForm(form) { if (Values == true) { return true; } else { alert(); return false; } } With any browser 5.0 or older this will work. Now, with PHP you need to pass the information back to the form either through a URL or in session variables. I hope this helps some, Jonathan Pitcher On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 12:43 PM, Mirco Ellis wrote:

Hi, I am doing my error checking with php. I use a javascript alert box to warn the user. It is all very simple. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Pitcher [mailto:jpitcher@cfedc.com] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 20:34 To: mirco.ellis@isoftpe.co.za Subject: Re: [PHP] Keeping existing data in textarea's Micro, Are you doing your error checking with Javascript or PHP. Makes a big difference. Jonathan Pitcher On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 12:30 PM, Mirco Ellis wrote:

Hi, I have a developed a simple Helpdesk for our small company. When users log calls they get an alert message warning them that they must fill in all the fields if they have missed a field. At the moment if they happen to forget a field, they receive the alert message, but then have to start all over again. How do I keep the existing data in the textareas from dissapearing after the alert message? Mirco -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php