RE: [PHP] Form validation of dynamically generated forms?

I don't think that's the case. I just took some of the dynamically created code, and put it in a regular html file, and renamed the dynamic input name boxes to match the script. And it worked. Somewhere along the way of dynamically generating it, it's NOT working in NS. THIS worked: <html> <head> </head> <body> <script Language="JavaScript"> <!-- function Form_Validator() { if (document.myForm.QUANTITY2.value == '') { alert("You must enter a value for the Quantity field.") document.myForm.QUANTITY2.focus(); return (false); } if (document.myForm.DOCKDATE2.value == '') { alert("You must enter a value for the Dock Date field.") document.myForm.DOCKDATE2.focus(); return (false); } return (true); } //--> </script> <form name="myForm" action="testform.php" onsubmit="Form_Validator();"> <input type="text" name="QUANTITY2"> <input type="text" name="DOCKDATE2"> <input type="submit"> </form> </body> </html> The dynamic code in my earlier email does NOT work, even though it outputs that exact same javascript as above. Why? Chad -----Original Message----- From: Michael Packer [mailto:pac@stingrayboats.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:32 PM To: Chad Day; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Form validation of dynamically generated forms? if the JS code works under IE then it has nothing to do with PHP. PHP is finished once the page is created. if the page is created the way you want it (look at source) then PHP isn't related to this. Just because you create the PHP doesn't mean the problem is PHP. i can show you lots of JS that works fine under IE and doesn't work under NS...it's because NS doesn't support all of JS and IE has added lots of JS stuff that really isn't in the standard (if you can even call what's out there a standard). > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Day [mailto:cday@beachassociates.com] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:30 PM > To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' > Subject: RE: [PHP] Form validation of dynamically generated forms? > > > No answers yet.. I've been searching around some archives, and found this: > > >I was not clear in my earlier email. The javascript function is not > >written inside PHP tags. It is actually an included file. I > >attempted this and it won't work. Thanks though. > >MN > > which is not directly related to what I'm doing, but is still javascript > written in PHP. > > I've had my javascript code looked over, and either people have told me 1) > it should work or 2) not replied. Only works in IE, not NS. > > Is this a PHP problem? I at least want to get it narrowed down > to that so I > can explore other solutions. > > Chad > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Day [mailto:cday@beachassociates.com] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 12:19 PM > To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' > Subject: [PHP] Form validation of dynamically generated forms? > > > Having some trouble with this one.. trying to get form validation working > on dynamically generated PHP forms.. if there's a code snippet out there > that would help with what I have below, I would appreciate a link.. or if > anyone here knows JS (I realize this is not a JS list), please drop me a > line privately if you see the bug below. > > I tried writing some Javascript in PHP, and it works great in > IE.. but in NS > it dies. Returns a form has no properties error, and does not check for > validation. > > echo "\n\n<script Language=\"JavaScript\">\n"; > echo "<!--\n"; > echo "function Form_Validator() {\n"; > > for ($x = 0; $x <= $MAX; $x++) { > if((isset($ORDER[$x])) && ($ORDER[$x] == "checked")) { // loop > through the array to get the values of the boxes we need to print > out/validate > > echo "\t\tif (document.myForm.QUANTITY$x.value == '') {\n"; > echo "\t\t\talert(\"You must enter a value for the Quantity > field.\")\n"; > echo "\t\t\tdocument.myForm.QUANTITY$x.focus();\n"; > echo "\t\t\treturn (false);\n"; > echo "\t\t}\n"; > > echo "\t\tif (document.myForm.DOCKDATE$x.value == '') {\n"; > echo "\t\t\talert(\"You must enter a value for the Dock Date > field.\")\n"; > echo "\t\t\tdocument.myForm.DOCKDATE$x.focus();\n"; > echo "\t\t\treturn (false);\n"; > echo "\t\t}\n"; > > } > } > > echo "\treturn (true);\n"; > echo "}\n"; > echo "//-->\n"; > echo "</script>\n"; > > > I've looked around at form validation scripts for PHP, but I haven't seen > anything that would really work for dynamically generated stuff without > extensive modifying, which is probably beyond my skill level at > this point. > Are there any scripts out there that do this, or does anyone know what is > wrong with my above code? The thing that annoys me is I use PHP generated > javascript elsewhere in the site for form validation, and it works fine.. > but those name boxes are static, not dynamic.. I don't know if that's the > problem or not. > Chad Day > Beach Associates > > When I speak german... I think german in my head... but like...Do skript > kiddies see a w40l3 8uncha 1's and 0's and 3's and 4's and 7's in > their > h34d'5 w43n t43y R +a1k1n6 ? -- SirStanley > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >