Re: Form validation: client- or server-side?

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 11:07, Matt Grimm wrote: > Is there a distinct advantage to doing form validation / error checking on > the server side using PHP? That's how I've always done it because I know > PHP better than JavaScript, but wouldn't it make sense to validate as much > of your form as possible using JavaScript before the form was ever posted? > I'm just talking about the basics, like empty required fields, illegal > characters, string lengths, etc. > > What are your preferred methods? I do an awful lot of content management > with HTML forms, so it's not an entirely spurious question. I do both server and client side...javascript helps with the really basic and server-side helps with the complicated stuff. My theory is do as much on the client and then do server-side. -- Ray