Re: Newbie: Validate Required Form Fields

Francis I have a new web app that does exactly that. Page one has some mandatory fields. Page 2 checks these fields and tells the user to go back if they aren't complete. If they are complete then they are presented with page 2 and the fields it holds. -- ----------------------------- Michael Mason Arras People www.arraspeople.co.uk ----------------------------- "Francis Chang" <fchang@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20040902083732.59285.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello All, > > I have a newbie question related to validating required Form fields. > > Suppose we have a two-step user registration process with scripts > register1.php and register2.php, each page containing a set of required > and > non-required fields. In register1.php, when user submits the form, it > calls > register2.php as the action. In register2.php, I want to validate the > Form > values submitted by the user in register1.php and if any of the required > fields is missing a value, I want to re-dispaly the register1.php page > with > the appropriate error message. > > What is the most appropriate way to handle this? Once the validation > fails > in register2.php, can I call register1.php with parameters? If so, how? > Or > do I use session variables to capture the error information? How do I > redirect to register1.php from within the code execution of register2.php? > > Thanks in advance for your help.