Re: HELP! form validation

On 6/8/05, Dave Sayer <dave@digitalmeme.com> wrote: > What would be the best method of validation a large (8 stages) form written > in php? The form validates using php at the moment but it only displays the > errors in a group, what we want it to do is highlight the fields or labels > for the incorrect entries (if that makes sense.) so the user can easily see > where to correct their mistakes. Any advice, or links to good resources > would be great!! I do not really know javascript so a php solution would be > preferable. You might want to have a look at the following links: http://kalsey.com/simplified/form_errors/ http://www.sitepoint.com/print/practical-xml-form-validation http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/06/17/theHolyGrail I use a slightly modified version of Kalsey's method on my weblog and it works quite well. Paul -- Rogue Tory http://www.roguetory.org.uk