Re: relative linking in php

Oops, I didnt post it to the list, copy is attached. On 22/03/2008, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsanbn@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Sudhakar, > There are 2 solutions, > You can change the <form> tag to something like: > > > > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; > > ?>*#errorsArea*" > > method="POST" id="test2" > > name="registrationform"> > > > Then add the following line before the errors: > > > > <a name="errorsArea"></a> > > > The main problem here is that in case there are no errors it still go > down. > If you dont want to get down when there are no errors, you can send it > without the #errorsArea call, and in your php, check the errors, if there > are errors you can forward to #errosArea otherwise dont forward. > > HTH > Nitsan > > BTW > Personally, I would avoid those things and use AJAX instead. > > On 22/03/2008, Sudhakar <sudhakararaog@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i am using a self submitting for using php > > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" > > method="POST" > > id="test2" > > name="registrationform"> the registration page starts with a lot of > > terms > > and other details about the registration and then the form fields for > > the > > user to fill the registration page. i have used php to validate the > > form, > > presently when a user clicks the submit button and if there are any > > validateions that need to be displayed to the user, then the user has to > > scroll from the top of the page all the way till they see the form > > elements > > with the validation message ex= Please enter your phone number. > > > > my question is, as in html with relative linking ex <a href="#link1"> > > click > > here</a> > > <a name="link1"> </a> > > Text here > > > > the page can be moved to an exact location, can this be done more or > > less > > close to this relative linking using php so that the user need not > > scroll > > from the top of the page to see the validation message. > > > > NOTE = since i am using a self submitting form just before the first > > form > > element i have created a blank table row and in this table row the php > > validation message would appear if the user missed out some information. > > due > > to this the user has to scroll from the top of the page to see the php > > generated validation message. if i use the same php validation at the > > very > > top of the page the error message will be at the top and the form fields > > at > > the bottom and the user will have to scroll up and down to read the > > validation message. > > > > please advice. > > > > thanks. > > > >