Re: Poll of sorts: Javascript Form validation or PHP
| From: | Andrew Ballard | Date: | Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:33:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Poll of sorts: Javascript Form validation or PHP | ||
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On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Terion Miller <webdev.terion@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a huge form to validate and wonder which is better javascript
> validation or php, the page is a php page, I actually put js validation on
> it but then it stopped working (stopped inserting into the db) not sure if
> that had anything to do with it....
> What does everyone prefer?
>
> Terion who is actually finally learning stuff to her surprise!!
>
No question here. Javascript validation is a nicety, and can catch a
lot of errors without wasting server time or bandwidth, but
server-side validation is a MUST, no questions asked. If the client
has javascript disabled, or someone uses wget, curl, etc. to send
data, it still needs to be validated!
Andrew