Re: Poll of sorts: Javascript Form validation or PHP
| From: | Ross McKay | Date: | Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:33:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Poll of sorts: Javascript Form validation or PHP | ||
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:28:08 -0600, Terion Miller 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?
As per all others here (and nice to see that!) I say always validate in
PHP, and if you have time, add JavaScript to improve the user
experience. Never trust your inputs to be valid; always check in PHP.
>Terion who is actually finally learning stuff to her surprise!!
Good, because when you stop learning is when you start dying...
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Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
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