Re: Re: Best way to test for form submission?

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 11:29 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 3:10 PM +0100 8/28/09, Stuart wrote: > >2009/8/28 Eric <blueray2048@yahoo.com>: > > > Here is another way > >> > >> if (isset($_POST['username']) && $_POST['username'] != > >> '') > >> { ... > > > >If you use this method then you'll completely ignore a form submission > >if they've forgotten to enter a username. Detection and validation are > >two distinct steps and should be treated as such. > > > >-Stuart > > > I usually treat forms this way: > > $action = isset($_POST['action']) ? $_POST['action'] : null; > > and then deal with $action. > > Dealing with $action means that I might clean/scrub it for storage in > MySQL, or use it to determine a course of processing, or any number > of other things. > > The point is to check IF a $_POST has occurred, without triggering an > error if it hasn't, and to deal with the outcome either way. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com ¼ß›#lTÉ[ßûi > €http://earthstones.com > I have noticed a bug with using a form element named action, which funnily enough only effects IE. If you need to do anything to or based on that action element in IE with Javascript, it has a lot of problems differentiating the form element from the form action attribute, and gets them a bit confused. It's similar to the IE name/id bug. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk