Re: Form validation and save the form

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:37:06PM -0600, aditya shukla wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I am trying to validate a form for user input , such that when something is > missing load the form again by focusing on the wrong field.Say i don not > enter my address so when the form loads everything else is saved and the > form points to address field. Typically, you would direct the form back to itself. Then at the top of the form, you'd put a test to determine if the form has been processed before or if this is the first time through. Then you make your decision about missed fields, etc. Like this: == someform.php == <?php if (empty($_POST)) { load_some_values_or_not(); } else { // form has entered data $okay = process_for_errors(); if ($okay) { store_the_data(); header("Location: success.php"); exit(); } } ?> HTML crap goes here... == end of someform.php == You'll notice that if there are entry errors, execution falls through. In that case, you'll need to do something like this for fields: <input type="text" name="pizza" value="<?php echo $_POST['pizza']; ?>"/> so that the entered data shows up in the fields. First time through, the value attribute will yield nothing. Paul -- Paul M. Foster