Re: combo box validation
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:01:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: combo box validation | ||
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On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 12:57 -0300, Gerardo Benitez wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> In general, you can validate this condition with javascript before to send
> the form, and if some errors exist, the form is not submitted.
>
> or validate the conditions in the server side with php.
>
> Gerardo.
> www.webseficientes.com.ar
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the
> > day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission
> > to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not
> > select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't
> > want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an
> > error.
> > Thanks.
> > Dave.
> >
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You should change that to 'and' instead of an 'or'. Javascript
validation is nice, but you should always validate everything on the
server too.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk