Re: Newbie ? re: form validation

----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <vickimills@earthlink.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 9:54 PM Subject: [PHP] Newbie ? re: form validation > I've browsed around so much for answers to this question that now I'm > completely confused. I have a couple simple forms with basic contact > info and a script for inserting the values in a mySQL database. But now > I want to include some basic validation, which I assume should go in the > PHP script. > > I'd like to made sure that > > 1) the e-mail address is valid You can search zend.com to find an email validation script. There is also an article about form validation on zend.com > 2) the 2-character state code is entered correctly Use a drop-down box on your form page. I think you can just copy one from an e-commerce site. > 3) a userid is unique I think you have to use a database to check for uniqueness. > > I think I've found some script for the e-mail validation, but is there a > built in php function for this, I don't think so. > and if so, which is best? > I don't have any idea how to do the state codes. Do I set up a database > table with state abbreviations and then somehow check against it? How? > > Any advice about this subject would be greatly appreciated. > > Vicki > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >