Re: Error Checking

""Jeff Wilhelm"" <jeffwilhelm@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OE35L7d2V5k4q9mb9cQ000014f9@hotmail.com... > How would I check a bunch of variables for errors and display an error > message if they have errors or continue on into the script if they are > correct? > In psuedo code I want to do the following, but am unsure how to code it: > (note: not all the variables have the same validity checks, so I can't just > loop through them... for example one might be an e-mail address, and the > other a phone number) If they aren't the same, create some function which can validate all the types you expect to receive. validate_data($datavar, $datatype) where $datatype can indicate to the function what check to use. Then you can use a loop provided these variables are in some array. $flag = validate_data(...) You could even get fancy and update $flag with different values, or append values to $flag to indicate how many fields had errors and what kinds ... I'm getting excited just thinking about the possibilities ... I personally just validate each inline ... a bit inelegant, but it's faster to write and it works ;) . -- O.