Re: "sorry, your input was invalid. please re-enter the asterisked fields"

On Friday 01 February 2002 08:49, Erik Price wrote: > SCENARIO: > > You're filling out your online web form. Unfortunately, you forgot to > fill out/check/select some data or other that is considered "required" > by the site that's hosting the form. You hit "submit", but you are > simply returned to the same page. All of the data that you entered is > still there, but the fields which you accidentally left blank are marked > with a big red asterisk. [snip] > > I can write this code myself -- but I write pretty sloppy code and was > wondering if there is a neat, encapsulated algorithm that a lot of > people use because its effectiveness has been proven time and again. If > not, no worries, I look forward to writing it as best I can. There are a number of classes on www.phpclasses.upperdesign.com which does what you want. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* I dote on his very absence. -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" */