Re: form submission error trapping

Jason, I just finished one of my form pages, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I created one php page that both displays the form and validates the input. When the user hits the submit button, it submits the data to itself. If anything is missing from the page, the form is reshown with missing fields highlighted and the other fields filled in. If on the other hand the info passes the validation test, the information is shown to screen a new button (hidden form) allows the user to continue. If you want, I can send you a link to my test site so you can check it out. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com steve@walkereffects.com On Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 02:22 PM, Jason Dulberg wrote:

I am working on some error trapping for several forms on my site. After visiting a bunch of websites, I've noticed 2 common methods of displaying error messages. 1. display an error box on a new page and force the user to hit the <back> button 2. display the form again with appropriate error text and pre-filled fields. I have part of the error on the new page working but I'm running into the infamous no contents in the form after going <back>. There are some useability issues with forcing the user to hit the back button -- some just don't want to bother. Is there a way to display the form w/original contents and error messages 'without' having to code the entire form twice? I have about 5 forms with 50 fields or so each. What would be the best way to go about redrawing the form with the errors shown beside each field? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. __________________ Jason Dulberg Extreme MTB http://extreme.nas.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php