Re: Check input against list

Ignore my advice, Chris Adams posted a better answer and David Van Horn a better method of avoiding the check. I'd better do more reading of those docs! Miles Thompson Miles Thompson wrote: > Set up an array of codes and whip down the array in a for loop; alternately > query against a table. > > I'd be tempted to do the former in JavaScript before leaving the form. > > Miles Thompson > > David VanHorn wrote: > > > I have a couple input fields that require ISO state and country codes. > > > > Is there some way to check that an input string is one of N possibilities, > > where N is a large-ish number? > > or do I have to do the ugly, obvious method like > > > > if (($ST <> "AK") or ($ST <> "AL")......... barf..) > > -- > > www.SpamWhack.com A pre-emptive strike against spam > > Where's dave? > > http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kc6ete-9 > > > > My transistor sings > > with unintended parasitic > > the smoke escapes > > > > By Jeff Stout > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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