i think you're not calling the the javascript validation function when you're submiting the form
you need to call the function like this: <form method="post" action="registration1.php" onsubmit="return Field_Validator(this)"> try this code below, hope this will help -awlad -------------------------------- <html> <body> <script Language="JavaScript"> <!-- function Field_Validator(form) { if (form.name.value == "") { alert("Please fill in the name field."); form.name.focus(); return (false); } return (true); } //--> </script> <form method="post" action="where_ever_you_want.htm" onsubmit="return Blank_TextField_Validator(this)"> <p> name <br> <input type="text" name="name" > <br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> </body> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diksha Neel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:33 PM Subject: [PHP] JAVASCRIPT > dear all, > > hi! > > in my php script registration1.php, i have written > javascript for form validation i.e. for checking if > the mandatory fields are filled correctly or not. > but on clicking the submit button, i get connected to > the next page without the form getting validated!! > > i guess i have made a silly mistake somewhere but am > not able to figure out where and what. > attaching registration1.php. > > please help. > thanks. > regards, > diksha. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php