Fwd: Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Fred T Sanders
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms Date: Thursday 02 October 2003 06:46 pm From: Fred T Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Richard Baskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually if you need client side javascript form validation th

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Richard Baskett
on 10/2/03 2:05 PM, Chris W. Parker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Robert Cummings > on Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:15 PM said: > >> Heeey, a great little response like this to see an alternative >> to a popup and no link for us to check it out *pffft

RE: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Chris W. Parker
Robert Cummings on Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:15 PM said: > Heeey, a great little response like this to see an alternative > to a popup and no link for us to check it out *pffft* Where'd > you learn your posting manners? Were you brought up in a we

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 16:19, Curt Zirzow wrote: > > The only draw back is the javascript becomes bloated because of all > the different browser conditions. Is it IE, NS, Opera, other? and > what version are they? Which is the nice thing about handling > server side, no need to worry about browse

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Chris Shiflett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > --- Chris W. Parker wrote: > > I went to an ecom site today that used js validation but in a very > > slick way. There were no popups to be seen. Instead, when I tried to > > add a product to my cart without specifying some attributes a little > >

RE: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Chris W. Parker wrote: > I went to an ecom site today that used js validation but in a very > slick way. There were no popups to be seen. Instead, when I tried to > add a product to my cart without specifying some attributes a little > red message magically appeared on the page that said "Pleas

RE: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Robert Cummings
Heeey, a great little response like this to see an alternative to a popup and no link for us to check it out *pffft* Where'd you learn your posting manners? Were you brought up in a web barn? *grin*. Wouldn't happen to know the URL still would ya? Cheers, Rob. On Thu, 2003-10-02 a

RE: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-02 Thread Chris W. Parker
Chris Shiflett on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:18 PM said: > There are definitely benefits to saving the extra request and response > necessary to properly display errors, but I'm not so sure I would > count usability as one of them. In addition, the user's percept

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-01 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally I find Javascript validation intrusive and ugly. It > decreases my experience and IMHO makes the site less usable *grin*. I was going to say the same thing. :-) There are definitely benefits to saving the extra request and response neces

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-01 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 01:57, Manuel Lemos wrote: > > I suppose that you missed the point that the class provides you to do > both client side and server side validation in cases that it is possible. > [--CROPPED--] > I don't think that hardware speed will make the Internet connections any > f

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-01 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, On 10/02/2003 12:14 AM, Brad Pauly wrote: $_SESSION['form_errors'] = validateFormData($formdata); redirect("to_the_previous_page.php"); You may want to study how this classic form validation and generation class works. It generates the necessary Javascript to validate on the client side

Re: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-01 Thread Brad Pauly
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 20:26, Manuel Lemos wrote: > Hello, > > On 10/01/2003 08:43 PM, Chris W. Parker wrote: > > $_SESSION['form_errors'] = validateFormData($formdata); > > > > > > redirect("to_the_previous_page.php"); > > You may want to study how this classic form validation and generation >

[PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

2003-10-01 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, On 10/01/2003 08:43 PM, Chris W. Parker wrote: $_SESSION['form_errors'] = validateFormData($formdata); redirect("to_the_previous_page.php"); You may want to study how this classic form validation and generation class works. It generates the necessary Javascript to validate on the client