popup alert

[newuser666]

Hi, just starting out with php. All I need to do is have a popup message appear when the user clicks on a certain option. For example, when the user clicks on "project name", a popup message should appear "Please enter a name for this project". I'm trying to use href on "project name" and can open a new php page but just want a simple popup message. any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[cgraz]

Since PHP is server side, popup messages on the visitors computer are not possible. You'll have to use Javascript, which is client side for something like this.

<a onClick='alert("Please enter a name for this project")'>Project Name</a>

That will just be text that the user can click on, but it won't be a link nor look like one. If you want a link, just add in the href

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" onClick='alert("Please enter a name for this project")'>Project Name</a>

Cgraz

[newuser666]

thanks a lot. this saves me a lot of time. appreciate your help.