a form question

pnxi

Hi, I just learn some javascipt for form validation, and I want to add the javascript action and before running the mailing php program, how should I do like that, this is my form declaration.

<form method="post" onSubmit="return submitIt(this)" action="http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~skalra/scripts/form1.php" name="myForm">

How should I add javascript part, just like action="xx.js, [url]http://~~~[/url]"? or some other way should I do
can I put them together?

onyx


<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">

function validate()
{
        if(something)
        {
        return true;
        }
        return false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" onsubmit="javascript:return validate();"
action="url">
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

pnxi

😉
ar ha,
Thankx man, thanx for help!

onyx

Just to point out that the javascript after the onsubmit should be all one word, for some strange reason it has separated it even though in the actual post it is all one word.

pnxi

Hi, I still have a problem, why I click the submit button, the form directly going to the php result, rather then display the validatation result from the javascript. how should I let it validate before displaying the php email result?

onyx

Have you actually returned false when the validation was invalid (and ensured it is onSubmit="javascript:return validation()")

One thing to note is that javascript is not always enabled and hence relying on it for a feature of your system is not very good practice. Javascript should be used to enhance a site not as a feature that is necessary for the working of the system. It would be better for you to validate your form information using PHP.