form question

[Jinks]

Is there anyway to manipulate forms with PHP like you can with Javascript? if not.. is there a way to set a form value as an integer in javascript? Im trying to do some math with some live form values and it gets set to a string!

thanks!

[kevinsequeira]

could you be more specific, it would heklp if you post some code also

reg
kevin

[Jinks]

well thats the thing.. i dont really have any code to post.. i dont know how to use javascript well enough..

Basically what im trying to do is start with a set amount of points and distribute them out without have to reload the page -- >

Starting Points = 30;

Field 1 + Field 2 + Feild 3 = 30;

i want to be able to distribute 1 point at a time with a link. But the only way i nkow how to update it live ( witout a refresh ) is to make the values all input fields in a form. and when i do this it makes them a string instead of an integer. 🙁..

am i bascially stuck refreshing the whole page everytime? or does someone know how to do this

[Weedpacket]

PHP runs on the server, not the client. You'll want to do this (at least partly, probably all of it) in Javascript.
Couple of pointers on this page (Posts 3 and 4).