JS pop up confirmation for link on PHP page

travelbuff

Hi all:

Seems this should be a simple answer, but a bit of googleing hasn't turned up what I need.

I have a link on a menu page that leads to a script to deactivate an entry in the db. When the user clicks the link I want a JS confirmation dialogue to pop up and if the user click yes they will go to the next page (deactivate script) and if they click no nothing will happen.

I guess it would also be acceptable to put the confirmation on the deactivate page and if the user hit yes go ahead and run the script and if they hit no send them history.back.

Any help appreciated.

nemonoman

It's easy to do with a form:

<form action=deactivate.php method=post onsubmit='checkfirst()'>
<input type=submit name='deactivateThis Script' value='Script Name'>
</form>
<script>
function checkfirst(){return confirm('Are you sure?');}
</script>

If user press OK, form submits. If press cancels, no action.

travelbuff

Thanks nemonoman, but I am not using a form - it is just a hyperlink that carries a variable via the url. Due to the layout, I don't have room for a form submit button.

can I apply that same concept to a link, as an onclick event?

thanks

nemonoman

can I apply that same concept to a link, as an onclick event?

travelbuff

Thanks, worked perfectly 🙂