Input validation and multiple forms

obscurity

I have been readng this site for a long time and have found it to be a valuable resourse. Thank you all very much for the time you take to assist others. Kudos to you all.

Ok here is the scenario ...

I am using a content management system written in php.

the system allows me to use html blocks.

in one block I have a zip code store search with javascript input validation plus php server side validation if anything makes it past the client side js.

in anotehr block I have another submission form for a sign up with client side javascript validation and php server side validation if anything makes it past the client side.

the javascript validations seem to conflict with each other.

By that i mean if i click submit on the one form, the other forms client side validation kicks in.

is there a way to separate the forms in terms of submitting and validation on the client side javascript ?

i fire off client side validations with the 'onSubmit()' function by the way.

ALSO, on the zip code entry form I have javascript to prevent them from entering anything but numbers which also conflicts with the other user submissin form.

I know there must be a way to name and separate these forms and the validation ... i just dont know how.

any help is appreciated .. .thanks

ps- yes i know client side validation isnt perfect, but my thinking is that anything that the client side validation stops is less resource consumption on the server backens php validation ... and i do have it all validated with php in case anyone tries to inject.

thanks again !

leatherback

hm.. I think you can just use
<form method="post" name="form1" action="page.php">

to name a form.

And someting like document.form1.FIELDNAME to refer to the individual fields in the form

obscurity

thanks.

I'll be working on it later this afternoon and will let you know how it works.

let me see if I got this right.

So i name each form and direct the javascript to the document.formname.input-variable-name for validation checks

i am assuming you mean fieldname to be the input-variable-name

leatherback

obscurity wrote:
So i name each form and direct the javascript to the document.formname.input-variable-name for validation checks

i am assuming you mean fieldname to be the input-variable-name

I THINK that should work. Give it a try.

I meant fieldname, when I said fieldname. I presume you mean to say fieldname when you say input-variable-name

obscurity

no,

i meant the variable name under which the input data is held within the form.

slimbox would be what I call the input-variable-name in teh example above.

i have no idea what fieldname is.

if it's the same thing, then you know precisely what I am talking about and its argumentative semantics i am not interested in.

thanks for your assistance with the javascript syntax ... i am working on it now.

leatherback

A form consists of FIELDS and each field has a NAME, thus FIELD NAME.

It is NOT semantics, and argumentative. THings are given a certain name so you can talk about them, without the need to describe them.

In this case the FIELDNAME would be zipcode: name ='zipcode'

You refer to the class name, which has nothing to do with the field, and is -most likely- the same for a whole bunch of different fields. I have no idea what you mean with "the variable name under which the input data is held within the form".

edit: in case this confuses you all too much, have some reading in the documentation on forms and fields of W3C