[RESOLVED] PHP effecting JS Valiidation??

drax007

Hi there, I was hoping for a little help

I have a very simple form that has 3 text fields, submit button, hidden field that inserts a record into my database....

I have just added a little bit of JavaScript vallidation and im getting really wierd results because hte message box appears saying ""Please enter a value" but when the message box closes, the record is inserted anyway????

If anybody knows why that would be great i cant understand why...but somehow the insert php is conflicting with the JS??? Please Help

Kind Regards

Heres the form:

<form method="post" name="form1" action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" onsubmit="return validate(this);">

  ID:
 <input type="text" name="ID" value="" size="32">

  Field1:
 <input type="text" name="field1" value="" size="32">

valign="baseline">
   nowrap align="right">Field2:
  <input type="text" name="field2" value="" size="32">

  valign="baseline">
       nowrap align="right">

 nowrap align="right">&nbsp;
  <input type="submit" value="Insert record">

  <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1">

</form>

And heres the JavaScript that is between <head tags>:

<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(form){
  if(!form.field2.value.length){
    alert('Please enter a value');
    form.entered.focus();
    return false;
  }
  return true;
} 
</script>

And heres the php that INSERTS the record:

<?php require_once('Connections/woodside.php'); ?>
<?php
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
  $theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? addslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

  switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;    

    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
  }
  return $theValue;
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
  $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO test_table (ID, field1, field2) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['ID'], "int"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['field1'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['field2'], "text"));

  mysql_select_db($database_woodside, $woodside);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $woodside) or die(mysql_error());

  $insertGoTo = "test_table2.php";
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
}
?>

drax007

Hi,

I changed: form.entered.focus();

To: form.field2.focus();