Hi all,
I started programming in PHP recently and have a query about empty
$_POST arrays. I can see two scenarios when this could happen.
1. When some tries to directly load the page to which data is being
posted (for example, opening www.foo.com/xyz.php directly when a form
action is xyz.php)
2. When the user clicks the submit button without entering anything.
I am aware that Javascript validation can take care of the second case,
but it's unreliable. What is the accepted way of handling the above
situations on the server side?
Do I just reload the calling page if the array is empty?
Thanks,
Thejo 5 2255
Thejo wrote: Hi all,
I started programming in PHP recently and have a query about empty $_POST arrays. I can see two scenarios when this could happen.
1. When some tries to directly load the page to which data is being posted (for example, opening www.foo.com/xyz.php directly when a form action is xyz.php) 2. When the user clicks the submit button without entering anything.
Then (if method=post), the submit button itself is ported (it has a name
and a value). I am aware that Javascript validation can take care of the second case, but it's unreliable. What is the accepted way of handling the above situations on the server side? Do I just reload the calling page if the array is empty?
Thanks, Thejo
It is not uncommon to omit the action attribute on the form of a PHP
webpage. This means that the same page is used for displaying of the
form AND for processing the results. This can be handy for continuous
adding or giving the user a second change to correct the data posted.
Off course, an if-statement gives you the power to have the same page
behave totally different depending on what was posted.
Best regards
Dikkie Dik wrote: Thejo wrote: Hi all,
I started programming in PHP recently and have a query about empty $_POST arrays. I can see two scenarios when this could happen.
1. When some tries to directly load the page to which data is being posted (for example, opening www.foo.com/xyz.php directly when a form action is xyz.php)
i generally use a hidden field to detect a submit.
2. When the user clicks the submit button without entering anything.
then the post array is not empty, the elements just contain empty
strings. the validation routine of the form data should take care of
that. Then (if method=post), the submit button itself is ported (it has a name and a value).
careful here, ie does NOT submit the button if the form is submitted
using the return key. I am aware that Javascript validation can take care of the second case, but it's unreliable. What is the accepted way of handling the above situations on the server side? Do I just reload the calling page if the array is empty?
Thanks, Thejo
It is not uncommon to omit the action attribute on the form of a PHP webpage. This means that the same page is used for displaying of the form AND for processing the results. This can be handy for continuous adding or giving the user a second change to correct the data posted. Off course, an if-statement gives you the power to have the same page behave totally different depending on what was posted.
micha
Exactly.
if ($_POST['submit']) // Gives you the validation that the submit
button itself has been pushed,
then to detect an empty field
$myfield = trim($myfield);
if (!$myfield)
{
echo "error, no data provided";
}
chotiwallah wrote: Dikkie Dik wrote:
Thejo wrote:
2. When the user clicks the submit button without entering anything. then the post array is not empty, the elements just contain empty strings. the validation routine of the form data should take care of that.
Not true... if the form is made up of all radio buttons and/or
checkboxes (with no default selected) AND the submit button doesn't have
a "name" attribute, $_POST will be empty (as in $_POST=array() type of
empty).
Then (if method=post), the submit button itself is ported (it has a name and a value).
careful here, ie does NOT submit the button if the form is submitted using the return key.
Most browsers don't because the button wasn't clicked...
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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - ju****@koivi.co m http://koivi.com Dr******@gmail. com wrote: Exactly.
if ($_POST['submit']) // Gives you the validation that the submit button itself has been pushed,
then to detect an empty field
$myfield = trim($myfield); if (!$myfield) { echo "error, no data provided"; }
Assuming that $myfield was a text input, a hidden field, a select
element, a textarea, etc. Checkboxes that aren't selected and radio
button groups that don't have a value chosen will not even exist in the
$_POST array... Also, you should have used:
$myfield = trim($_POST['myfield']);
Get out of the habit of using register_global s - especially when trying
to give examples in a newsgroup. Too many newbies will wonder why it
isn't working for them, then we'll get the whole "if
register_global s=On" threads again...
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