| Re: Simpler way to validate form fields? [message #179789 is a reply to message #179786] |
Wed, 05 December 2012 00:07   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 12/4/2012 5:37 PM, Gilles wrote:
> Hello
>
> If this the best way to validate each and every field in a form, or is
> there a better/simpler way?
>
> http://phpmaster.com/form-validation-with-php/
> (section "Validating the Form Contents")
>
> Sample:
> ========
> $nameErr = $addrErr = "";
> $name = $address "";
>
> if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
> if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
> $nameErr = "Missing";
> }
> else {
> $name = $_POST["name"];
> }
> etc.
> ========
>
> Thank you.
>
Hi,
In most cases I prefer isset() over empty - an array element may be set
but may not contain data. Those can be two different errors.
Otherwise, I do pretty much the same thing. Be sure to validate the
contents also, not just the presence of the value.
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