simple confirmation button question

[Alkimuz]

i'm a little ashamed to asked something that is probably so easy, i tried to find the answer, but i am really a NOOB in javascript so i hope that i can ask you for a code that is ready to use..

 

i now have a code to delete an item in a website by pushing on a button. It goes to a new page wich has an SQL delete code. 

 

In short:

echo '<a href="save.php?type=delete&item='.$item.'">delete</a> ';

 

but now i really like to put a confirmation box between that, so after pushing the button, a message box appears asking: "Are you sure to delete this item?" and after clicking yes, it goes right away to that deletepage

 

thanks very much in advance!

 

[Adam]

Don't worry about it, everyone's been there.

 

From within the onclick attribute of your link, call your confirmDelete() type function:

 

echo '<a href="save.php?type=delete&item='.$item.'" onclick="return confirmDelete();">delete</a> ';

 

Be sure to include the return part as this will prevent the page from redirecting if the return is false.

 

Then your confirmDelete() function needs to be something like:

 

function confirmDelete() {
    var c = confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this item?');
    if (!c) return false;
}

 

Then that should be it. Although you should be aware not everybody has JS enabled, so that confirmation message won't appear for everyone.

[Alkimuz]

Tanks so much! :D

also for the extra explanation