[SOLVED] trying to make textfields to be required before submitting

[cluce]

hey guys,

 

I am doing a submit form in DW 8 using php. Can someone please tell me how can I make these textfields to be required? Right now they can submit null values. Here is the code I am using.

 

<?php

$to = "namet@reaganpower.com";

$subject = "Technical Support request form";

$body = "

\n\n Name: $textfield

\n\n E-Mail Address: $textfield2

 

\n\n Comments: $textarea";

mail ($to, $subject, $body);

header("Location: http://reaganpower.com/thankyou.html");

?>

[jscix]

if ((!empty($textfield1)) && (!empty($textfield2))) {

 

$to = "namet@reaganpower.com";

$subject = "Technical Support request form";

$body = "

\n\n Name: $textfield

\n\n E-Mail Address: $textfield2

 

\n\n Comments: $textarea";

mail ($to, $subject, $body);

header("Location: http://reaganpower.com/thankyou.html");

 

} else {

print "Fill out all feilds etc etc";

}

[Fehnris]

If you want to check what they have entered before the form gets submitted you will have to use some form of client side script language ie. Javascript, VBscript to do the checking.  I assume DW means Dreamweaver and I've not had any experience using it so I dont know what Client Side languages you can use with it.  PHP is server side and so will not have the ability to check your form values before the form gets submitted.

[cluce]

oh ok thanks for your input. Javascript does work with Dreamweaver.