[SOLVED] if statement in onclick event

[matthewst]

It always says "nothing in text box"

 

<input type="text" class="formSmallTextbox" name="a_number" size="4" value="<?="$a_number"?>">

 

<input type="submit" name="submit" class="formTextbox" value="Submit" onClick="<?php
if ($qty_oak >= '1'){
echo "return confirm('something in text box')\">";}				else{
echo "return confirm('nothing in text box')\">";}
?>

[matthewst]

It just occurred to me that when the page loads the text box a_number is always empty thats why it echos "nothing in text box". How do I get php to recognize that something was put in the text box after the page was loaded?

[trq]

PHP is server side, so the onclick (Javascript) meens nothing to it.

 

What exactly are you trying to do?

[tarun]

You Could Use Ajax...?

[matthewst]

thanks raffels (sitepoint)

 

<input type="text" class="formSmallTextbox" name="a_number" size="4" value="">

<input type="submit" name="submit" class="formTextbox" value="Submit" onClick="if (document.getElementsByName('a_number')[0].value == '') return confirm('nothing in text box'); else return confirm('something in textbox');">