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JavaScript - Html Forms And Client-side Validation W/ Server Data
I know that Javascript is client side, but I'd like to know the best way to populate HTML drop downs in real time based on information typed in the other HTML form fields with information found on the server as opposed to the client.
For instance if a user wants to select certain files located in a directory on the server, as they type in the pathname supposedly containing the files the drop downs continually refresh themselves with the server files listed in that directory (if it exists, and apache has permissions to see what's inside) as if it was showing client files instead. What would be nice is if my browser could continually query the server for some of its private information and not have to refresh itself to obtain it, whether that means the server-side would have to continually refresh itself makes no difference to me as long as the client-side doesn't have to. But I guess this is not possible because no matter what you would have to at least refresh the client-side page once? Submitting the form to a CGI or PHP script would not work because I need this functionality to help populate the form BEFORE I send it. I would like to not have to press a button to update the form every time I change the pathname and need to update the drop downs since this would be annoying. I'm open to anything that could do this or something similar not just Javascript. I'm not sure if you could accomplish this by converting the HTML page to CGI/PHP and having it continually reload itself without refreshing the page? I'm not worried about any security risks this may pose because: 1) The server is located on company intranet which is firewalled 2) I could always password protect and encrypt all transmissions, making sure only authorized users use the app Similar TutorialsHi people, I need help as follows: On the server side I have a php generated session parameter. I need to pass it to javascript on the client side page. I saw on the web the following solution: <script language="JavaScript"> var mySessionVar="<%= Session["MySessionVar"] %>"; </script> I tried it but it did not work. I could not find any explanation of this syntax - will appreciate one. Any suggestions, maybe in another way? Thanks Hello, I have two problems. Firstly I am trying to make a form with client side validation but I have come across a problem. I need to validate the whole form under just one button but for validating email and phone number I have two different buttons and I am not sure how to make all the code run under just one button when it is submitted. The second problem is with validating the phone number. I am sure the code and javascript is fine, but for some reason it will not work. Here is my code: HTML Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="client_validation.js" />
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Client validation.css" />
<title> Client Validation </title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="contact_form" method="post" action="submit" onsubmit="return validate_form ( );">
<h3><strong>Client Validation</strong></h3>
<p>Your Name: <input type="text" name="text1"></p>
<p>Your Last Name: <input type="text" name="text2"></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" id="email" name="text3"></p>
<p>Phone: <input type="text" name="text4"></p>
<p>Address: <textarea cols="20" rows="5" name="text5"></textarea></p>
<p>Do you agree to the Terms and Conditions?
<input type="checkbox" name="text6" value="Yes"> Yes
<p><input type="submit" name="send" value="Send Details"></p>
</form>
Your Email: <form id="form_id" method="post" action="action.php" onsubmit="javascript:return validate('form_id','email');">
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
<form method="post" action="data.php" name="form1">
<p>Enter Number
<input type="text" name="phoneNo"></p>
<input type="button" name="btn1" value="submit" onClick="CheckNumber()">
</body>
</html>
JAVASCRIPT Code: function validate_form ( )
{
valid = true;
if ( document.contact_form.text1.value == "" )
{
alert ( "Please fill in the 'Your First Name' box." );
valid = false;
}
if ( document.contact_form.text2.value == "" )
{
alert ( "Please fill in the 'Your Last Name' box." );
valid = false;
}
if ( document.contact_form.text5.value == "" )
{
alert ( "Please fill in your address." );
valid = false;
}
if ( document.contact_form.text6.checked == false )
{
alert ( "Please check the Terms & Conditions box." );
valid = false;
}
return valid;
}
function validate(form_id,email) {
var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/;
var address = document.forms[form_id].elements[email].value;
if(reg.test(address) == false) {
alert('Invalid Email Address');
return false;
}
}
function CheckNumber() {
var PhoneNumber=document.form1.phoneNo.value;
for (var i=0; i<PhoneNumber.length; i++) {
var c=PhoneNumber.charAt(i);
if (!(c>0 || c<9)){
alert("This is not a valid Phone Number");
break;
} } }
I hope you guys can help. Thank you Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read over my thread. I'm pretty new with Javascript coding and have been working with an example script for a new membership registration form. The original form seemed to have worked for most intents and purposes but it only contained one entry for a password field. Naturally I felt it needed a conformation field and have tried to stick one in, which is where I ran into problems. I successfully made the script throw an alert box if the two forms are the same, but it then throws another alert box of undefined function as well as throwing the same undefined function alert box even if the fields are a match. Hopefully a knowledgeable person could take a quick look at this and kindly inform me of where I'm going wrong? The code contains two of my numerous attempts to make it work (one commented out, it was easier to remember different things I have tried before to leave then in but commented out, I'm sure you all are quite familiar with that idea). Anyhow, here's the code, thank you in advance. Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Register</title>
<link href="css/master.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style> .signup {border:1px solid #999999}</style>
<script>
function validate(form) {
fail = validateFirstname(form.firstname.value)
fail += validateSurname(form.surname.value)
fail += validateUsername(form.username.value)
fail += validatePassword(form.password.value)
fail += validateConfirmpass(form.confirmpass.value)
fail += validateAge(form.age.value)
fail += validateEmail(form.email.value)
if (fail == "") return true
else { alert(fail); return false }
}
</script>
<script>
function validateFirstname(field) {
if (field == "") return "No First name entered. \n"
return ""
}
function validateSurname(field) {
if (field == "") return "No Surname entered. \n"
return ""
}
function validateUsername(field) {
if (field == "") return "No Username was entered. \n"
else if (field.length < 5) return "Usernames must be at least 5 characters. \n"
else if (/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/.test(field)) return "Only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, - and _ are valid in Usernames. \n"
}
function validatePassword(field) {
if (field == "") return "No Password was entered. \n"
else if (field.length < 6) return "Passwords must be at least 6 characters. \n"
else if (!/[a-z]/.test(field) || ! /[A-Z]/.test(field) || !/[0-9]/.test(field)) return "For your account security Passwords require atleast one uppercase, one lowercase, and one number to be valid. \n"
}
function validateConfirmpass() {
var p1 = document.getElementById('password').value;
var p2 = document.getElementById('confirmpass').value;
if (p1 !== p2) alert("The password fields do not match.");
}
//function validateConfirmpass(field) {
// var password = document.getElementById('password').value;
// var confirmpass = document.getElementById('confirmpass').value;
// if (password !== confirmpass) {
// return "The password and confirmation do not match. \n"
// }
//}
function validateAge(field) {
if (isNaN(field)) return "No Age was entered.\n"
else if (field < 18 || field >110) return "Age is required to be between 18 and 110 years. \n"
return ""
}
function validateEmail(field) {
if (field == "") return "No Email was entered. \n"
else if (!((field.indexOf(".") > 0) && (field.indexOf("@") > 0)) || /[^a-zA-Z0-9.@_-]/.test(field)) return "The Email address entered is invalid. \n"
return ""
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table class="signup" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5">
<th colspan="2" align="center">Registration Form</th>
<form method="post" action="tnssignup.php" onsubmit="return validate(this)">
<tr><td>First name</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="32" name="firstname" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Surname</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="32" name="surname" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Username</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="16" name="username" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Password</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="12" id="password" name="password" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Confirm Password</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="12" id="confirmpass" name="confirmpass" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Age</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="3" name="age" /></td>
</tr><tr><td>Email</td><td><input type="text" maxlength="64" name="email" /></td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"> <input type="submit" value="Register" /></td>
</tr></form></table>
</body>
</html>
Hi, The following code is not working whose purpose is to validate the form with javascript. Please Help . Code: <html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function formValidator()
{
// Make quick references to our fields
var firstname = document.getElementById('firstname');
var addr = document.getElementById('addr');
var zip = document.getElementById('zip');
var state = document.getElementById('state');
var username = document.getElementById('username');
var password = document.getElementById('passwd');
var email = document.getElementById('email');
var cpassword=document.getElementById('pass2');
var txtar=document.getElementById('ta');
var rad=document.getElementById('r1');
var cbox =document.getElementById('r1');
// Check each input in the order that it appears in the form!
if(isAlphabet(firstname, "Please enter only letters for your name"))
{
if(isAlphanumeric(addr, "Numbers and Letters Only for Address"))
{
if(isNumeric(zip, "Please enter a valid zip code"))
{
if(madeSelection(state, "Please Choose a State"))
{
if(lengthRestriction(username, 6, 8))
{
if(plengthRestriction(password,4,6))
{
if(confpass(cpassword,"Please confirm"))
{
if(emailValidator(email, "Please enter a valid email address"))
{
if(istextareablank(txtar,"Please enter some text"))
{
if(isradiobuttselected(rad,"Please select any one radio buttons"))
{
if(ischeckboxselected(cbox,"Please select at least one checkbox"))
{
return true;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
return false;
}
function notEmpty(elem, helperMsg){
if(elem.value.length === 0){
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus(); // set the focus to this input
return false;
}
return true;
}
function isNumeric(elem, helperMsg){
var numericExpression = /^[0-9]+$/;
if(elem.value.match(numericExpression)){
return true;
}else{
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function isAlphabet(elem, helperMsg){
var alphaExp = /^[a-zA-Z]+$/;
if(elem.value.match(alphaExp)){
return true;
}else{
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function isAlphanumeric(elem, helperMsg){
var alphaExp = /^[0-9a-zA-Z]+$/;
if(elem.value.match(alphaExp)){
return true;
}else{
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function lengthRestriction(elem, min, max)
{
var uInput = elem.value;
if(uInput.length >= min && uInput.length <= max){
return true;
}else{
alert("Please enter username between " +min+ " and " +max+ " characters");
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function plengthRestriction(elem, min,max)
{
var uInput = elem.value;
if(uInput.length >= min && uInput.length <= max){
return true;
}else{
alert("Please enter password between " +min+ " and " +max+ " characters");
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function madeSelection(elem, helperMsg){
if(elem.value == "Please Choose"){
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus();
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}
function emailValidator(elem, helperMsg){
var emailExp = /^[\w\-\.\+]+\@[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+\.[a-zA-z0-9]{2,4}$/;
if(elem.value.match(emailExp)){
return true;
}else{
alert(helperMsg);
elem.focus();
return false;
}
}
function confpass(elem,helperMsg)
{
if ( confPasswd === "" )
{
alert("Please fill in the Confirm Password");
document.forms[0].elements[7].focus( );
return false;
}
else if (document.forms[0].elements[6].value != document.forms[0].elements[7].value)
{
alert( "Your passwords do not match. Please retype and try again.");
return false;
}
}
function isEmpty(s) {
return ((s === null) || (s.length === 0));
}
function istextareablank(elem,helperMsg){
var i;
<!-- Is empty? -->
if (isEmpty(s)) return true;
<!-- Search through string's' characters one by one until we find a non-whitespace character. -->
for (i=0; i < s.length; i++) {
<!-- Check that current character isn't' whitespace.-->
var currchar = s.charAt(i);
if (whitespace.indexOf(currchar) == -1)
return false;
}
<!-- All characters are whitespace. -->
return true;
}
function isradiobuttselected(elem,helperMsg){
<!-- Check to see if atleast one is checkbox checked or not-->
for (j=10; j<=11; j++) {
if(document.forms[0].elements[j].checked) {
break;
}
else if (j>=11) {
alert("Atleast Check on one of the radio buttons");
document.forms[0].elements[j].focus();
return (false);
}
}
return(true);
}
function ischeckboxselected(elem,helperMsg)
{
for (j=12; j<=13; j++) {
if(document.forms[0].elements[j].checked) {
break;
}
else if (j>=13) {
alert("Atleast Check on One of Our Services");
document.forms[0].elements[j].focus();
return (false);
}
}
return(true);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form onsubmit='return formValidator()' >
<br />
First Name: <input type='text' id='firstname' /><br /><br />
Address: <input type='text' id='addr' /><br /><br />
Zip Code: <input type='text' id='zip' /><br /><br />
State: <select id='state'>
<option>Please Choose</option>
<option>AL</option>
<option>KE</option>
<option>TX</option>
<option>CH</option>
</select><br />
Username(6-8 characters): <input type='text' id='username' /><br /><br />
Password(min 4 chars):<input type="password" id='passwd' /> <br/><br />
Confirm Password: <input id="pass2" Type="password" /><br/><br />
Email: <input type='text' id='email' /><br /><br />
Something
about Yourself : <textarea name="1" cols="17" rows="4" id="ta"></textarea><br/><br />
Free Membership
<input type="radio" id="r1"/> Paid Membership <input type="radio" id="r1"/><br/><br/>
Friendship<input type="checkbox" id="box1" /> Networking <input type="checkbox" id="box1" /><br /><br />
<input type='submit' value='Submit' />
</form>
</body>
</html>
I have heard that it is wrong to just do client validtion. SO can anyone help me with my form? The code below, has client validation and php and I am not sure that I have got it right. Also I would need to cover server side validation too but have no idea on how to do this. I must say I have very small knowledge of JS. Does anyone know the easiest method of doing forms with php, JS server and client side validation. Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<meta content="en" name="language" />
<meta content="Seniors community venue contact details, Seniors community venue contact form, email, address, and telephone number" name="description" />
<meta content="Seniors community venue contact form, email, telephone, address" name="keywords" />
<title>Seniors Community Venue - Contact details</title>
<link href="../styles/mainstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../styles/navigation.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../styles/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cabin|Ubuntu" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../styles/form.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="../javascript/validate.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.antispam {
display: none;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var first = "enquiries";
var last = "seniors260.org";</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="bodyblock">
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<div class="indentmenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="faqs.html">FAQS</a></li>
<li><a href="venue_location.html">Location</a></li>
<li><a href="about_us.html">About Us</a></li>
<li class="first"><a href="home.html">Home</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="logo_venue">
<img alt="Seniors Community Venue logo" height="100" src="../images/venue_logo.gif" width="200" title="Return to hompage" /></div>
<div class="top2">
<p class="tagtitle">"The best community venue<br />
your money can buy"</p>
<address class="top">
260 Stanstead Road<br />
London SE23 1DD<br />
020 8699 4977</address>
</div></div>
<div class="indentmenu2">
<ul>
<li><a href="room_hire.html">Room Hire</a></li>
<li><a href="testimonials.html">Testimonials</a></li>
<li><a href="album.html">Photo Album</a></li>
<li class="first2"><a href="venue_donations.html">Donations</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
<h1>Venue Contact Details</h1>
<h2>Contact Form</h2>
<div id="form_box">
<form id="form" action="../php_files/submit2.php" onsubmit="return validate()" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" name="form_to_email" />
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Form</legend>
<p><label for="name"><span>Name</span></label><input id="name" name="name" size="35" type="text" /></p>
<p><label for="email"><span>Email</span></label><input id="email" name="email" size="35" type="text" /></p>
<p><label for="subject"><span>Subject</span></label><input id="subject" name="subject" size="35" type="text" /></p>
<p class="antispam">Leave this empty: <br />
<input name="url" /></p>
</fieldset><fieldset>
<legend>Message</legend>
<textarea id="message" cols="50" name="message" rows="10"></textarea></fieldset><fieldset>
All fields Required </fieldset><p>
<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
I have a form field that needs to be validated in a hidden Iframe which is driven by Coldfusion. Which is working fine. But the same form field also need do some client side validation as well if Server side (iframe) validation passes. I thought I could create a javascript function, in it call a server side validate and then client side, but without any success. It does not process in the order as expected. Javascript always go first, then the server side validation. I tried to delay the client side with time delay, then server side did process first, but client function could not recognize the parameter passed. here is the function: Function doValidation(param1,param2,param3,param4) { .... document.iframName.src='serverValidate.cfm?m1=param1&p2=param2'; .... clientValidate(param3,param4); } If only I could have serverside validation return a value the function, then I could defined that value then the the clientValidate(param3,param5) to start other wise warn with a message. Both validation does work seperately. The issue is it triggered by one onChange event I have to put them in one function. Maybe I am on a wrong track. Please advise if anyone could have better solution. Thanks in advance. JT Hi, I am creating a HTML page and mailing it to the user(client side). This html page contains a Table and a button. On button click, I would like to create another HTML page based on the detail in the table,dynamically on run time and Open the newly created HTML. I need to use javascript to achieve this functionality. I have no Server-Client Configuration. And I need to run the Javscript only on client side to process the First HTML's table data and Create a new HTML page. The output of the javascript should also be put in a table format in the newly created HTML page. Here is some background information: The details from one server would be put into this first HTML along with a button. This HTML page is then mailed to Client side. The javascript in the HTML page then processes the Table data of first HTML. This can only be run at Client Side,once the user clicks the button and moreover I dont have Server-Client Configuration. I am creating a report and mailing it, For formatting purposes and for creating hyperlink to mailid's I chose HTML, Now I am struck here. Could some one please help me out with this. Thanks for your time. I've literally tried everything. Read 26 tutorials, interchanged code, etc. My validation functions all work. My AJAX functions work (tested manually using servlet URL's). The second servlet validates the reCaptcha form that's generated on my webpage. After the form is validated, even if everything's correct, nothing happens upon clicking submit. I even have an alert pop up if with the captcha result, just for middle-layer debugging purposes. I want to do all of my validation clientside; none serverside. However, going to be tough if I can't get my god damn form to submit. I've been puzzled by this for close to 36 hours straight. I can't see, and I'm going to get some rest and hope that there is some useful insight on my problem when I return. html form: Code: <form id="f1" name="form1" onsubmit="validate_form(this); return false;" action="register" method="post">
<table cellspacing="5" style="border: 2px solid black;">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<table cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td>*First name</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_one"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="fn" name="fn" onBlur="validate_one();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*Last name</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_two"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="ln" name="ln" onBlur="validate_two();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*Email address</td>
<td align="right"><span id="result"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="mailfield" name="email" onBlur="startRequest();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*Phone number</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_three"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="pn" name="pn" onBlur="validate_three();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*City/Town</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_four"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="c" name="c" onBlur="validate_four();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>
<select name="s">
<option value="AL">Alabama
<option value="AK">Alaska
<option value="AZ">Arizona
<option value="AR">Arkansas
<option value="CA">California
<option value="CO">Colorado
<option value="CT">Connecticut
<option value="DE">Delaware
<option value="FL">Florida
<option value="GA">Georgia
<option value="HI">Hawaii
<option value="ID">Idaho
<option value="IL">Illinois
<option value="IN">Indiana
<option value="IA">Iowa
<option value="KS">Kansas
<option value="KY">Kentucky
<option value="LA">Louisiana
<option value="ME">Maine
<option value="MD">Maryland
<option value="MA">Massachusetts
<option value="MI">Michigan
<option value="MN">Minnesota
<option value="MS">Mississippi
<option value="MO">Missouri
<option value="MT">Montana
<option value="NE">Nebraska
<option value="NV">Nevada
<option value="NH">New Hampshire
<option value="NJ">New Jersey
<option value="NM">New Mexico
<option value="NY">New York
<option value="MC">North Carolina
<option value="ND">North Dakota
<option value="OH">Ohio
<option value="OK">Oklahoma
<option value="OR">Oregon
<option value="PA">Pennsylvania
<option value="RI">Rhode Island
<option value="SC">South Carolina
<option value="SD">South Dakota
<option value="TN">Tennessee
<option value="TX">Texas
<option value="UT">Utah
<option value="VT">Vermont
<option value="VA">Virginia
<option value="WA">Washington
<option value="WV">West Virginia
<option value="WI">Wisconsin
<option value="WY">Wyoming
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td><span id="error"></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">*Anti-Spam Verification</td>
<td></td>
<td id="reCaptcha"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<table cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td align="left">*Affiliation</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_five"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="affl" name="affl" onBlur="validate_five();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*Research Area:</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_six"></span></td>
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="ra" name="ra" onBlur="validate_six();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="left">*Research Overview</td>
<td align="right"><span id="valid_seven"></span></td>
<td><textarea cols="38" rows="6" id="ro" name="ro" onKeyDown="limitText(this.form.ro,this.form.countdown,500)" onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.ro,this.form.countdown,500)" onBlur="validate_seven();"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td><font size="1">You have <input readonly type="text" name="countdown" size="1" value="500"> characters remaining.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">*Talk Availability</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<input type="radio" name="ta" value="In person">In person
<input type="radio" name="ta" value="Online">Online
<input type="radio" name="ta" value="Both" checked>Both
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">Links</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<table id="linkTable" border="0">
<td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" name="link"></td>
<td><div id="result"></div></td>
</table>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><input type="button" value="Add Link" onclick="addLink('linkTable')"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><span style="color: red;"></span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form">
</form>
Javascript file: Code: /*
* script.js - ajax and table functions
*/
var xmlHttp; // global instance of XMLHttpRequest
var xmlHttp2; // second for captcha functions
var validAjax = new Boolean();
var validCaptcha = new Boolean();
var valid_one = new Boolean();
var valid_two = new Boolean();
var valid_three = new Boolean();
var valid_four = new Boolean();
var valid_five = new Boolean();
var valid_six = new Boolean();
var valid_seven = new Boolean();
function init() {
showRecaptcha('reCaptcha');
// Separate booleans for AJAX funcs
validAjax = false;
validCaptcha = false;
// Booleanse for fields that don't require servlet validation
valid_one = false;
valid_two = false;
valid_three = false;
valid_four = false;
valid_five = false;
valid_six = false;
valid_seven = false;
}
function showRecaptcha(element) {
Recaptcha.create("6Le1a8ESAAAAAGtxX0miZ2bMg0Wymltnth7IG-Mj", element, {theme: "red", callback: Recaptcha.focus_response_field});
}
function validate_form() {
if (valid_one && valid_two && valid_three && valid_four && validEmail) {
startCaptchaRequest();
if (validCaptcha) {
return true;
}
}
else {
alert("Submission contains errors. Please fill out all required fields before submitting.");
return false;
}
}
function validate_one() {
if (document.getElementById("fn").value == 0) {
valid_one = false;
document.getElementById("valid_one").innerHTML = "No";
}
else {
valid_one = true;
document.getElementById("valid_one").innerHTML = "";
}
}
function validate_two() {
if (document.getElementById("ln").value == 0) {
valid_two = false;
document.getElementById("valid_two").innerHTML = "No";
}
else {
valid_two = true;
document.getElementById("valid_two").innerHTML = "";
}
}
function validate_three() {
if (document.getElementById("pn").value == 0) {
valid_three = false;
document.getElementById("valid_three").innerHTML = "No";
}
else {
valid_three = true;
document.getElementById("valid_three").innerHTML = "";
}
}
function validate_four() {
if (document.getElementById("c").value == 0) {
valid_four = false;
document.getElementById("valid_four").innerHTML = "No";
}
else {
valid_four = true;
document.getElementById("valid_four").innerHTML = "";
}
}
function validate_five() {
if (document.getElementById("affl").value == 0) {
valid_five = false;
document.getElementById("valid_five").innerHTML = "No";
}
else {
valid_five = true;
document.getElementById("valid_five").innerHTML = "";
}
}
//
//function validate_six() {
// if (document.getElementById("ra").value == 0) {
// valid_six = false;
// document.getElementById("valid_six").innerHTML = "No";
// }
// else {
// valid_six = true;
// document.getElementById("valid_six").innerHTML = "";
// }
//}
//
//function validate_seven() {
// if (document.getElementById("ro").value == 0) {
// valid_seven = false;
// document.getElementById("valid_seven").innerHTML = "No";
// }
// else {
// valid_seven = true;
// document.getElementById("valid_seven").innerHTML = "";
// }
//}
function addLink(tableID) {
var table = document.getElementById(tableID);
var rowCount = table.rows.length;
var row = table.insertRow(rowCount);
var cell = row.insertCell(0);
var element1 = document.createElement("input");
element1.type = "text";
element1.name = "link" + rowCount;
element1.style.width = "320px";
cell.appendChild(element1);
}
function limitText(limitField, limitCount, limitNum) {
if (limitField.value.length > limitNum) {
limitField.value = limitField.value.substring(0, limitNum);
}
else {
limitCount.value = limitNum - limitField.value.length;
}
}
function createXmlHttpRequest() {
if(window.ActiveXObject) {
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
else if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
}
function startRequest() {
createXmlHttpRequest();
var param1 = document.getElementById('mailfield').value;
if (param1 == "") {
validEmail = false;
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "Blank";
}
else {
xmlHttp.open("GET", "http://localhost:1979/PolarSpeakers/servlet/mailCheck.do?e=" + param1, true)
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange;
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
}
function handleStateChange() {
if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
if(xmlHttp.status==200) {
var message =
xmlHttp.responseXML
.getElementsByTagName("valid")[0]
.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
if (message == "Unregistered") {
validEmail = true;
document.getElementById("result").style.color = "green";
}
else {
validEmail = false;
document.getElementById("result").style.color = "red";
}
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = message;
}
else {
alert("Error checking e-mail address - " + xmlHttp.status +
" : " + xmlHttp.statusText);
}
}
}
function createCaptchaRequest() {
if(window.ActiveXObject) {
xmlHttp2=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
else if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlHttp2=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
}
function startCaptchaRequest() {
alert('made it to captcha requeswt');
createCaptchaRequest();
var param1 = Recaptcha.get_challenge();
var param2 = Recaptcha.get_response();
xmlHttp2.open("POST", "http://localhost:1979/PolarSpeakers/servlet/captchaCheck.do?c=" + param1 + "&r=" + param2, true)
xmlHttp2.onreadystatechange = handleStateChangeCaptcha;
xmlHttp2.send(null);
}
function handleStateChangeCaptcha() {
if(xmlHttp2.readyState==4) {
if(xmlHttp2.status==200) {
var message =
xmlHttp2.responseXML
.getElementsByTagName("result")[0]
.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
if (message == "Valid") {
alert("captcha valid");
validCaptcha = true;
}
else {
document.getElementById("error").innerHTML = message;
validCaptcha = false;
}
}
else {
alert("Error checking captcha validity - " + xmlHttp2.status +
" : " + xmlHttp2.statusText);
}
}
}
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