PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

**Marius Mathiesen** · Jul 16 '05, 10:57 PM

Re: PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

RavenMaster wrote:[color=blue]
> Has anyone else run into the problem or have some javascript that works with
> trans-sid?[/color]

Hunch: do you identify the session id in the URL (ie. non-cookie session
handling)? In that case, you'd potentially run into trouble with GET
forms. In that case, you'd have to include the session id in your form,
I suppose, like this (given the session is named PHPSESSID):
<input name="PHPSESSID " type="hidden" value="<?php echo session_name() ?>">

which would force your script into including the session identifier in
the request. Or you could use POST forms, which should work too.

OT:
Just discovered the validation functions in PEAR's HTML_QuickForm libraries:

Manual :: How to process submitted data

http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.html.html-quickform.intro-validation.php

This is just *too* cool!

--
Marius

**frimi** · Jul 16 '05, 10:57 PM

Re: PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

it should run with method=post and appending an '?' and the SID constant
Example:
<?php print "<form action=\"valida te.php?" . SID . "\" method =\"post\">"

"RavenMaste r" <dmoore@raven s-nest.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:HfacnUvJgZ TmJ7qiXTWJgA@co mcast.com...[color=blue]
> I have a javascript form field validation script that I have used many[/color]
times[color=blue]
> with no problems. However, I just started using the script in a PHP
> application that uses trans-sid for session management. Everything works
> fine but when I execute the javascript function that includes the
> "document.formn ame.submit();" statement nothing happens. I know for a[/color]
fact[color=blue]
> that this line gets evaluated after I successfully fill in the form.
>
> Has anyone else run into the problem or have some javascript that works[/color]
with[color=blue]
> trans-sid?
>
> Thanks in advance...
> /dkm
>
>[/color]

**Jim Dabell** · Jul 16 '05, 10:57 PM

Re: PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

RavenMaster wrote:

[snip][color=blue]
> when I execute the javascript function that includes the
> "document.formn ame.submit();" statement nothing happens. I know for a
> fact that this line gets evaluated after I successfully fill in the form.
>
> Has anyone else run into the problem or have some javascript that works
> with trans-sid?[/color]

This method of validating form input is poor, since the form becomes
completely unusable in the absence of Javascript. Instead of something
like:

<form action="..." method="...">
<button onclick="valida te();">

....use something like:

<form action="..." method="..." onsubmit="retur n validate();">
<input type="submit">

Return true or false from your validate() function to determine whether or
not the form is submitted. This also has the side-effect of giving PHP a
proper action attribute to work its magic on (which is a mandatory
attribute in HTML 4.01 / XHTML 1.0 anyway).

--
Jim Dabell

**RavenMaster** · Jul 16 '05, 10:57 PM

Re: PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

I tried your suggestions:

Here is an extract of the php code:

echo "<form method=post name='jobForm' action=\"".$SCR IPT_NAME."\">";

include("jobs/job_form.inc");

echo "<input name=\"PHPSESSI D\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"";
echo session_name();
echo "\">";
echo "
<input type='hidden' name='action' value='$action' >
<input type='hidden' name='step' value='2'>
<input type='button' name='submit' value='Next Step'
onclick=\"check _jobform();\">

</form>
</div>
";

Here is the javascript that appears inthe <head>

<script language="JavaS cript">


</script>

"Marius Mathiesen" <marius_doesnt_ read_this@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:1059569821 .748042@makrell .interpost.no.. .[color=blue]
> RavenMaster wrote:[color=green]
> > Has anyone else run into the problem or have some javascript that works[/color][/color]
with[color=blue][color=green]
> > trans-sid?[/color]
>
> Hunch: do you identify the session id in the URL (ie. non-cookie session
> handling)? In that case, you'd potentially run into trouble with GET
> forms. In that case, you'd have to include the session id in your form,
> I suppose, like this (given the session is named PHPSESSID):
> <input name="PHPSESSID " type="hidden" value="<?php echo session_name()[/color]
?>">[color=blue]
>
> which would force your script into including the session identifier in
> the request. Or you could use POST forms, which should work too.
>
> OT:
> Just discovered the validation functions in PEAR's HTML_QuickForm[/color]
libraries:[color=blue]
>[/color]
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/packag...validation.php[color=blue]
>
> This is just *too* cool!
>
> --
> Marius
>[/color]

**Zac Hester** · Jul 16 '05, 10:57 PM

Re: PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

"RavenMaste r" <dmoore@raven s-nest.com> wrote in message
news:BuOdnWFFbp VUVrqiXTWJhg@co mcast.com...[color=blue]
>
> I tried your suggestions:
>
> Here is an extract of the php code:
>
> echo "<form method=post name='jobForm' action=\"".$SCR IPT_NAME."\">";
>
> include("jobs/job_form.inc");
>
>
> echo "<input name=\"PHPSESSI D\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"";
> echo session_name();
> echo "\">";
> echo "
> <input type='hidden' name='action' value='$action' >
> <input type='hidden' name='step' value='2'>
> <input type='button' name='submit' value='Next Step'
> onclick=\"check _jobform();\">
>
> </form>
> </div>
> ";
>
> Here is the javascript that appears inthe <head>
>
> <script language="JavaS cript">
> 
>
> </script>
>[/color]

Just a quick note (that has absolutely nothing to do with PHP), when you're
creating an HTML form and you want to call the formreference.s ubmit()
method, you can't name any of your form elements "submit." This is why when
you called the submit() method before, nothing happened--your submit button
itself is named "submit." Think of how the browser constructs the parse
tree of your form:

jobForm
|- PHPSESSID
|- action
|- step
|- submit

Now, you can reference your submit button's value like this:

submitValue = document.jobFor m.submit.value;

But wait a minute! Now, when you call document.jobFor m.submit(), nothing
happens. Why? Because you replaced a part of the form's object tree with
your own form element. Try not to use (JavaScript) reserved words in any
form naming conventions. I would even recommend not using "action" as a
name even though everyone seems to do it.

HTH,
Zac

PHP Sessions and Javascript submit method

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