Hello Sudhakar, I have added #firstError to the end of my script url and then if I have an error, I add that anchor to the first error on the page. This way I don't have to use any javascript to leap the person forward to the first error. I think this is what you are doing with your first method. That should be Kind Regards, Brandon Orther -----Original Message----- From: Sudhakar [mailto:sudhakararaog@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:26 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: best method for relative linking in php i have a registration page where a user fills a form and i display an error message if a validation message needs to be displayed which i have written in php. everything works fine. the way the form is made presently is there is a huge amount of information relating to general information about the form and its terms and conditions which is compulsory. so if i have to display any validation message the user has to scroll the page from the top again all the way till they see the validation message. i have used relative linking as it is done in html, so that the user does not have to scroll from the top of the page, rather the page stops where i want it to so the user see the message and does not have to scroll the page. following are the 2 methods i have used and both of them work fine. however in method 2 as it is based on javascript and if javascript is turned off the relative linking will not work and the user will have to scroll from the top of the page again and i have tested this myself. method 1 <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>#indrel" method="POST" id="test2" name="registrationform" > <a name="indrel"></a> if($error) { echo $error; } method 2 <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST" id="test2" name="registrationform" > <a name="indrel"></a> if($error) { echo (" <script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'> window.location.href='http://website.com/filename.php#indrel' </script> "); echo $error; } please comment if method 1 is correct in terms of the syntax of the form tag if it is correct or not though i know this method is working the way i want it to, i wanted to confirm before i implement it for my website. please advice. thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
