On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Terion Miller <webdev.terion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a huge form to validate and wonder which is better javascript > validation or php, the page is a php page, I actually put js validation on > it but then it stopped working (stopped inserting into the db) not sure if > that had anything to do with it.... > What does everyone prefer? > > Terion who is actually finally learning stuff to her surprise!! > No question here. Javascript validation is a nicety, and can catch a lot of errors without wasting server time or bandwidth, but server-side validation is a MUST, no questions asked. If the client has javascript disabled, or someone uses wget, curl, etc. to send data, it still needs to be validated! Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
