finally found the problem... wrong names for string and this is what now verifies correctly.... if (strlen($_POST["titleIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["publisherIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["copyrightIN"]) == "" ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["ISBNIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["languageIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif (!empty($_POST['categoriesIN'])) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 0;
I'd suggest something slightly different. $errors = array(); if (empty($_POST['title'])) { $errors[] = 'title'; } if (empty($_POST['first_nameIN'])) { $errors[] = 'first_nameIN'; } ... # If we found any errors, show a message! if (!empty($errors)) { echo "You forgot to fill in these fields:<br/>"; echo implode(',', $errors) . "<br/>"; } So your user knows what they missed. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php