disable/able form buttons
I've only seen this on programs so am not sure if it is possible with PHP
I have a form (well 4 html drop downs) , I want to disable the 'next' (submit) button until the drop downs are selected. I've got it set as an if statement as the moment (if all selected display button, else don't) but want the button link muted and unclickable until selected - like the agree button on install programs.
also the drop down options are selective, meaning some section only need 2 selected
can this be done with PHP?
Renegade posted this at 02:01 — 15th December 2003.
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I have never seen this done with PHP but I have seen it done with Javascript though. Don't know how to do it and can't find it anywhere either :S
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 03:29 — 15th December 2003.
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<input type="submit" id="submitbutton" disabled="true" />'And you can enable it using the DOM, something like:
document.getElementById("submitbutton").disabled=false;'Add if/else statements around it to check if the dropdowns are all selected. Do you want help with that also?
Busy posted this at 07:53 — 15th December 2003.
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would rather not use javascript if can help it
I'm not sure you want to offer to do the if/else, it's over 1200 options in total from 35 main options. with PHP it's not so bad as the selected items can be checked against the database catagories and jumping from javascript to php and back would be massive amount of code to include a noscript option.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 08:18 — 15th December 2003.
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Controlling form elements is only client-side, unfortunately. Flash/Java/etc can check with the server, but that's probably not a good option.
Mark Hensler posted this at 18:13 — 15th December 2003.
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I had a project once where I had several drop downs who's values were dependant on previous drop downs. Nothing really special about this except the number of combinations that were possible. The solution we came up with was to use a database with a dependency table and php to print out a complex JavaScript to run the client-side form controls. The page was very heavy to load but performed as needed.
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Busy posted this at 21:50 — 15th December 2003.
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Oh well I guess I can scrap that idea, can use if/else on the next page, one more page wont hurt them
thanks guys
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