C H A P T E R 6
Form Design and Management
Web-based forms are a common source of new data for an application. Generally, this data is unstructured and will often need to be massaged, formatted, or otherwise conditioned before being stored. Data may also be coming from a potentially unreliable source. This chapter will demonstrate methods of capturing data from web forms, validating the input fields using JavaScript, passing data to PHP via an AJAX request, and maintaining data integrity within your data-storage services. We shall also give you advice about manipulating images, integrating multiple languages, and using regular expressions.
Data Validation
There are two main areas where data validation is performed in web-based forms, and these ...
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