I have read the key entries on this subject and, being a newbie, I have to say that I am rather confused. A lot of the replies assume a level of knowledge that I do not have. My flash form is very simple - it only has three fields, so the php script is equally basic. What I need to know is where to perform the validation - in the fla or on the server-side. The chunks of code in the replies in the forums should go in the script or in the fla? Presumably in the server-side script, but how do they get called? You can see that I am struggling. I am going to keep searching, but if anybody could point me to a noddy guide for validation with the appropriate scripts (and where they should go!) that would sure be appreciated.
Whenever I write a form, I validate it both client side and server side.
It is a good idea to validate forms client side, just with simple checks, eg all the required fields are filled in etc - just to improve the users experience - its better to be told straight away that a form needs to be filled in, rather than waiting for a form to process, and then being told.
Server side is where the proper processing takes place however.
I can't help you with flash validation, as I don't know flash at all, however, PHP validation I can!
In a simple three field script, really all you need to do is check that:[*] All the fields are completed[*] The e-mail address is valid[*] Any other specific fields are valid (ages are just numbers etc.)
If you don't want to get into the nitty gritty of validating the input against injection have a look as this as_mail function. You just call as_mail instead of PHP's native mail() function and you should be protected (haven't used it personally though).
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