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Newbie Question - Client Side Script Language
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| antonio.cuartas@gmail.com 2007-09-25, 7:02 pm |
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Hi all,
Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
client side???
Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
form fields) or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
the alternatives???
Thanks in advance!!!
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| Good Man 2007-09-25, 7:02 pm |
| antonio.cuartas@gmail.com wrote in news:1190753730.097971.27070@
22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:
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> Hi all,
>
> Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
> client side???
>
> Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
> form fields) or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
> the alternatives???
Javascript is a client side language. This is what you need to 'validate'
form fields. It is my duty to remind you that server-side validation must
be performed whether or not you use any client-side validation.
You cannot use PHP on the client side; PHP runs on a server.
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| gosha bine 2007-09-25, 7:02 pm |
| antonio.cuartas@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
> client side???
>
> Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
> form fields) or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
> the alternatives???
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
As long as your client is html-based (i.e. browser), javascript is the
only option. Running php on the client requires php to be installed
there (sounds logical, huh?), which is not the case for most clients.
--
gosha bine
extended php parser ~ http://code.google.com/p/pihipi
blok ~ http://www.tagarga.com/blok
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| Michael Fesser 2007-09-25, 7:02 pm |
| ..oO(antonio.cuartas@gmail.com)
>Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
>client side???
>
>Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
>form fields)
In theory - yes. In practice - no.
To run PHP scripts in a browser it would require a plugin. In fact such
plugins exist, but they are more or less experimental and usually not
installed on any user machine.
>or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
>the alternatives???
There's only JS.
Micha
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| On Sep 25, 10:55 pm, antonio.cuar...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
> client side???
>
> Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
> form fields) or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
> the alternatives???
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
You can use AJAX (JavaScript). AJAX can send some string to php page
which return if form field is valid or invalid.
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"gosha bine" <stereofrog@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> antonio.cuartas@gmail.com wrote:
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> As long as your client is html-based (i.e. browser), javascript is the
> only option. Running php on the client requires php to be installed there
> (sounds logical, huh?), which is not the case for most clients.
oh man! gosha, you propensity toward blanket, incorrect statements is even
more pronounced than my 'polemic needs'!!!
let's see, BESIDES javascript, there's vb script, tck/tl, java applets,
activex, etc., etc.
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| RageARC 2007-09-26, 10:01 pm |
| xD Wow steve you're really in the mood for flaming man
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| Rik Wasmus 2007-09-26, 10:01 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:00:54 +0200, RageARC <ragearc@gmail.com> wrote:
> xD Wow steve you're really in the mood for flaming man
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Damn, he's off cnntp again...
Care to quote correctly what he said?
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Rik Wasmus
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