checking emails match

[sophielois]

Hi,

im trying to make sure that users input there correct email address by asking them to enter it twice and checking that what they have entered matches. If they have entered it incorrectly twice well hey what can i say.... anyway this is all i have at the minute, ive never attempted to do this so any advice would be grand!!

form:

<table class="contact" style="width:297px; margin-left:0px;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="form">
            <form method="POST" action="subscribe.php" name="form">
              <tr> 
                <td width="54%" valign="middle"> Full Name:</td>
                <td width="46%"  align="right" valign="middle"> <input name="fullname" type="text" id="fullName11"> 
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr> 
                <td valign="middle"> Email Address:</td>
                <td align="right" valign="middle"> <input name="email" type="text" id="emailll" ></td>
              </tr>
              <tr> 
                <td valign="middle"> Confirm Email Address</td>
                <td align="right" valign="middle"> <input name="email1" type="text" id="email1" ></td>
              </tr>
              <tr> 
                <td> </td>
                <td align="right"> <div align="right"> 
                    <input type="submit" name="Submit2" value="Subscribe" onClick="return validate(form)">
                  </div></td>
              </tr>
            </form>
          </table>

validation script

<script language="JavaScript"> 
<!-- 
function validate(form) { 
    if (form.fullname.value.length == 0) 
    { 
        alert("Please enter your full name.") 
        form.fullname.focus() 
        return false 
    } 

    if (form.email.value.length == 0) 
    { 
        alert("Please enter your e-mail address.") 
        form.email.focus() 
        return false 
    } 

    if (form.email.value.indexOf("@") == -1) 
    { 
        alert("Please enter a valid e-mail address."); 
        form.email.focus(); 
        return false; 
    } 


} 
//--> 
</script>

ta Soph

 

[Diancecht]

Search this forum for email validation, you will find intersting threads like

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=850836

Cheers,
Dian

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Great - but what is the problem you are having? You don't actually say anywhere!

Dan


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[cLFlaVA]

add this:

    if (form.email.value != form.email1.value)
    {
        alert("The emails must match!");
        form.email.focus();
        return false;
    }

and instead of calling the function in your onclick event, call it like this:

<form ... onsubmit="return validate(this);">

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[sophielois]

Thanks cLFlaVA and others thats great

Soph