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March 2, 2008 at 07:49 PM
brittanyjane99

Advanced Validation for Registration Form

by brittanyjane99 . Updated 18 years, 3 months ago

Hi!

I am new to this forum, and new to web design. I am currently working on getting my first site up and running, so I apologize if my queries seem basic. I truly do appreciate any input you can provide!

I am using PageBreeze to create my webpages, and have began to create the registration page for my site using Coffee Cup Form Generator. I designed the form, love the way it looks, and got it all set up to communicate with my MySql database. Unfortunately, after running some tests, I realized that this Coffee Cup software does not provide advanced verification of any form fields (checking the MySql database to see if the users e-mail address, login, etc. have already been submitted previously).

I would really love to use my Coffee Cup form, but I am clueless about how to write the PHP code to make the form check MySql after submission for these validations. I have searched online, but have only found vague examples (at least vague to me!) and I don’t know where to insert the script into the Coffee Cup PHP page. If anyone could advise on this type of coding, that would be great!

I would also love to get any recommendations for other WYSIWYG form generators (because I’m a novice). I’ve seen many advertised in my searches, but don’t want to pay for the service without some suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your time and advice!

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