I am created a dynamic registration page using HTML, PHP, and Javascript. I am trying to make it so that the form would not be submitted unless it meets the requirements of the form. Some sample requirements are if a field is filled, verified, in email form, or has minimum length. I have a quite a bit of required fields now and it's a pain to fill all of them when I want to test the form. I'm using Eclipse IDE and I'm using the built in web browser and a web server to test the form. I already have code implemented to verify the input upon some basic requirements.
How can I auto fill my HTML form web page with various fields and various types of entry without having to change the code? This is only for testing purposes to verify that my form is producing the correct output given a set of inputs.
You could use a macro program to autofill the form. One such program is AutoHotkey. I am sure there is a more convenient way to do so. Of course, if you use autohotkey you should use the autowriter as well which can be found using this Stack Overflow post: https://superuser.com/questions/229720/where-can-i-find-a-macro-recorder-for-autohotkey Best of luck!
Use the value. Like this:
<input type="text" name="something" value="value here">
In case of a textarea:
<textarea cols="5" rows="5">value here</textarea>
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is there any way to prefill textarea with link of page that user is trying to share but so that he can´t delete it. I am talking about sharing form via email.
The form is obviously done in php.
Edit:
I used the field Edit Summary but I don´t see it anywhere so it may be here twice I can be blind :D
The onlyread function is not what I´ve wanted. User is allowed to write into textarea but the part of the text hasn´t be touchable. As junkfoodjunkie said it seems like the only way to do it. But still posting some advices if you see the whole code may change it.
most inputs can use readonly="readonly" to prevent predefined values from being edited.
<textarea name="verbage" readonly=readonly cols="5" rows="9">
Can't touch this
</textarea>
<input type="text" name='moreverbage" readonly=readonly value="NO EDITING ALLOWED">
If the mail sending is done via PHP, just have that default text be part of the server-side send-mail script, and put it in if the text in the message / textarea doesn't contain the default text. You cannot trust client side solutions, and all of the solutions mentioned above is removed by a simple code-editor (Firebug, for instance), before clicking submit.
Check the content in the mail-sending script, and if the default text isn't there, either replace or add/prepend the text you want.
I am trying to pre-populate a set of form fields by passing info via parameters in the URL. I have been able to do this with html forms before by simply adding the parameters to the URL, for example ?name=John. The variable I enter usually appears in the form field.
I am finding that this approach is not working on the latest form. I have been able to identify the parameter names but when I add them to the end of the URL they are not populated in to the form.
For example using website.co.uk/admin/usersearch.php?email=test#test.com I would expect the email field to be populated with test#test.com but the page refreshes and the form is still blank.
Is this because it is a .php form? Is there anyway round this? I only have the options to use the URL or javascript.
Thanks
Give your field value as <?php echo $_GET['email'];?>
Like this :
<input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $_GET['email'];?>" />
There is no such default procedure for pre-populating form fields built in to any web server. So, I'm not sure how you got it working earlier. Maybe the developer had actually coded it such that the form pre-population occurred.
For the new form, you could do as Prasanth suggested. However, since you require only JavaScript or HTML, refer to this prior question for further assistance: How to retrieve GET parameters from javascript?
Basically, what you'll be doing is getting the value of the field from the url and setting the field's value to it in the form using JavaScript.
I'm considering using random input names for registration form. It would be done this way:
User requests register form site.
Create random names for input fields and save them to user's session.
Render form and display it to the user.
I just wonder if that method gives me anything. If session driver is a cookie - it's
encrypted and secured in the best possible way using third party library which I consider as save enough. If user don't except cookies I can refuse registration.
To remove cookies as potential security risk I can store sessions in database. This seems more secure but also might overload the server(?).
My question is quite simple. Is there any sense to implement such feature?
The standard approach is to have a hidden text field. That is a field with type=text, but with CSS rules applied to it so that it's invisible.
markup:
<input type="text" name="put_some_innocuous_name_here" class="some_innocuous_css_class_name_here" value="" />
CSS:
input.some_innocuous_css_class_name_here {
display: none;
}
PHP:
if ((isset ($_POST ['put_some_innocuous_name_here']))
&& ($_POST ['put_some_innocuous_name_here'] != ''))
{
throw new Exception ('Suspected bot!');
}
The way this works is quite simple. A normal user will never see your hidden text field because CSS rules will keep it hidden. therefore a real user will never fill it out.
However, most spambots aren't aware of CSS. They just parse the form markup and they see a text field that appears to need filling out. So they fill the field out with some random data. Because a form field that should never be seen by a normal user has been filled out, this means you're probably dealing with a bot.
Don't use input type=hidden for this, because most spambots are smart enough to notice them and ignore them.
A little late but I have created an class file which does exactly what you need you can find it here.
You just need to pass the name of the form through a function example.
<input type="text" name="<?php echo $obj->DynamicName("fieldName")?>"/>
and once the form is submitted it will populate $_POST['fieldName'] with appropriate data as soon as you create its object.
Try checking the IP against known spammers lists, it's very effective. Good examples would be Botscout and Spambusted. I've tried both, and they reduced my spammer bot registrations.
In HTML5, an input without name is also valid
e.g.
<input type="text" id="user" />
But what is the point if I cannot access the form element in my backend PHP code?
Not all input is used server-side. In many cases it's used for form submission via AJAX. Additionally, a JavaScript app can make use of user input without ever needing to use a form.
Click the "link" button on any question or answer here on Stack Overflow, you will see an example of an <input> without a name or associated form.
Granted, this particular input is created with javascript - but it's pretty common to see an input field or textarea for copy/paste purposes, for one example.
..and it's also useful for basically anything to do with javascript.
One non-AJAX example I am currently using:
I have a spreadsheet for several dollar amounts to be filled in. I use an <input> field with no name to display the total amount of each column with javascript. On the server side, I don't need a "total amount" field coming through, and I sure as hell wouldn't trust it. The real total amount is calculated on the server side based on the other inputs, but we still show it in real time on the front end for the user.
I'm setting up a contact form, but I have some saved information in some spans (It's an ecommerce shopping basket) and the built in checkout is awful so we're just slapping together an easy solution: turn it into an email form and email us the order instead of losing customers.
Anyway, can I use the info in the span, taking the id or name or do I have to turn it into an input? And if I do, how can I disable the input field?
Example of code I want to take into the email is in this jsFiddle, I want the spans with name="ACTUAL PRICE" etc emailed. Is this possible?
Thanks :)
Maybe you want to use a hidden input field.
<input type="hidden" name="key" value="foobar" />
It is not displayed, but can be used to submit information with the form.
You'd be far better off using hidden form fields if possible. Else if the user has JS disabled you may run in to issues down the line. Rare but possible.