Re: [webmin-devel] Problem with text box values

[Isaías S. <isa...@cl...>]

Thanx for the quick answer. The ui_submit was exactly what I was looking
for. I'm still new with webmin and web developement and some things escape
my vision sometimes.

Thanx.


*Isaías Sancho*
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2011/5/20 Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...>

> On 20/May/2011 12:19 Isaías Sancho <isa...@cl...> wrote
> ..
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm working with webmin to make a web interface to my own program. The
> > problem I have is that I'm creating a text box where I show a certain
> value
> > my program manages. Then the user should modify this value, that's why I
> use
> > a text box. But the user changes are validated only when a 'Modify'
> button
> > is pressed.
> >
> > My question is, how do I check the values that were entered in the text
> > boxes? Where does webmin saves those values?
>
> Do you mean validation on the server side?
>
> If so, a typical form is in a script named like edit.cgi , like :
>
> ...
> print ui_form_start("save.cgi");
> print "Your name: ",ui_textbox("name", "", 40);
> print ui_submit("Save");
> print ui_form_end();
> ...
>
> and validation is done in save.cgi like :
>
> ...
> ReadParse();
> if ($in{'name'} eq '') {
>  error("You didn't enter a name");
>  }
> ...
>
>  - Jamie
>
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