This code was working earlier today, then randomly stopped, something must of changed, but I can’t work out what – please see below:
**UPDATE – code update below. Now it correctly recognises if a radio button is checked or not, however if a user tries to resubmit the form after an alert is displayed, the recognised state fails to update. Is a loop of some kind needed?
function checkForm()
{
var x=document.forms["sdcomp"]["name"].value;
if (x==null || x=="")
{
alert("Name must be filled out");
return false;
}
var x=document.forms["sdcomp"]["email"].value;
var atpos=x.indexOf("@");
var dotpos=x.lastIndexOf(".");
if (atpos<1 || dotpos<atpos+2 || dotpos+2>=x.length)
{
alert("Please enter a valid e-mail address");
return false;
}
if (document.getElementById("questionone").checked==false)
{
alert("Question one must be completed");
return false;
}
if (document.getElementById("questiontwo").checked==false)
{
alert("Question two must be completed");
return false;
}
if (document.getElementById("questionthree").checked==false)
{
alert("Question three must be completed");
return false;
}
if (document.getElementById("questionfour").checked==false)
{
alert("Question four must be completed");
return false;
}
}
Example of the form’s first question:
<tr>
<td class="question" colspan="4"><p class="question">Usain Bolt is the current world record holder for the men's 100 meters, but what is his best time?</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="answer">8.45 seconds<input type="radio" value="Aone" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">9.58 seconds<input type="radio" value="Atwo" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">10.12 seconds<input type="radio" value="Athree" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">9.32<input type="radio" value="Afour" name="Qone" id="question one">
</td>
</tr>
*****UPDATE new code below:************
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
<!-- inclusion of fb config -->
<?php require_once('config.php'); ?>
<!-- client side validation for text fields -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function checkForm()
{
var x=document.forms["sdcomp"]["name"].value;
if (x==null || x=="")
{
alert("Name must be filled out");
return false;
}
var x=document.forms["sdcomp"]["email"].value;
var atpos=x.indexOf("@");
var dotpos=x.lastIndexOf(".");
if (atpos<1 || dotpos<atpos+2 || dotpos+2>=x.length)
{
alert("Please enter a valid e-mail address");
return false;
}
/* HERE */
function isAnswered(name) {
var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
var input = inputs[i];
if ((input.name === name) && (input.checked)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
if (!isAnswered("Qone")) {
alert("Question one must be completed");
return false;
}
if (!isAnswered("Qtwo")) {
alert("Question two must be completed");
return false;
}
if (!isAnswered("Qthree")) {
alert("Question three must be completed");
return false;
}
if (!isAnswered("Qfour")) {
alert("Question four must be completed");
return false;
}
}
</script>
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","root");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("sdfbcomp", $con);
// some code
?>
<?php
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$Qone = $_POST["Qone"];
$Qtwo = $_POST["Qtwo"];
$Qthree = $_POST["Qthree"];
$Qfour = $_POST["Qfour"];
?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="tablediv">
<table id="comptable">
<form name="sdcomp" method="post" action="insert.php" onSubmit="return checkForm();">
<tr class="userdetailfields">
<p>Name:</p><input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="name"></br>
</tr>
<tr class="userdetailfields">
<p>Email:</p><input type="text" size="12" maxlength="30" name="email"></br>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="question" colspan="4"><p class="question">Usain Bolt is the current world record holder for the men's 100 meters, but what is his best time?</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="answer">8.45 seconds<input type="radio" value="Aone" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">9.58 seconds<input type="radio" value="Atwo" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">10.12 seconds<input type="radio" value="Athree" name="Qone" id="questionone"></td>
<td class="answer">9.32<input type="radio" value="Afour" name="Qone" id="question one"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="question" colspan="4"><p class="question">Question two:</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="answer">Answer one<input type="radio" value="Bone" name="Qtwo" id="questiontwo"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer two<input type="radio" value="Btwo" name="Qtwo" id="questiontwo"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer three<input type="radio" value="Bthree" name="Qtwo" id="questiontwo"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer four<input type="radio" value="Bfour" name="Qtwo" id="questiontwo"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="question" colspan="4"><p class="question">Question three:</td></p>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="answer">Answer one<input type="radio" value="Cone" name="Qthree" id="questionthree"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer two<input type="radio" value="Ctwo" name="Qthree" id="questionthree"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer three<input type="radio" value="Cthree" name="Qthree" id="questionthree"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer four<input type="radio" value="Cfour" name="Qthree" id="questionthree"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="question" colspan="4"><p class="question">Question four:</td></p>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="answer">Answer one<input type="radio" value="Done" name="Qfour" id="questionfour"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer two<input type="radio" value="Dtwo" name="Qfour" id="questionfour"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer three<input type="radio" value="Dthree" name="Qfour" id="questionfour"></td>
<td class="answer">Answer four<input type="radio" value="Dfour" name="Qfour" id="questionfour"></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" id="submit"><br /></td></tr>
</form><br />
</table>
</div>
</body>
Still have an issue with this, could you possibly help me? Thanks again!
Firstly, in your question, all the answers have the same id=’questionone’. You need to remove these ids.
To check if a particular name group is checked you can use:
You can then test each question group with the following code: