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PHP

Gary Stewart
Gary Stewart
14,142 Points
Posted by Gary Stewart
Gary Stewart
14,142 Points

Adding a confirmation box to a form submission?

So I have the following form being echoed within PHP below:

echo '<form id="singleAmountForm" method="post" action="">';
                    echo '<input type="hidden" name="singleAmount" value="singleForm">';
                    echo '<label for="singleAmount">SINGLE AMOUNT :</label>';
                    echo '<input type="text" id="singleAmount" name="singleAmount" autocomplete="off">';
                    echo '<input type="submit" class="myButton" value="Submit">';  
                echo '</form>';

I would like for the form to prompt the user when they submit but would also like the prompt to contain some of the values submitted so for example when a form is submitted it asks:

"Are you sure you would like the submit the value of (inputted information)?"

Thanks so much!

1 Answer

Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points
Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points

Gary,

You will have to use javascript or jquery. A quick and easy way is to add something like the following:

Javascript

<script type="text/javascript">

document.getElementById("singleAmountForm").onsubmit = function onSubmit(form) {
   singleAmount = document.getElementById("singleAmount").value;
   if (confirm("Are you sure you want to submit the value of " + singleAmount + " ?"))
      return true;
   else
     return false;

</script>

jQuery

<script type="text/javascript">
$('singleAmountForm').submit(function () {
   singleAmount =$("#singleAmount").val();
   if (confirm("Are you sure you want to submit the value of " + singleAmount + " ?"))
      return true;
   else
     return false;
});
</script>