how to ignore blank fields?

opheliajewellery · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1

i am trying to setup a series of html forms (not php) that act as a catalogue, so i have a list of products with different options they can choose for each one...

however i've been searching the internet and all i can find is how to make alerts to notify users of blank fields - problem is that my forms are submitting ALL fields whether they've been used or not...

so in my case, if a client only chooses two items (and fills out the form information for that item) the email I receive still shows all the fields for every item...

example of the email i receive:

DC16-OPTION1 = on
DC16-COLOURS =
DC16-QUANTITY = 1

DC27-COLOURS =
DC27-QUANTITY =

DC28-OPTION3 = on
DC28-COLOURS = green
DC28-QUANTITY = 2

DC2-COLOURS =
DC2-QUANTITY =

DC22-OPTION2 = on
DC22-OPTION3 = on
DC22-COLOURS = blue, green, red
DC22-QUANTITY = 5

****

here is my code:

Colour Preference: <BR>
<input type="text" name="FS7-COLOURS" value=""><BR>
Quantity: <BR>
<input type="text" name="FS7-QUANTITY" value=""><BR>

****

as you can see it sends all the fields even though there is nothing written in them... how do you make it stop doing this? as all the fields are NOT required I'd rather they not show up if they aren't being used!

thanks

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1408 Location: Biloxi, MS

See if you can use this: JavaScript Form Validation