To Web developers in the house, which is better for form validation, Php (back-end) or javascript(front-end)?

both

charliboy654:
To Web developers in the house, which is better for form validation, Php (back-end) or javascript(front-end)?

Let me just start with this, whatever you do you should have some sort of server validation in place.

Js validation is extremely useful from a ux point of view. Users don't need to submit the form first before being notified of validation errors and this makes for a wonderful user experience.

but js runs on the client and you usually have no control over this. The user might have js disabled and thus your script won't run and he will bypass the validation process or advanced users can manipulate the script and temper with the validation rules.

php validation should serve as your last guard to user submitted content as this runs on the server and the user can't turn it off or manipulate.

so the answer is both have their places. js is used to improve ux while php ensures that the right data is stored.

if you were to pick one though, definitely php

eberedigital:


Let me just start with this, whatever you do you should have some sort of server validation in place.

Js validation is extremely useful from a ux point of view. Users don't need to submit the form first before being notified of validation errors and this makes for a wonderful user experience.

but js runs on the client and you usually have no control over this. The user might have js disabled and thus your script won't run and he will bypass the validation process or advanced users can manipulate the script and temper with the validation rules.

php validation should serve as your last guard to user submitted content as this runs on the server and the user can't turn it off or manipulate.

so the answer is both have their places. js is used to improve ux while php ensures that the right data is stored.

if you were to pick one though, definitely php

OK, thank u very much, am a new developer actually using javascript for form validation until a friend told me php would be safer which actually made sense, but I felt javascript would be better for user experience.

eberedigital:


Let me just start with this, whatever you do you should have some sort of server validation in place.

Js validation is extremely useful from a ux point of view. Users don't need to submit the form first before being notified of validation errors and this makes for a wonderful user experience.

but js runs on the client and you usually have no control over this. The user might have js disabled and thus your script won't run and he will bypass the validation process or advanced users can manipulate the script and temper with the validation rules.

php validation should serve as your last guard to user submitted content as this runs on the server and the user can't turn it off or manipulate.

so the answer is both have their places. js is used to improve ux while php ensures that the right data is stored.

if you were to pick one though, definitely php

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