If you want to do this only in PHP, you will need to add "steps" in your script, like:
step1 (show form) -> step2 (ask validation) -> step3 (validate)
To do so, you can use sessions to keep form content, and GET parameter to track the step.
Otherwise the simplest solution is to use javascript:
echo "<td><a onClick=\"javascript: return confirm('Please confirm deletion');\" href='delete.php?id=".$query2['id']."'>x</a></td><tr>"; //use double quotes for js inside php!
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June 13, 2014 - //Then wherever you're running document ready or general page scripts, you'll want to echo $alert_script //scripts <?php if (isset($alert_script) { echo $alert_script; } ?> At the same time, you want to stop any additional code executing until the user selects the confirm box. You might add a variable $error = true if a validation fails and only allow the success functions to run if (!$error) { Success Function (i.e. writing to database or sending email) } Validation messages via javascript might be considered obtrusive - if the user has js turned off, how are they going to know what the error is?
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May 13, 2018 - Hi everyone, I have code where a MySQL table’s row is deleted. Before deleting I’d like a user’s confirmation whereby dialog box. Can anyone show me how to do that? Thanks
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<html><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>JavaScript Alert Box by PHP</title> <?php function createConfirmationmbox(){ echo '<script type="text/javascript"> '; echo ' function openulr(newurl) {'; echo ' if (confirm("Are you sure you want to open new URL")) {'; echo ' document.location = newurl;'; echo ' }'; echo '}'; echo '</script>'; } ?> <?php createConfirmationmbox(); ?> </head> <body> <strong><a href="javascript:openulr('newurl.html');">Open new URL</a></strong> </body> </html>
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If you want to do this only in PHP, you will need to add "steps" in your script, like:
step1 (show form) -> step2 (ask validation) -> step3 (validate)
To do so, you can use sessions to keep form content, and GET parameter to track the step.
Otherwise the simplest solution is to use javascript:
echo "<td><a onClick=\"javascript: return confirm('Please confirm deletion');\" href='delete.php?id=".$query2['id']."'>x</a></td><tr>"; //use double quotes for js inside php!
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This is u need
while($query2=mysql_fetch_array($query1))
{
echo "<tr><td>".$query2['name']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$query2['age']."</td>";
echo "<td><a href='edit.php?id=".$query2['id']."'>Edit</a></td>";
echo "<td><a onclick='javascript:confirmationDelete($(this));return false;' href='delete.php?id=".$query2['id']."'>x</a></td><tr>";
}
and create javascript function
function confirmationDelete(anchor)
{
var conf = confirm('Are you sure want to delete this record?');
if(conf)
window.location=anchor.attr("href");
}
believe me it's work :)
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July 12, 2025 - <?php // PHP program to pop an alert // message box on the screen // Function definition function function_alert($message) { // Display the alert box echo "<script>alert('$message');</script>"; } // Function call function_alert("Welcome to Geeks ...
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[SOLVED] PHP confirm message box - PHP Coding Help - PHP Freaks
January 19, 2009 - Hi guys, So, i'm pulling back images in a loop, and on each image i have a delete link that goes to something like: images.php?delete=1&id=28 so it will delete the image with an id of 28 from MySQL however i would like to have an "are you sure?" YesNo message box pop up. Does anyone know if t...
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How to display confirm box on website in php
October 10, 2016 - <html> <head> <title>Are you sure?</title> <script> function areYouSure() { var res = confirm("Are you sure?"); return res; //true or false } </script> </head> <body> <form method="POST" action="action_page.php"> <!-- ...
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January 17, 2008 - ?> <script language="JavaScript"> if (confirm("<? echo $msg; ?>")) { <? $result == "ok"; ?> } else { <? $result == "cancel"; ?> } </script> <? } } ?> ... We believe in human intelligence.
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javascript - Confirmation message on user input in php
August 15, 2012 - <form name="example" action="saver.php" onsubmit="return confirm('Confirmation Message');"> <!-- Inputs / Elements --> </form> Regarding your other query (Passing your Javascript result to your PHP file): If you want the value of what the user has choosen you could insert a hidden field with the status of the confirmation box.
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April 1, 2024 - PHP offers various methods to implement alerts, such as using built-in functions like echo or print or leveraging JavaScript for more interactive and dynamic alerts. Alert dialog boxes can be used to display messages, confirmation prompts, or collect user input through prompt dialog boxes.
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confirmation box in php?
November 19, 2016 - when PHP start to execute the codes from top to bottom no way u can make any arrangements to give a PAUSE to the execution of code & take instruction from the user. ... if( isset($_GET['confirm']) && $_GET['confirm'] == "yes" ) { $curl = curl.init(); curl_opt_array($curl, array( CURLOPT_URL =>1, CURL_URL ==> "http://10.10.10.10/list/list17?ip=192.1.1.1", )) $resp = curl_exec($curl); $info =curl_getinfo($curl); $ststusCode = $info["http_code"]; curl_close($curl); if($statusCode ==200) { echo '<h1>good</h1>'; }else{ echo '<h1> Error</h1>'; } } ?> <a href="api.php?confirm=yes">YES</a> & <a href="api.php?confirm=no">NO</a>
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In your code, you have mentioned PHP but, have used JavaScript.
If you want to do a confirm with PHP,
Create an intermediate page for confirmation.
Post form data there.
On confirmation page, add two submit buttons:
Yes: If pressed this, redirect/post to edit page.
No: If pressed this, redirect back to form
So, your confirmation page should be:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['confirm'])) {
if ($_POST['confirm'] == 'Yes') {
header("Location:edit.php?id=1");
}
else if ($_POST['confirm'] == 'No') {
header("goBack.php");
}
}
?>
<form method="post">
<?php
if(isset($_REQUEST['id']))
{
?>
<input type="submit" name="confirm" value="Yes"><br/>
<input type="submit" name="confirm" value="No"><br/>
<?php
}
?>
</form>
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Just use inline onclick event.
This is a simple techique, you can use it in your PHP page.
<a href="edit.php?id=1" onclick="return confirm('do you want to delete Y/N')">Edit </a>
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How to display a confirm message in PHP and MySQL using JavaScript - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): As Marin Marinov says, your javascript is just a previous filter to a typical form submit that sends the resource id to be deleted to the server. If you want to make it using ajax, you could look at http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/, I personally use it like that [code] $.ajax...
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You can use onsubmit attribute.
Example
function confirmDesactiv()
{
return confirm("Are you sure ?")
}<form method="POST" action="yourphp.php" onsubmit="return confirmDesactiv()">
<button type="submit">Delete my account</button>
</form> 2 of 5
0
try it.
function confirm_delete(){
if(confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this..?") === true){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}
}
<input type="button" Onclick="confirm_delete()">
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using onclick to display a confirmation message within php/html
I like this. Thanks 2017-06-05T15:39:09.883Z+00:00 ... The code highlighting in your code snippet already shows you what's wrong: The single quote actually breaks your echo statement.
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You could use JavaScript. Either put the code inline, into a function or use jQuery.
Inline:
<a href="deletelink" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure?')">Delete</a>In a function:
<a href="deletelink" onclick="return checkDelete()">Delete</a>and then put this in
<head>:<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> function checkDelete(){ return confirm('Are you sure?'); } </script>This one has more work, but less file size if the list is long.
With jQuery:
<a href="deletelink" class="delete">Delete</a>And put this in
<head>:<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("a.delete").click(function(e){ if(!confirm('Are you sure?')){ e.preventDefault(); return false; } return true; }); }); </script>
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You have 2 options
1) Use javascript to confirm deletion (use onsubmit event handler), however if the client has JS disabled, you're in trouble.
2) Use PHP to echo out a confirmation message, along with the contents of the form (hidden if you like) as well as a submit button called "confirmation", in PHP check if $_POST["confirmation"] is set.