Hi, I would like to request a script to be made (or a link to a similar script). Im no good with javascript . Anyways I would like it so that when a user hits submit, it disables the submit button and brings up a alert. I also want it so that before the submit button is disabled it posts the form information to a php document.

Help is apreciated greatly
,Slick

Having the form posted before the javascript code disabled the button, etc, might be able to be done using ajax (not sure). I also don't know whether that is absolutely necessary, as you may receive nearly the same results posting the form afterward. This is one of those "is the juice worth the squeeze?" questions, that only you can answer.

A button disable and alert example can be found here:
http://www.codetoad.com/javascript_validate_disable.asp

Well i want some sort of system inplace that makes it so that you cant post comments over and over really quicky (my site got spammed a ton last night >_> )

and yes i am talking about ajax, but from my understanding ajax is basicly just javascript

Originally Posted by Slick Nick

Well i want some sort of system inplace that makes it so that you cant post comments over and over really quicky (my site got spammed a ton last night >_> )

and yes i am talking about ajax, but from my understanding ajax is basicly just javascript

You could try this idea. Of course it's dependent upon JS being enabled.

<form ....... onsubmit="if(document.cookie && document.cookie.match('sentForm')){alert('Once is enough!'); return false;}else{document.cookie='sentForm=yes'}">

Well..not entirely sure if it works. Basicly im thinking somthing very similar to the youtube comment system. So that script might work...buuut i still need it so that the info is posted to a php document using ajax

bit of a futile exercise really. The comment spammers don't click the submit buttons on your page at all, they use bots to send a HTTP GET or POST request to the page URL with the field names from your page filled in already .

to disable the button once it has been clicked simply add

onclick="this.disabled='disabled'"

to the submit button

oh..i didnt know that. Well it sure makes it easier on my site because i have it so that when you submit the comment it brings you to the same page (with the comment posted). Problem is though is that you can just refresh and it double posts. if i must i can just make a redirect page after they post the comment, but i would prefer it to post with ajax

The simplest way to eliminate a repost on refresh would be to server-side redirect to the same page after posting rather than simply opening the page.

you can write it in the onclick event of the button for disabling it and for also alert and also for post.