Checking a variable

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Hi,

I’ve created a php email form which works fine, and I have action script attached on the ‘submit’ button which checks for certain values in the input fields…

There are only 3 input fields:

  1. Name field - variable assigned = ‘name_input’ - Input text / single line
  2. email field - variable assigned = ‘email’ - Input text / single line
  3. Message field - variable assigned = ‘message_input’ - Input text / multi line

All input text field are located in a movieclip called ‘form’.

Now, on the send button i check if certain criteria is met…

on(release){
	if ((_parent.form.name_input.length<1) or (_parent.form.message_input.length<1)) {
		_parent.error_message.gotoAndPlay("s1");
	}
	else{
		_parent.form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
	}
}

–> I cut this code down a little bit because the rest of the code works but those two conditions are just not checked by flash…

Even if I leave both the Name and Message field empty it will still send the message and not (as it should) go and play the error message…

What am I doing wrong here ?

As always, thanx for your help and advise in advance !

Mike