Hi,

i was wondering if anyone can help me. i am new to php and was wondering if it was possible to embed javascript in php. i was trying to get an alert/msg box up to explain an error to the user.

i have written the following code


<?php
.............


/* CHECK IF EMAIL ADDRESS SUBMITTED IS VALID */

if(!ereg("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $UNameFrm))
{
<script type = "text/javascript">
alert('Congrats');
</script>

exit();
}

/* CHECK IF EMAIL ADDRESS ALREADY EXISTS IN THE DATABASE */

$check = mysql_query("select * from acctbl where Username = '$UNameFrm'");

$result = mysql_query($check);

$num = mysql_num_rows($check);

if ($num > 0)
{
echo "This email address already exists";
exit();
}

else
{
$insert = ......
}
?>

can anybody help me? if this can't be done with javascript can anybody tell me how to do it another way.

Thanks in Advanced,

Scoobie.