This is my try at creating a registration page however after the for loop whatever follows does not execute and I'm at a loss as to why? Below is the javascript code and the form

<script type='text/javascript'>
myArray = ['username','email','password','password2'];
reply = ['User Name','Email','Password','Password Again'];
message = "Please Type you're ";
start = "<font color = red size='-1'>";
end = "</font>";
test = 10;
obj = validate();
alert (obj);
function validate(){

for (var i=0; i<=myArray.length; i++) {
               if (document.getElementById("in"+myArray[i]).value == "")
               {
                   document.getElementById(myArray[i]).innerHTML = start+message+reply[i]+end;
                   test = 30;
               }
                }
alert ("test");
}

<form action="echo.php" method="post" name="register" onsubmit="return validate();">
<table>
    <tr>
      <td width="185"><font size="2">First Name</font></td>
      <td width="499">
        <input id = "infirst_name" name="first_name" type="text" /><div id="first_name"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Last Name</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inlast_name" name="last_name" type="text" /><div id="last_name"></font></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Username*</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "inusername" name="username" type="text" /><div id="username"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Email*</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inemail" name="email" type="text" /><div id="email"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Password*</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inpassword" name="password" type="password" /><div id="password"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Repeat Password*</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "inpassword2" name="password2" type="password" /><div id="password2"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">I have read and Agree to the Terms and Conditions</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "incheckme" name="checkme" type="checkbox" /><div id="checkme"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input type="submit" value="Register" /></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

This is my try at creating a registration page however after the for loop whatever follows does not execute and I'm at a loss as to why? Below is the javascript code and the form

<script type='text/javascript'>
myArray = ['username','email','password','password2'];
reply = ['User Name','Email','Password','Password Again'];
message = "Please Type you're ";
start = "<font color = red size='-1'>";
end = "</font>";
test = 10;
obj = validate();
alert (obj);
function validate(){

for (var i=0; i<=myArray.length; i++) {
               if (document.getElementById("in"+myArray[i]).value == "")
               {
                   document.getElementById(myArray[i]).innerHTML = start+message+reply[i]+end;
                   test = 30;
               }
                }
alert ("test");
}

<form action="echo.php" method="post" name="register" onsubmit="return validate();">
<table>
    <tr>
      <td width="185"><font size="2">First Name</font></td>
      <td width="499">
        <input id = "infirst_name" name="first_name" type="text" /><div id="first_name"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Last Name</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inlast_name" name="last_name" type="text" /><div id="last_name"></font></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Username*</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "inusername" name="username" type="text" /><div id="username"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Email*</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inemail" name="email" type="text" /><div id="email"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Password*</font></td>
      <td><input id = "inpassword" name="password" type="password" /><div id="password"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">Repeat Password*</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "inpassword2" name="password2" type="password" /><div id="password2"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <tr>
      <td><font size="2">I have read and Agree to the Terms and Conditions</font></td>
      <td>
        <input id = "incheckme" name="checkme" type="checkbox" /><div id="checkme"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input type="submit" value="Register" /></td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

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• Have you checked the javascript error console? – user1233508 Commented Apr 10, 2012 at 11:15

3 Answers 3

Try fixing your loop:

for (var i=0; i < myArray.length; i++) {

JavaScript will stop executing anything if it encounters an uncaught error. In your case it seems that you've looped past the last element (and tried to set innerHTML on an undefined object).

Most likely because you iterate past the end of the array, but reference it like there's something there.

See JS console output: perhaps it says that you have an error. i falls out of myArray length: change the loop condition from "i<="to "i<" and you'll be fine.