POLL: PHP or JS for form validation.

I'm just getting started with my first from the ground up app
and still not sure which will serve me best. At this stage I'd rate
my skill level in each language about the same, intermediate. Since
both handle regex I can't decide if server-side or client-side is
the way to go. Or is there a place and need for each? I'm
interested in things like portability, compatibility, security,
speed and anything else you think is an important factor.
Would like to hear from people that have made this decision
and what benifits you feel you get from your choice.
Thanks in advance,
Mike D.

On 19 Jun 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev, mdonahue
wrote:
> I'm just getting started with my first from the ground
up app and
> still not sure which will serve me best. At this stage
I'd rate my
> skill level in each language about the same,
intermediate. Since
> both handle regex I can't decide if server-side or
client-side is
> the way to go. Or is there a place and need for each?
I'm interested
> in things like portability, compatibility, security,
speed and
> anything else you think is an important factor.
>
> Would like to hear from people that have made this
decision and what
> benifits you feel you get from your choice.
Poll?
You absolutely, positively have to do validation serverside.
Javascript
validation can be avoided by the simple expedient of shutting
off
javascript. (For example, spambots which abuse forms don't
run
javascript.) Your only choice is to use some kind of
serverside
validation. If you want to do clientside validation with
javascript,
that's an added feature, but it's not necessary.
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php

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    <h2>Earn an Official CSS Masters Certification!</h2>
    <table>
    <form name="form1" method="POST" action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" class="form1">
    <tr >
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="firstName" id="firstNameLabel" >First Name:</label>
                  <span>
                     <?php
                              if ($_POST && isset($errors['first_name'])) {
                                        echo $errors['first_name'];
                              ?>
            </span>
        </td>
        <td><input type="text" name="first_name" class="inputField" id="firstName" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="lastName" id="lastName" >Last Name:</label></td>
        <td><input type="text" name="last_name" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="yourEmail" id="yourEmail" >Your Email:</label></td>
        <td><input type="user_email" name="email" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="yourEmail2" id="yourEmail2">Re-enter Email:</label></td>
        <td><input type="email" name="reEnter_email" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="password" id="password">New Password:</label></td>
        <td><input type="password" name="password" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="gender" id="gender" class="formLabel">I am:</label></td>
      <td><select name="gender" class="selectMenu selectMenu1 gender">
          <option value="select">Select Sex:</option>
          <option value="male" name="male">Male</option>
          <option value="female" name="female">Female</option>
                    </select>
      </td>
          </tr>
           <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="bday">Birthday:</label></td>
           <td>
        <select name="bday_month" class="selectMenu selectMenu1 bday">
          <option value="male">Month:</option>
          <option value="January">January</option>
        </select>
<select name="bday_day" class="selectMenu bday">
          <option value="Day">Day:</option>
          <option value="1">1</option>
                    </select>
<select name="bday_year" class="selectMenu bday">
          <option value="Year">Year:</option>
        </select>
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
              <td class="submitTd" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Sign Up" name="submit" class="submit signup" /><td>
    </tr>
    <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1" />
    </form>
    </table>
    </div>
<div class="content">
    <h1>CSSU</h1>
    </div>
<div class="footer">
    </div>
    </div> 
</div>
</body>
</html>
And here is user_registration.php code just for the first_name field...
<?php
$errors = array();
if ($_POST) {
// run the validation script
require_once('library.php');
try {
          // main script goes here
          $val = new Zend_Validate_Regex('/^[a-z]+[-\'a-z ]+$/i');
          if (!$val->isValid($_POST['first_name'])) {
            $errors['first_name'] = 'Required field, no numbers';
} catch (Exception $e) {
          echo $e->getMessage();
And from here, here is the library.php code....
<?php
$library = '.../html/zend/library';
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $library);
require_once('Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php');
try {
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$write = array('host'     => 'hostname',
                                         'username' => 'cssu',
                                         'password' => 'password',
                                         'dbname'   => 'cssu');
$read = array('host'     => 'hostname',
                                         'username' => 'cssu',
                                         'password' => 'password',
                                         'dbname'   => 'cssu');
// Comment out the next two lines if using mysqli
// and remove the comments from the last two lines
$dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($write);
$dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($read);
//$dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($write);
//$dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($read);
} catch (Exception $e) {
          echo $e->getMessage();
I replaced some code here to protect myself, but the library.php file is completely functional and has been tested... I am sure the problem ins't in here.
Please let me know if you need any further code to help you out. I am brand new to PHP and so far everything has ran smoothly up til now. I have my Zend Framework uploaded to my server and tested that my site is connecting to it properly. Any help on this would be so so awesome! This is for a school project and I can't move on until this is resolved! Thank you so much for trying!
You can also view the issue at my website... all the files have been uploaded to the server. www.CSSU.com

I am in the chapter teaching about form validation with the Zend Framework. I have done the entire lesson with the lesson files and everything works perfectly...
but I went back to use the form valdation techniques for my own site and it is not working properly. In the book, Chapter 6 teaches how to create a user login and editing the database through the site. But in chapter seven the form validation does not build on top of this and therefore does not teach how to integrate the form validation with the registered user already set up.
I have user registration completly working on my site and everything runs fine. I am trying to add the form validation but it is all completly ignored. When I leave a field blank it simply takes me to another blank page that reads "Column 'first_name' cannot be null"
here is index.php code...
<?php require_once('Connections/CSSU_Write.php'); ?>
<?php require_once('Connections/CSSU_Read.php'); ?>
<?php require_once('script/user_registration.php');
?>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['password'])) {
          $_POST['password'] = sha1($_POST['password']);
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
return $theValue;
$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO sign_up (first_name, family_name, user_email, password, gender, bday_month, bday_day, bday_year) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['first_name'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['last_name'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['email'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['password'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['gender'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['bday_month'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['bday_day'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['bday_year'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_CSSU_Write, $CSSU_Write);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $CSSU_Write) or die(mysql_error());
$insertGoTo = "login.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
?>
<?php
// *** Validate request to login to this site.
if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
$loginFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_GET['accesscheck'])) {
$_SESSION['PrevUrl'] = $_GET['accesscheck'];
if (isset($_POST['email'])) {
$loginUsername=$_POST['email'];
$password=$_POST['password'];
$MM_fldUserAuthorization = "";
$MM_redirectLoginSuccess = "logoOutRedirect.php";
$MM_redirectLoginFailed = "logoOutRedirect.php";
$MM_redirecttoReferrer = false;
mysql_select_db($database_CSSU_Write, $CSSU_Write);
$LoginRS__query=sprintf("SELECT user_email, password FROM sign_up WHERE user_email=%s AND password=%s",
    GetSQLValueString($loginUsername, "text"), GetSQLValueString($password, "text"));
$LoginRS = mysql_query($LoginRS__query, $CSSU_Write) or die(mysql_error());
$loginFoundUser = mysql_num_rows($LoginRS);
if ($loginFoundUser) {
     $loginStrGroup = "";
          if (PHP_VERSION >= 5.1) {session_regenerate_id(true);} else {session_regenerate_id();}
    //declare two session variables and assign them
    $_SESSION['MM_Username'] = $loginUsername;
    $_SESSION['MM_UserGroup'] = $loginStrGroup;
    if (isset($_SESSION['PrevUrl']) && false) {
      $MM_redirectLoginSuccess = $_SESSION['PrevUrl'];
    header("Location: " . $MM_redirectLoginSuccess );
else {
    header("Location: ". $MM_redirectLoginFailed );
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>CSSU</title>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<div class="logo">
            <a href="index.php">
              <h1/>
        .CSSU { UNIVERSITY; }
        </h1>
        <h2>
        <code><<code>!</code>-- Learn/Apply/Master --></code>
        </h2>
    </a>
</div>
    </div>
    <div class="headerBar">
    <div id="nav">
              <ul id="links">
                  <a href="#"><li>CSSU</li></a>
                  <a href="#"><li>Classes</li></a>
                  <a href="#"><li>Pricing</li></a>
                  <a href="#"><li>Degree</li></a>
              </ul>
    </div>
    <form name="form2" method="POST" action="<?php echo $loginFormAction; ?>" class="form2">
    <p>
        <label for="email" id="email" class="loginLabel">Email:</label>
        <input type="email" name="email" class="loginField" />
        <label for="password" id="password" class="loginLabel">Password:</label>
        <input type="password" name="password" class="loginField" />
              <input type="submit" value="Log In" name="submit" class="submit login" />
    </p>
    </form>
    </div>
<div class="container2">
<div class="sidebar1">
    <h1>Sign Up</h1>
    <h2>Earn an Official CSS Masters Certification!</h2>
    <table>
    <form name="form1" method="POST" action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" class="form1">
    <tr >
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="firstName" id="firstNameLabel" >First Name:</label>
                  <span>
                     <?php
                              if ($_POST && isset($errors['first_name'])) {
                                        echo $errors['first_name'];
                              ?>
            </span>
        </td>
        <td><input type="text" name="first_name" class="inputField" id="firstName" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="lastName" id="lastName" >Last Name:</label></td>
        <td><input type="text" name="last_name" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="yourEmail" id="yourEmail" >Your Email:</label></td>
        <td><input type="user_email" name="email" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="yourEmail2" id="yourEmail2">Re-enter Email:</label></td>
        <td><input type="email" name="reEnter_email" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="password" id="password">New Password:</label></td>
        <td><input type="password" name="password" class="inputField" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="gender" id="gender" class="formLabel">I am:</label></td>
      <td><select name="gender" class="selectMenu selectMenu1 gender">
          <option value="select">Select Sex:</option>
          <option value="male" name="male">Male</option>
          <option value="female" name="female">Female</option>
                    </select>
      </td>
          </tr>
           <tr>
        <td class="formLabel"><label for="bday">Birthday:</label></td>
           <td>
        <select name="bday_month" class="selectMenu selectMenu1 bday">
          <option value="male">Month:</option>
          <option value="January">January</option>
        </select>
<select name="bday_day" class="selectMenu bday">
          <option value="Day">Day:</option>
          <option value="1">1</option>
                    </select>
<select name="bday_year" class="selectMenu bday">
          <option value="Year">Year:</option>
        </select>
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
              <td class="submitTd" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Sign Up" name="submit" class="submit signup" /><td>
    </tr>
    <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1" />
    </form>
    </table>
    </div>
<div class="content">
    <h1>CSSU</h1>
    </div>
<div class="footer">
    </div>
    </div> 
</div>
</body>
</html>
And here is user_registration.php code just for the first_name field...
<?php
$errors = array();
if ($_POST) {
// run the validation script
require_once('library.php');
try {
          // main script goes here
          $val = new Zend_Validate_Regex('/^[a-z]+[-\'a-z ]+$/i');
          if (!$val->isValid($_POST['first_name'])) {
            $errors['first_name'] = 'Required field, no numbers';
} catch (Exception $e) {
          echo $e->getMessage();
And from here, here is the library.php code....
<?php
$library = '.../html/zend/library';
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $library);
require_once('Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php');
try {
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$write = array('host'     => 'hostname',
                                         'username' => 'cssu',
                                         'password' => 'password',
                                         'dbname'   => 'cssu');
$read = array('host'     => 'hostname',
                                         'username' => 'cssu',
                                         'password' => 'password',
                                         'dbname'   => 'cssu');
// Comment out the next two lines if using mysqli
// and remove the comments from the last two lines
$dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($write);
$dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($read);
//$dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($write);
//$dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($read);
} catch (Exception $e) {
          echo $e->getMessage();
I replaced some code here to protect myself, but the library.php file is completely functional and has been tested... I am sure the problem ins't in here.
Please let me know if you need any further code to help you out. I am brand new to PHP and so far everything has ran smoothly up til now. I have my Zend Framework uploaded to my server and tested that my site is connecting to it properly. Any help on this would be so so awesome! This is for a school project and I can't move on until this is resolved! Thank you so much for trying!
You can also view the issue at my website... all the files have been uploaded to the server. www.CSSU.com

Captcha form validation ?

Hi -
Is there any plans to make the Captcha image form validator available for asp vbscript users as well?
Bjørn-T

Captcha is good until they hack around it. I had a form with Capthca that was being spam every other day. I came up with an additional steps in the form processing code to check for spam if they get pass Captcha.
1. Most spam has a link in the content. I coded a loop that checks each form field that checks for the string url.
foreach (string name in Request.Form.AllKeys)
                if (name != "submit")
                    value = Request.Form[name];
                    checkvalue(value);
    public void checkvalue(string somevalue)
                if (somevalue.IndexOf("[url=") != -1)
                    Response.Redirect("home.htm");
2. To catch spam without the string url. Most spam bots are dumb and they will place a value in every text in a form. So, I place a hidden field in the form that is blank. In the form processing code, I check to see if that hidden field is still blank. If the hidden field has a value, I redirect the bot.
            string hiddentext= Request.Form["hiddentext"];
            if (hiddentext.Length > 1)
                Response.Redirect("index.html");   //Wonder if I could redirect the bot to the FBI or cybercrime office
Results:
   This web site does not have anymore spam. This works great until the hackers figure it out. The example code is written in C#, but can easy rewritten in PHP or Classis ASP.
Note: the loop can be use to check for the bots that are trying to hack SQL databases by looking for the common SQL injections attacks strings like 'SET%20'.
David Pearson
www.saludalabs.com
www.workhorsecreative.net

Can't find jquery form validator in Behaviors as shown in video demo

I am on Win 8.1 using DW CC and am trying to add a validation script for my forms. According to the Video the New feature in DW CC has dropped the Spry scripts in favor of more standardized Jquery scripts for validation. Sounds great ...if they were there.... The Spry scripts are gone...but I can't find any Jquery replacements. This upgrade from 6 may have been a mistake.

Use an HTML5 form with the jQuery Validate like so:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title> HTML5 Form with jQuery Validation</title>


<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js">
</script>

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.1/jquery.validate.min.js">
</script>
<style>
    /**put this into your CSS Reset**/
    box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
body {
    font-family: Segoe, "Segoe UI", "DejaVu Sans", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
/**BEGIN FORM STYLES**/
form {
    font-size: 14px;
    width: 880px; /**adjust width in %, px or em*/
    margin: 0 auto; /**adjust margins as needed*/
    background: #FFF;
    padding: 2%;
form fieldset {
    margin-bottom: 5px;
    background: #ADC9A5;
form legend {
display:block;
    padding: 8px;
    background: #537374;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFF;
    line-height: 1.5;
/**wrap form lables and fields inside ordered lists for better web accessibility**/
form ol {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0
form li {
    padding: 5px;
    margin: 0;
    clear: left;
form label {
    display: inline-block;
    float: left;
    line-height: 23px; /**lines up labels with fields**/
    width: 20%;
    font-size: 18px;
    text-align: right;
    margin-right: 10px; /*space between labels, fields*/
form textarea, form input:not([type="submit"]) {
    width: 45%; /**same width on input fields**/
    padding: 5px;
    color: #333;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    background: #F2F6DF;
/**radio buttons, checkboxes**/
form input[type=radio],
form input[type=checkbox] {
    width: 1.5em;
    height: 1.5em;
    vertical-align: middle;
    display:inline-block;
form select {
    width: 46.5%;
    background: #F2F6DF
/**field background on focus**/
form input:focus, form input:active,
form textarea:focus, form textarea:active,
form select:focus, form select:active { background-color: #DCEDBF; }
form label.error {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    color: #FF4E51;
    background: #E0E4D8;
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 600;
    box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #333;
#submit {
    width: 25%;
    margin-left: 30%;
    height: 2.5em;
    font-size: 18px
</style>
</head>
<body>

<form action="path/your-form-processing-script.php" method="post">
<h2>HTML5 Form with jQuery Validation</h2>
<fieldset>
<legend>Required Fields:</legend>
<ol>
<li>
<label for="first_name">Name:</label>
<input name="first_name" type="text" autofocus required id="first_name" placeholder="First">
</li>
<li>
<label for="last_name">Last:</label>
<input name="last_name" id="last_name" type="text" required placeholder="Last">
</li>
<li>
<label for="e_mail">E-mail:</label>
<input name="e_mail" id="e_mail" type="email" required placeholder="[email protected]">
</li>
<li>
<label for="quantity">Quantity:</label>
<input name="quantity" type="number" required id="quantity" placeholder="Min 5" min="5">
</li>
</ol>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Select - Required:</legend>
<ol>
<li>
<label for="MySelect">Select One:</label>
<select name="MySelect" id="MySelect" size="4" required title="Please select something!">
<option value="1">Audi</option>
<option value="2">Saab</option>
<option value="3">Fiat</option>
<option value="4">BMW</option>
</select>
</li>
</ol>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<Legend>Radio buttons and Checkboxes - Required</Legend>
<ol>
<li>
<label>Gender:</label>
<label>
<input name="RadioGroup1" type="radio" required title="??" id="RadioGroup1_0" value="male">
Male</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="RadioGroup1" value="female" id="RadioGroup1_1">
Female</label>
</li>
<li>
<label>Select any:</label>
<label>
<input name="CheckboxGroup1" type="checkbox" required title="??" id="CheckboxGroup1_0" value="option1">
Option 1 </label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="CheckboxGroup1" value="option2" id="CheckboxGroup1_1">
Option 2 </label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="CheckboxGroup1" value="option3" id="CheckboxGroup1_2">
Option 3 </label>
</li>
</ol>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Optional Fields:</legend>
<ol>
<li>
<label for="phone">Phone:</label>
<input name="phone" id="phone" type="tel" placeholder="(area code) 123-4567" />
</li>
<li>
<label for="subject">Subject:</label>
<input name="subject" id="subject" type="text" />
</li>
<li>
<label for="message">Message:</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="remarks"></textarea>
</li>
<li>
<label for="submit"></label>
<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="SEND">
</li>
</ol>
</fieldset>
</form>


<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("form").validate();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Nancy O.

Safari 5.0 AutoFill for Forms not working

Safari 5.0 has broken the way AutoFill for forms works. I couldn't figure out why it kept entering inaccurate data on forms that I had previously filled out. I have the checkbox next to Other Forms checked (as well as the other two boxes for Address Book and User Names/Passwords). But it seemed to be pulling data from my Address Book INSTEAD of from forms I had previously filled out. To test it, I turned off the Address Book checkbox which resulted in it not AutoFilling anything at all.
In 4.0 and previous versions, From Forms took priority over from Address Book. That's no longer the case and, in fact, From Forms doesn't seem to be working at all.
Is there some cache file I should trash, or is this just another 5.0 bug?
Other observations about 5.0:
It's visibly slower than 4.0 (on a Mac Intel Core 2 Duo running OS X 10.5.8).
Some pages refuse to load at all (http://www.radaronline.com/giveaways crashes every time; http://freebieswamp.com/game/index.php and http://tlc.discovery.com/sweepstakes/style-getaway/entryform.html load but their forms don't work; a few other pages just hang)
Haven't noticed any improvements (and wish I had stuck with 4.0).

HI,
Haven't noticed any improvements (and wish I had stuck with 4.0).
The first link you provided is outdated as far as web standards go. I checked the site with W3C Validator and it came up with numerous errors: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radaronline.com%2Fgiveaways&c harset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
As an aside. Sites with "giveaways" are notorious for malware.
If it were me, in this case, I would keep Safari 5 for the security and privacy it provides. Reverting to a prior version merely for accessing sweepstakes sites in my opinion is a total waste of time.
*You can revert to 4.0.5 if you wish but definitely try troubleshooting Safari 5 first.*
First, go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and move the "cache.db" file to the Trash. ~ (Tilde) represents your Home Folder. Relaunch Safari. *That may make the difference*, if not....
From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 7 buttons and click Reset.
Relaunch Safari. If it functions as it should, great but if not...
Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem. Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
If it isn't third party plugins, troubleshoot the Safari .plist file.
Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari and see if that makes a difference. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.
And if you didn't repair disk permissions after the update was installed, try that.
Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Now if you still want to revert to Safari 4.0.5, that's entirely up to you. Go here for instructions. http://appletoolbox.com/2010/06/downgrade-from-safari-5-0-to-safari-4-0-5/
If you decide to revert to a prior version of Safari, make sure and backup all your important data first.
Carolyn

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