I'm trying to implement the contact form from
http://www.w3schools.com/php/showphp.asp?filename=demo_form_validation_complete
I have removed the: "gender", "website" and "check your input" parts so I am left with the following code:
But in the website I get two errors:
1. under required field the Name is ... ">Name: [------] rather than Name: [------]
I can remove this error by changing:
To
But I'm not sure if I'm supposed to?
2. My boxes contain:
<?php echo $name;?> (in name) <?php echo $email;?> (in email) and <?php echo $commentl;?> (in email)
Obviously coming from here:
Same error as number 1.? I assume the variables are set with an empty String but this is being pulled through?
I have absolutely no php experience so last question: Where do you input the email address that is to be the recipient?
Thanks.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/showphp.asp?filename=demo_form_validation_complete
I have removed the: "gender", "website" and "check your input" parts so I am left with the following code:
Code:
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = "";
$name = $email = $comment = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
if (empty($_POST["name"]))
{
$nameErr = "Name is required";
}
else
{
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name))
{
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["email"]))
{
$emailErr = "Email is required";
}
else
{
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address is well-formed
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["comment"]))
{
$comment = "";
}
else
{
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
}
}
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $email;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"><?php echo $comment;?></textarea>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
<br><br>
</form>
But in the website I get two errors:
1. under required field the Name is ... ">Name: [------] rather than Name: [------]
I can remove this error by changing:
Code:
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
To
Code:
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>
But I'm not sure if I'm supposed to?
2. My boxes contain:
<?php echo $name;?> (in name) <?php echo $email;?> (in email) and <?php echo $commentl;?> (in email)
Obviously coming from here:
Code:
value="<?php echo $name;?>">
Same error as number 1.? I assume the variables are set with an empty String but this is being pulled through?
I have absolutely no php experience so last question: Where do you input the email address that is to be the recipient?
Thanks.
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