Help with required fields in form

Pixelpyro · #1 (**permalink**) 06-29-05, 04:23 PM

Hi Guys,

I have the following form that I use a quick solution for a contact form - I like it as its all one the single page (even the confirmation) but I would like to have some required fields such as name and email and a message that appears (such as the Thank You) if those field aren't filled in.

How would I do this? My php skills are still at a newbie level and although I can see what is happening (with the code - I don't have the knowledge to go that one step further). Thanks for your time, it is very much appreciated

Code:

<?php
if ($_POST) {
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
$temp = stripslashes($value);
$_POST[$key] = $temp;
}
}
$to = 'info@domain.com';
$subject = 'CEC website contact form';
// message goes here
$message = "Full Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\n";
$message .= "Email: " . $_POST['email'] . "\n";
$message .= "Telephone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\n";
	$message .= "Message: " . $_POST['message'] . "\n";

// headers go here
$headers = "From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8";

$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
$autorespond = mail($_POST['email'], "Form Auto Response.", "Thank you for contacting me, your message has been received and we will contact you shortly.", "From: Me<info@domain.com>");
}
?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">

<head>
<title>Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
</head>
<body>

<h1>Contact</h1>

<?php
if (isset($sent)) {
echo '<p><span class="thanks"><strong>Thank you</strong> for contacting us. Your message will be responded to as soon as possible.</span></p>';
}
?>

<div id="form">
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

<fieldset>
<legend>Personal information</legend>

<span class="formLabel"><label for="name">Full Name:</label><br /></span>
<input class="inputfield" type="text" id="name" name="name" size="30" />

<span class="formLabel"><label for="email">Email:</label><br /></span>
<input class="inputfield" type="text" id="email" name="email" size="30" />

<p><span class="formMessage"><label for="message">Message:</label><br /></span>
<textarea class="inputarea" id="message" name="message" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></p>

</fieldset>

<p><input type="submit" class="inputsend" name="Submit" value="Send Form" /></p>

</form></div><!-- end #form -->
</body>
</html>

Thank You

snaip · #2 (**permalink**) 06-29-05, 11:57 PM

Moving to PHP Forums

Keith · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-05, 12:19 AM

try some error checking before sending the mail, ie:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



if (trim($_POST['name'])=='' OR

    trim($_POST['email'])=='' OR

    trim($_POST['phone'])=='' OR

    trim($_POST['message'])=='') {



$errors='';



    if (trim($_POST['name'])=='')

    $errors.='<li>No name.</li>';



    if (trim($_POST['email'])=='')

    $errors.='<li>No email address.</li>';



    if (trim($_POST['phone'])=='')

    $errors.='<li>No phone.</li>';



    if (trim($_POST['message'])=='')

    $errors.='<li>No message.</li>';



echo 'Errors were encountered:';



echo '<ul>';

echo $errors;

echo '</ul>';



}

else {



// All fields were submitted and you can mail();



}



?>