verify form fields.

pkcidstudio · #21 (**permalink**) 05-16-06, 04:49 PM

i dont know nothin happend it sent the email as always, but no redirect. ill work on it later. thankx for the help though

mab · #22 (**permalink**) 05-16-06, 05:30 PM

You can try the following as well -

PHP Code:


			
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=thankyou.php">';

stormshadow · #23 (**permalink**) 05-16-06, 08:23 PM

the way i do it is...

if(!$name){ echo"No name!"; }
if(!$phone){ echo"No NuMBER!";}
and so on...

i think you get the idea...

pkcidstudio · #24 (**permalink**) 05-16-06, 11:16 PM

mab thats a good idea, ill try that first thing in the morning. i bet that has the best tiem of working. good idea. ill post what happens, along withthe correct script if it works. thanks everyone.

pkcidstudio · #25 (**permalink**) 05-17-06, 09:06 AM

so thank you to everyone who help this was a great learning experiance.
here is the final output for the php and what needs to be done.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

                

                        if (isset($_POST["submit"]))

                        {

                            $error = array();

                            $message = "";

                            

                            if ($_POST["abb"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Name field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb1"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Email field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb2"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Street field incomplete.';

                            }

                             if ($_POST["abb3"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'City field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb5"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Zip Coad field incomplete.';

                            }

                           

                             if (count($error) == 0)

                            {

                                  require 'abbContact.php';

                                  print '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=thankyou.php">';

                                  exit;  

                                  

                            }  

                                                        

                        }

                   ?>

you need the exit in there because other wise it stutter steps the refresh. and you need the refresh becasue when you have the
if(count($error) == 0)
{ require 'bla bla.x';
acording to what i researched it returns anything after that to be false. but because of the emta code, refresh which mab helped with it reshes the page and since your data is there is says go to x page.
good job everyone, this was a great help.

pkcidstudio · #26 (**permalink**) 05-17-06, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkcidstudio

PHP Code:


			
<?php

                

                        if (isset($_POST["submit"]))

                        {

                            $error = array();

                            $message = "";

                            

                            if ($_POST["abb"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Name field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb1"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Email field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb2"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Street field incomplete.';

                            }

                             if ($_POST["abb3"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'City field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if ($_POST["abb5"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Zip Coad field incomplete.';

                            }

                           

                             if (count($error) == 0)

                            {

                                  require 'abbContact.php';

                                  print '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=thankyou.php">';

                                  exit;  

                                  

                            }  

                                                        

                        }

                   ?>

you need the exit in there because other wise it stutter steps the refresh. and you need the refresh becasue when you have the
if(count($error) == 0)
{ require 'bla bla.x';
acording to what i researched it returns anything after that to be false. but because of the emta code, refresh which mab helped with it reshes the page and since your data is there is says go to x page.
good job everyone, this was a great help.

what if we took this validation a step further for everyone. to the point of checking to make sure the email address was correct. and that the zip code field had 5 numbers in it. here is a validation i have already, if any one is bored and wants to apply it to the above script and apply this validation to it we could help everyone who views this even more and then send people to this for a full validation. here is the script.

PHP Code:


			
<?php 



Function validate_state_zip(&$state, $zipcode) {

    $state = trim($state);

    If ($state) {

        $state = strtoupper($state);

        If (!ereg("[A-Z]{2}", $state)) {

            $error_message = "Invalid state";

        }

        ELSE {

            If ($zipcode) {

                If (ereg("(AB|BC|MB|NB|NL|NT|NS|NU|ON|PE|QC|SK|YT)", $state)) {    

                    If (!ereg("^([a-zA-Z0-9]{3} [a-zA-Z0-9]{3})$", $zipcode)) {

                        $error_message = "Invalid Candadian zip code";

                    }

                }

                ELSE {

                    If (!ereg("(^([0-9]{5})$|^([0-9]{5}-[0-9]{4})$)", $zipcode)) {

                        $error_message = "Invalid U.S. zip code"; 

                    }

                }

            }

        }

    }

    ELSE {

        If ($zipcode) {

            $error_message = "State required for zip code"; 

        }

    }

    return $error_message;

}



Function validate_phone(&$phone_area, &$phone_local) {

    $phone_area = trim($phone_area);

    $phone_local = trim($phone_local);

    If ($phone_local) {

        If (!ereg("^[2-9]{1}[0-9]{2}$", $phone_area) OR !ereg("^([2-9]{1}[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4})", $phone_local)) {

            $error_message = "Invalid phone number";

        }

    }

    return $error_message;

}



Function validate_email(&$email) {

    $email = trim($email);

    If ($email) {

        $email = strtolower(trim($email));

//        If (!ereg("^[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+@[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.(com|net|org|edu|mil|gov|gob|info|tv|biz)+(\.[A-Za-z]{2})?$", $email)) {    

        If (!ereg("^[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+@[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+$", $email)) {    

            $error_message = "Invalid email address";

        }

    }

    return $error_message;

}

?>

pkcidstudio · #27 (**permalink**) 05-17-06, 01:00 PM

done! hope this helps people.
form is now validated. of cource you can go more complex. but this would be all you would need

PHP Code:


			
<?php

                    

                        if (isset($_POST["submit"]))

                        {

                            $error = array();

                            $message = "";

                            

                            if (!ereg("^[a-z]*$", $name))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Name field can only be alphabetic.';

                            }

                            if (!ereg("^[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+@[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+$", $email))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Email field incomplete.';

                            }

                                

                            if ($_POST["abb2"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Street field incomplete.';

                            }

                             if ($_POST["abb3"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'City field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if (!ereg("^([0-9]{4,5})$", $zip))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Zip Coad field must be 4 to 5 digits in length.';

                            }

                                                       

                             if (count($error) == 0)

                            {

                                  require 'abbContact.php';

                                  print '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=thankyou.php">';

                                  exit;  

                                  

                            }  

                                                        

                        }

                   ?>

pkcidstudio · #28 (**permalink**) 05-19-06, 11:21 AM

sorry folks, this is much better it really validates it.

PHP Code:


			
                <?php

                    

                        if (isset($_POST["submit"]))

                        {

                            $error = array();

                            $message = "";

                            $validEmail = "^[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-]([.]?[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-])*" . "@[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-]([.]?[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-])*" . ".[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-]{2,4}([.]?[0-9a-z~!#$%$_-])*$";

                            $validName = "^[a-z]*" . " [a-z]*$";

                            $validZip = "^([0-9]{4,5})$";

                            

                            if (!eregi($validName, $_POST["abb"]))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Name field incomplete, First and Last Please.';

                            }

                            if (!eregi($validEmail, $_POST["abb1"]))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Email field incomplete.';

                            }

                                

                            if ($_POST["abb2"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Street field incomplete.';

                            }

                             if ($_POST["abb3"] == "")

                            {

                                $error[] = 'City field incomplete.';

                            }

                            if (!eregi($validZip, $_POST["abb5"]))

                            {

                                $error[] = 'Zip Coad field must be 4 to 5 digits in length.';

                            }

                                                       

                             if (count($error) == 0)

                            {

                                  require 'abbContact.php';

                                  print '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=thankyou.php">';

                                  exit;  

                                  

                            }  

                                                        

                        }

                   ?>