Hello Patrick. Where to start, where to start....or you could use this...
Patrick wrote:
Hi,
I have an situation on my hands I have a form that I am stuck using PHP for
thanks to my friends choice of hosting company, I have no idea on how to
setup a form in PHP other than HTML or in Flash, I need some one any one
to give me some advice on this Posted layout it seems to work but not
really,
I managed to get it set up but for some reason when you hit Submit and an
error message goes off at the top the form is Reset. Other than that I am
not
sure I wrote all the code correctly.
Sorry About the long post....
Any advice would be great.
www.mdycentrutionmtg.com/formtest.php
------------------------Formtest.php------------------------------
<?PHP
Chances are, all your variables here are going to be empty, since I'm sure the hosting company has register_globals turned off. You can use the global _POST array...
$_POST['firstname']...$_POST['lastname']...etc, etc
Also, for your 'error' messages, ahhhh, well, I would....
if ( ! isset ( $_POST['firstname'] ) ) { $message .= "Please enter your first name.<br />\n"; }
Get rid of the 'else's, and use ".=" when setting your message value so that if multiple items are not filled out, you won't be constantly overwriting the error message.
if ($submit) {
if(empty($firstname)) {
$message .= "....
} elseif(empty($lastname)) {
$message .= "....You might have to use it like this though depending on if your using GET or POST
if(empty($_POST["$firstname"]) {
$message .= "....
} elseif(empty($_POST["$lastname"]) {
$message .= "....Or you could just combine them all like so...
if((empty($_POST["$firstname"]) || (emtpy($_POST["$lastname"])) || ... {
$message = "nothing filled out...HTH Jas
if ($firstname <= "")
$message = "Please enter your first name.";
else
if ($lastname <= "")
$message = "Please enter your last name.";
else
if ($homephone <= "")
$message = "Please enter your home phone number.";
else
if ($address <= "")
$message = "Please enter your current home address.";
else
if ($city <= "")
$message = "Please enter which city you currently live in.";
else
if ($state <= "")
$message = "Please enter which state you currently live in.";
else
if ($zip <= "")
$message = "Please enter your zip code.";
else
if ($monthlypayment <= "")
$message = "Please enter the amount of your monthly payment.";
else
if ($presentemployer <= "")
$message = "Please enter the name of your present employer.";
else
if ($rateofpay <= "")
$message = "Please enter your rate of pay.";
else
if ($hoursperweek <= "")
$message = "Please enter the average amount of hours worked in a week.";
else
if ($deposit <= "")
$message = "Please enter the amount of your deposit.";
else
if ($maxpayment <= "")
$message = "Please enter an average payment your comfortable with.";
if ($message) echo ($yo);
Don't know what $yo is here...I'm guessing that you're testing something?
However, 'mail()' below here is going to crap out, and give you an error. Look here....
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
else {
mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
"Form Results",
"First Name $firstname",
"Middle Initial $middleinital",
"Last Name $lastname",
"Social Security Number $ss",
"Marital Status $maritalstatus",
"Home Phone $homephone",
"Address $address",
"City $city",
"State $state",
"Zip $zip",
"Apt Number $apt",
"Time at address $monthsataddress Months $yearsataddress Years",
"Type of residence $typeofres",
"Monthly Payment $monthlypayment",
"Current Employer $presentemployer",
"Time with Employer $monthswithemployer Months $yearswithemployer Years",
"Rate of Pay $rateofpay Dollars per $rateofpayper",
"Hours per week $hoursperweek",
"Work Phone $workphone",
"Work History $workhistory",
"Other Income $otherincome",
"Deposit $deposit",
"Maximum Payment $maxpayment",
"Type of Loan $typeofloan",
"Co First Name $cofirstname",
"Co Middle Initial $comiddleinital",
"Co Last Name $colastname",
"Co Social Security Number $coss",
"Co Marital Status $comaritalstatus",
"Co Home Phone $cohomephone",
"Co Address $coaddress",
"Co City $cocity",
"Co State $costate",
"Co Zip $cozip",
"Co Apt Number $coapt",
"Co Time at address $comonthsataddress Months $coyearsataddress Years",
"Co Type of residence $cotypeofres",
"Co Monthly Payment $comonthlypayment",
"Co Current Employer $copresentemployer",
"Co Time with Employer $comonthswithemployer Months $coyearswithemployer
Years",
"Co Rate of Pay $corateofpay Dollars per $corateofpayper",
"Co Hours per week $cohoursperweek",
"Co Work Phone $coworkphone",
"From: $firstname $lastname",
"Subject: Online Form Application");
$message = "Thank You."; } } ?>
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