On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 19:01, Justin Patrin wrote:
> Robert Cummings wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 18:47, Andy B wrote:
> >
> >>I have this very large and long if statement:
> >>if
> >> (!empty($_SESSION['add']['type'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['start_date']
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['end_date'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['name'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['county'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['discription'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['StartingDay'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['StartingMonth'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['StartingYear'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['EndingDay']})
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['EndingMonth'])
> >> && !empty($_SESSION['add']['EndingYear']))
> >> {//run the insert query}
> >>else
> >> {//show error since one or more fields above are blank}
> >>was wondering if there was really any way to condense that down to something
> >>any better? all fields in the form that those came from are required...
> >
> >
> > $errors = array();
> > foreach( $_SESSION['add'] as $key => $value )
> > {
> > if( isempty( $value ) )
> > {
> > $errors[] = "You forgot to fill $key."
> > }
> > }
> >
> > if( count( $array ) )
> > {
> > echo 'Hey MORON! You have the following errors:<br />';
> > echo '<ul>'
> > .'<li>'
> > .implode( '</li><li>', $errors );
> > .'</li>'
> > .'</ul>';
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > // Do SQL INSERT query.
> > }
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob.
>
> But if they didn't fill it in, it won't be in the array and therefore
> won't be checked. You need to specify those keys manually.
>
> foreach(array('type', 'start_date', etc...) as $key) {
> if(empty($_SESSION['add'][$key])) {
> $errors[] = $key.' not filled out';
> }
> }
It was in the $_SESSION array, I assumed it was filled appropriately.
Also it isn't checkbox input (from what I can see) and other form fields
do provide an empty field when no content is input (if I'm not
mistaken).
Cheers,
Rob.
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