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Try this: <?php $hostname_logon = "localhost" ; $database_logon = "databaseName" ; $username_logon = "databaseUser" ; $password_logon = "databasePass" ; //open database connection $connections = mysql_connect($hostname_logon, $username_logon, $password_logon) or die ( "Unabale to connect to the database" ); //select database mysql_select_db($database_logon) or die ( "Unable to select database!" ); //specify how many results to display per page $limit = 10; //get the search variable from URL $var = mysql_real_escape_string(@$_REQUEST['q']); //get pagination $s = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['s']); //set keyword character limit if(strlen($var) < 3){ $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>Keywords with less then three characters are omitted...</p>" ; } //trim whitespace from the stored variable $trimmed = trim($var); $trimmed1 = trim($var); //separate key-phrases into keywords $trimmed_array = explode(" ",$trimmed); $trimmed_array1 = explode(" ",$trimmed1); // check for an empty string and display a message. if ($trimmed == "") { $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>Please enter a search...</p>" ; } // check for a search parameter if (!isset($var)){ $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>We don't seem to have a search parameter! </p>" ; } // Build SQL Query for each keyword entered foreach ($trimmed_array as $trimm){ // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query // MySQL "MATCH" is used for full-text searching. Please visit mysql for details. $query = "SELECT * , MATCH (field1, field2) AGAINST ('".$trimm."') AS score FROM table_name WHERE MATCH (field1, field2) AGAINST ('+".$trimm."') ORDER BY score DESC"; // Execute the query to get number of rows that contain search kewords $numresults=mysql_query ($query); $row_num_links_main =mysql_num_rows ($numresults); //If MATCH query doesn't return any results due to how it works do a search using LIKE if($row_num_links_main < 1){ $query = "SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE field1 LIKE '%$trimm%' OR field2 LIKE '%$trimm%' ORDER BY field3 DESC"; $numresults=mysql_query ($query); $row_num_links_main =mysql_num_rows ($numresults); } // next determine if 's' has been passed to script, if not use 0. // 's' is a variable that gets set as we navigate the search result pages. if (empty($s)) { $s=0; } // now let's get results. $query .= " LIMIT $s,$limit" ; $numresults = mysql_query ($query) or die ( "Couldn't execute query" ); $row= mysql_fetch_array ($numresults); //store record id of every item that contains the keyword in the array we need to do this to avoid display of duplicate search result. do{ $adid_array[] = $row[ 'field_id' ]; }while( $row= mysql_fetch_array($numresults)); } //end foreach //Display a message if no results found if($row_num_links_main == 0 && $row_num_links_main1 == 0){ $resultmsg = "<p>Search results for: ". $trimmed."</p><p>Sorry, your search returned zero results</p>" ; } //delete duplicate record id's from the array. To do this we will use array_unique function $tmparr = array_unique($adid_array); $i=0; foreach ($tmparr as $v) { $newarr[$i] = $v; $i++; } //total result $row_num_links_main = $row_num_links_main + $row_num_links_main1; // now you can display the results returned. But first we will display the search form on the top of the page echo '<form action="search1.php" method="get"> <div> <input name="q" type="text" value="'.$q.'"> <input name="search" type="submit" value="Search"> </div> </form>'; // display an error or, what the person searched if( isset ($resultmsg)){ echo $resultmsg; }else{ echo "<p>Search results for: <strong>" . $var."</strong></p>"; foreach($newarr as $value){ // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field unique ID for the SQL query $query_value = "SELECT * FROM newsight_articles WHERE field_id = '".$value."'"; $num_value=mysql_query ($query_value); $row_linkcat= mysql_fetch_array ($num_value); $row_num_links= mysql_num_rows ($num_value); //create summary of the long text. For example if the field2 is your full text grab only first 130 characters of it for the result $introcontent = strip_tags($row_linkcat[ 'field2']); $introcontent = substr($introcontent, 0, 130)."..."; //now let's make the keywods bold. To do that we will use preg_replace function. //Replace field $title = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $row_linkcat[ 'field1' ] ); $desc = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $introcontent); $link = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $row_linkcat[ 'field3' ] ); foreach($trimmed_array as $trimm){ if($trimm != 'b' ){ $title = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $title); $desc = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $desc); $link = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $link); }//end highlight }//end foreach $trimmed_array //format and display search results echo '<div class="search-result">'; echo '<div class="search-title">'.$title.'</div>'; echo '<div class="search-text">'; echo $desc; echo '</div>'; echo '<div class="search-link">'; echo $link; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; } //end foreach $newarr if($row_num_links_main > $limit){ // next we need to do the links to other search result pages if ($s >=1) { // do not display previous link if 's' is '0' $prevs=($s-$limit); echo '<div class="search_previous"><a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?s='.$prevs.'&q='.$var.'">Previous</a> </div>'; } // check to see if last page $slimit =$s+$limit; if (!($slimit >= $row_num_links_main) && $row_num_links_main!=1) { // not last page so display next link $n=$s+$limit; echo '<div class="search_next"><a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?s='.$n.'&q='.$var.'">Next</a> </div>'; } }//end if $row_num_links_main > $limit }//end if search result ?>

Here's my website page with the Contact Form: http://www.3dmark3t.com/contact.html Now the problem is if you don't fill out any info it will have an error message with all the things but not the selection. when I get the email it shows if the user has selected something out of the selection box but it doesn't have an error message and it still goes through even if you don't select something. could someone please help me with my PHP form validation. PHP: <?php if(isset($_POST['email'])) { // CHANGE THE TWO LINES BELOW $email_to = "user@domain.com"; $email_subject = "3DMark3t Contact:"; function died($error) { // your error code can go here echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. "; echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />"; echo $error."<br /><br />"; echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />"; die(); } // validation expected data exists if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) || !isset($_POST['last_name']) || !isset($_POST['email']) || !isset($_POST['telephone']) || !isset($_POST['comments'])) { if(isset($_POST['formGender']) ) { $errorMessage = ""; $var3dmodels = $_POST['3DModels']; $vargraphic_design = $_POST['Graphic Design']; $varweb_design = $_POST['Web Design']; $vartutorials = $_POST['Tutorials']; $varreport = $_POST['Report']; $varrequests = $_POST['Requests']; } died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.'); } $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required $formGender = $_POST['formGender']; // required $comments = $_POST['comments']; // required $error_message = ""; $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/'; if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) { $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'; } $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/"; if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) { $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'; } if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) { $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'; } if(!isset($_POST['formGender'])) { $errorMessage .= "<li>You forgot to select your Gender!</li>"; } if(strlen($comments) < 2) { $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />'; } if(strlen($error_message) > 0) { died($error_message); } $email_message = "3DMark3t Contact:"; function clean_string($string) { $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href"); return str_replace($bad,"",$string); } $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n"; $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n"; $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n"; $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n"; $email_message .= "Select One: ".clean_string($formGender)."\n"; $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n"; // create email headers $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n". 'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" . 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion(); @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); ?> <!-- place your own success html below --> Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon. <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3; URL=http://www.3dmark3t.com" /> <?php } die(); ?> HTML: <html> <head> </head> <body> <form name="htmlform" method="post" action="php/html_form_send.php"> <table width="450px"> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="first_name">First Name *</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <input type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="30" size="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="last_name">Last Name *</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <input type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="30" size="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="email">Email Address *</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <input type="text" name="email" maxlength="30" size="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="telephone">Telephone Number</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <input type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="30" size="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="select">Select One *</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <select name="formGender"> <option value="">Select...</option> <option value="3DModels">3DModels</option> <option value="Graphic Design">Graphic Design</option> <option value="Web Design">Web Design</option> <option value="Tutorials">Tutorials</option> <option value="Report">Report</option> <option value="Requests">Requests</option> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <label for="comments">Comments *</label> </td> <td valign="top"> <textarea name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="32.5" rows="6"></textarea> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>