jcastle Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Noobie ...Is there anyway to add required fields to the script below ... I have about 5 fields on the form and I want the first 3 to be required before the form is submitted.Using FormToEmail Script ... below ... any help is appriciatedJames<?php/*Thank you for choosing FormToEmail by FormToEmail.comVersion 1.5 May 27th 2006COPYRIGHT FormToEmail.com 2003 - 2006Step 1:To put the form on your webpage, copy the code below as it is, and paste it into your webpage:<form action="FormToEmail.php" method="post"><table border="0" bgcolor="#ececec" cellspacing="5"><tr><td><font face="arial" size="2">Name</font></td><td><input type="text" size="30" name="Name"></td></tr><tr><td><font face="arial" size="2">Email address</font></td><td><input type="text" size="30" name="Email"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">Comments</font></td><td><textarea name="Comments" rows="6" cols="30"></textarea></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" value="Send"><font face="arial" size="1"> FormToEmail by <a href="http://FormToEmail.com">FormToEmail.com</a></font></td></tr></table></form>Step 2:Enter the email address below to send the form to:*/$my_email = "mysite.com";/*Enter the continue link to offer the user after the form is sent. If you do not change this, your visitor will be given a continue link to your homepage:If you do change it, remove the "/" symbol below and replace with the name of the page to link to, eg: "mypage.htm" or "http://www.elsewhere.com/page.htm"*/$continue = "/";/*Step 3:Save this file (FormToEmail.php) and upload it together with your webpage to your webspace. IMPORTANT - The file name is case sensitive! You must save it exactly as it is named above! Do not put this script in your cgi-bin directory (folder) it may not work from there.THAT'S IT, FINISHED!You do not need to make any changes below this line.*/// This line prevents values being entered in a URLif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != "POST"){exit;}// Describe function to check for new lines.function new_line_check($a){if(preg_match('`[\r\n]`',$a)){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}}new_line_check($_POST['Name']);// Check for disallowed characters in the Name and Email fields.$disallowed_name = array(':',';','"','=','(',')','{','}','@');foreach($disallowed_name as $value){if(stristr($_POST['Name'],$value)){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}}new_line_check($_POST['Email']);$disallowed_email = array(':',';',"'",'"','=','(',')','{','}');foreach($disallowed_email as $value){if(stristr($_POST['Email'],$value)){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}}$message = "";// This line prevents a blank form being sent, and builds the message.foreach($_POST as $key => $value){if(!(empty($value))){$set=1;}$message = $message . "$key: $value\n\n";} if($set!==1){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}$message = $message . "\n";$message = stripslashes($message);$subject = "helenekidary.com form";$headers = "From: info@helenekidary.com " . $_POST['Email'] . "\n" . "Return-Path: " . $_POST['Email'] . "\n" . "Reply-To: " . $_POST['Email'] . "\n";mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);?><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><title>Helene Kidary Form</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-uk"></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><font face="arial"><object><center><h1>Thank You</h1><h2>Your form has been sent</h2><h3><a href="<?php print "index.html"; ?>">Return to Helene Kidary</a></h3></center></object></font></body></html> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15743-formtoemail-required-fields/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastle Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share Posted July 26, 2006 Thanks ... but this project was due yesterday ... looking for a quick fix.James Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15743-formtoemail-required-fields/#findComment-64352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 just check the ones you need to checkif ($_POST['formfield1'] == "") {echo "Form Field 1 was left blank";}and so forth, or you can put them in a variable and repeat them backor you can exit the script, or however you want to do it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15743-formtoemail-required-fields/#findComment-64361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 [quote]Thanks ... but this project was due yesterday ... looking for a quick fix.[/quote]Those kinds of comments will get you knowhere. If you dont know how to code simple validations, dont take on [i]projects[/i]. Simple. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15743-formtoemail-required-fields/#findComment-64363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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