[SOLVED] Form Validation & Saving Information

[TheJoey]

i have two pages of code, but i am told i can only submit one. So im unsure how to go about doing both.

One is validation and the other is to save the validated information.

      <?php
      if (!isset($_POST['submitForm'])) {
      ?>
      <form action="form.php" method="POST">
      <table>
      <tr>
      <td>Name:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="name"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td>Email:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="email"></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td>Message:</td>
      <td><textarea name="mesg"></textarea></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td><input type="submit" name="SubmitForm" value="Send"></td>
      </tr>
      <form>
      <?php
  header("Location: save.php"); 
      } else {
      echo "Form submitted!";
      }
      ?> 

      <?php
      // Function to display form

      function showForm($errorName=false,$errorEmail=false,$errorMesg=false){

      if ($errorName) $errorTextName = "Please enter your name!";

      if ($errorEmail) $errorTextEmail = "Please enter a valid email address!";
  
      if ($errorMesg) $errorTextMesg = "Please leave a longer message!";
   
      echo '<form action="form.php" method="POST"><table>';

      // Display name field an error if needed
  
      echo '<tr><td>Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="name"></td></tr>';
  
      if ($errorName) echo "<tr><td colspan='2'>$errorTextName</td></tr>";

      // Display email field an error if needed
  
      echo '<tr><td>Email:</td><td><input type="text" name="email"></td></tr>';
      if ($errorEmail) echo "<tr><td colspan='2'>$errorTextEmail</td></tr>";
  
      // Display message field an error if needed
  
      echo '<tr><td>Message:</td><td><textarea name="mesg"></textarea></td></tr>';
      if ($errorMesg) echo "<tr><td colspan='2'>$errorTextMesg</td></tr>";
      echo '<tr><td><input type="submit" name="SubmitForm" value="Send"></td></tr>';
      echo '<form>';
      }
      if (!isset($_POST['SubmitForm'])) {
      showForm();
      } else {
      //Init error variables
      $errorName = false;
      $errorEmail = false;
      $errorMesg = false;
      $name = isset($_POST['name']) ? trim($_POST['name']) : '';
      $email = isset($_POST['email']) ? trim($_POST['email']) : '';
      $mesg = isset($_POST['mesg']) ? trim($_POST['mesg']) : '';
      if (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)) $errorEmail = true;
      if (strlen($name)<3) $errorName = true;
      if (strlen($mesg)<10) $errorMesg = true;
      // Display the form again as there was an error
      if ($errorName || $errorEmail || $errorMesg) {
      showForm($errorName,$errorEmail,$errorMesg);
      } else {
      echo 'Submission was success!';
      }
      }
      ?> 

Save.php

<?php

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email= $_POST['email'];
$mesg = $_POST['mesg'];

$fp = fopen("data.txt","a");

if(!$fp) {
    echo 'Error: Cannot open file.';
    exit;
}

fwrite($fp, $name.":".$email.":".$mesg."\r\n");

fclose($fp);

echo Added
?>

[bundyxc]

Validate, then save. No reason to use two scripts. Just cram it all together.

[TheJoey]

just by use of else?

or just start a new <?php ?> tags on the same page

[bundyxc]

You don't even need to seperate the PHP sections.. but the latter would work.

[TheJoey]

Ty got it working like a treat

[bundyxc]

Awesome. Please mark as "Solved".

[TheJoey]

Thanks champ i already did no need to stress