[SOLVED] Error Messaging not working

[sawade]

I changed the way my form tells the user of an error.  But I can't seem to get it to work properly.  Any help would be great.  Thanks.

 

// IF NO errors process form
if ($error == "") {

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}
    else {
	// List errors
        echo '<p class="error">'$error'</p>';
	$output_form = true;
    }

 

Error messages look like this..

 

if (empty($first_name) && empty($last_name)) { // IF first and last are empty - REQUIRED FIELD
	$error .= 'Please input your FIRST NAME and LAST NAME.<br />';
      	$output_form = true;
    }

if (empty($first_name)) { // IF first only is empty - REQUIRED FIELD
	$error .= 'Please input your FIRST NAME.<br />';
      	$output_form = true;
    }

[ialsoagree]

You're improperly concatenating the string:

 

<?php
echo '<p class="error">'$error'</p>'; // this throws an unexpected variable error
?>

 

...should be...

 

<?php
echo '<p class="error">'.$error.'</p>';
?>

[sawade]

Perfect!  Thank you!