php IF statement needed??

[harkly]

I am setting up an email confirmation page that will check the format of the entered info and print out any errors. If everything is ok it will send a confirmation email.

 

My question is - How do I get it to run the checks and print out the form so that it can be corrected and then process the second part - sending the confirmation? I think I need to have an IF ELSE statement but not sure what it would be.

 

// I think I need and IF here

if (strlen($userID)<4 || strlen($userID)>32)
  {
    echo "Your User ID must be between 6 and 32 characters.<br>";
  }

if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
  {
    echo "<font color=red> Invalid email</font> <br>\n";
  }


if ($pswd !== $pwd2)
  {
    echo "Passwords to not match, please re-enter.<br>";
  }

if (strlen($pswd)<6 || strlen($pswd)>32)
  {
    echo "Your password must be between 6 and 32 characters.<br>";
  }

$sql_check = mysql_query("select email from user where email='".$email."'") or die(mysql_error());

if (mysql_num_rows($sql_check))
  {
    echo "<font color='red'>The e-mail ".$email." is already in use.</font> \n";
  }

echo "

<form  method='post' action='confirm_email.php' name='mailcheck' id='form_id'  onSubmit=\"return (checkForm(this) && false);\">
  <table width='700' border='0'>  
    <tr>
      <td width='200'><div align='right'>userID: </div></td>
      <td width='100'><input id='userID' size='20' type='text' name='userID' value='$userID'></td>
      <td width='400' align='left'><div id='status'></div></td>
    </tr> 

    <tr>
      <td width='200'><div align='right'>email: </div></td>
      <td width='100'><input id='email' size='20' type='text' name='email' value='$email'></td>
      <td width='400' align='left'><div id='status2'></div></td>
    </tr> 

    <tr> 
      <td width='200'><div align='right'>Password: </div></td>
      <td width='100'><input size='20' type='password' name='pswd'></td>
      <td width='400' align='left'><div id='status'></div></td>
    </tr> 

    <tr>
      <td width='200'><div align='right'>Confirm Password: </div></td>
      <td width='100'><input size='20' type='password' name='pwd2'></td>
      <td width='400' align='left'><div id='status'></div></td>
    </tr> 
  </table>

  <span class='button'>
    <input type='image' value='Add New Account' src='img/button_add.gif' width='64' height='25'
    onmouseover='javascript:this.src='img/button_add2.gif';' onmouseout='javascript:this.src='img/button_add.gif';'>
  </span>
</form>

";



//Then an ELSE here



$sql = "INSERT INTO temp (userID, email, pswd, currentDate, confirmDate, confirm) 
       VALUES ('$_POST[userID]','$_POST[email]','$_POST[pswd]',NOW(),'$_POST[confirmDate]','$_POST[confirm]')";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

//These are the variables for the email 

$to = $_POST['email']; // this is the email address collected form the form 

$subject = "email confirmation"; // Subject 

$message = "Thank you for registering, please click on the link below to activate your account
http://www.test.net/test/updateUser.php?uid=$userID&activate=1" ;

$header = "From: [email protected]\r\n"; 

$header .= "Reply-to: [email protected]\r\n"; 


// This is the function to send the email 

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $header)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}

 

 

Just a note: I am verifying this info with javascript but in case it is turned off this is my backup.

[jamkelvl]

First of all, you should have your form and processing of form and e-mailing of form all done on the same page.  I believe this would be easiest.

 

So basically, what you want to do is if the form data all validates then e-mail the form data?

 

Something like...

 

<?php
if ($_POST['addNew'] == true) {
//your code to validate form data goes here
// if data is all validated, i think you said you did this with javascript
// e-mail form
// else form is already displayed below and you can 
// highlight errors if you'd like.. 
// all depends on how you're doing things
} else {
// display error message telling user to correct form data
}
?>
<form action="form.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="formSent" value="true" />
<label for="input">Input:<label>
<input type="text" name="input" value="<?php echo $_POST['input']; ?>" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

[harkly]

I've tried something like this and this will not give me any errors is the form is incorrect, it goes directly to emailing the form.

[harkly]

First of all, you should have your form and processing of form and e-mailing of form all done on the same page.  I believe this would be easiest.

 

I do I go about having the form on the same page as the processing? I have it working so that the form shows up on the processed page with any errors, but can't figure out how to get it to start blank - with no errors.

[harkly]

I do I go about having the form on the same page as the processing? I have it working so that the form shows up on the processed page with any errors, but can't figure out how to get it to start blank - with no errors.

 

That's How do I go about....

[jamkelvl]

Can I see your code?

[idontkno]

If you want to put a validater, use your submit button. In otherwords, add a name to the input on the form.

 

if (!isset($_POST['submit']))
{
//validate
} else {
//error
}

 

As for your script emailing if its still wrong, that's because you haven't terminated the script.