Have Echo on the Same Page Without PHP_SELF?

[chaseman]

I successfully build a form, and I have a few echo's which will echo out error messages when an input box is left empty.

 

The echo messages used to be on the same page while I was using PHP_SELF, now that I've separated the script from the form it will now be shown on a new empty page and the user has to use the browser's navigators to navigate back. I'd still like to keep my script from the form separated for read-ability reasons, but I'd also like to have the echo messages outputted on the same page as the form.

 

How can I do that?

 

I'm a newbie, so excuse this basic question.

 

 

P.S.

If somebody can give me a tip how to position the echo messages in the design, I'd appreciate it a lot, because it sometimes messes up the design.

[jsk1gcc]

I had this problem when I first started out, I would suggest you look at these video tutorials I found. They really helped me, hope they do you too. =)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/phpacademy?blend=1&ob=4#g/p

[chaseman]

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that, if you had the same problem when starting out, do you eventually know the answer to my problem? Or do you know in which one of those videos I may find my answer.

 

I tried googling a lot but couldn't find anything.

[jsk1gcc]

sure check this one out: part1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuLpSospbBk

 

part2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF5zTWthpn0&feature=channel

 

 

hope they help =)