How to output errors on the same page?

[tmharrison]

Input is done on an html page, then php script checks for valid info, but when errors are found, it lists them on another blank page?

 

can i get the errors to be on the html page?

 

thanks

 

tina

[Jessica]

Make the HTML page a PHP page and then yes, you can. You can either proccess the form on the same page, or store the errors in the session and send them back.

[mattd8752]

echo the errors and <br> then

include "thehtmlpage.html";

 

[tmharrison]

Thank you, jesirose and mattd8752

 

jesirose, i didn't understand the sessions, part, so I went with mattd8752's reply.

 

i can get it to work mattd8752, thank you very much.

 

is there a way to embed it into a specific spot on my html page?

 

thank you so much

 

tina

[tmharrison]

Jesirose

 

Can you please explain your process to me.

 

I understand the saving as php page, I need to understand, what you mean by processing the form on the same page and then the sessions part.

 

As i can' t seem to get the errors to list inside the html page by using the include statement.

 

Thank you,

 

Tina

[.josh]

very simple example:

 

form.php

<?php
   session_start();
   if($_SESSION['errorMsg']) {
      echo $_SESSION['errorMsg'];
      unset ($_SESSION['errorMsg']);
   }
?>

<form method = 'post' action='process.php'>
   Enter something   <input type = 'text' name = 'something'>
   <input type = 'submit' value = 'send'>
</form>

 

process.php

<?php
   session_start();
   if (!isset($_POST['something']) || trim($_POST['something']) == "") {
      $_SESSION['errorMsg'] = "please fill out field";
   } elseif (strlen($_POST['something']) > 10)) {
      $_SESSION['errorMsg'] = "something is too long. Please make it 10 or less chars";
   } 

   if ($_SESSION['errorMsg']) {
      header('Location: form.php'); exit();
   } else {
      // no errors, do whatever. 
   }
?>

 

[Jessica]

Good example Crayon - is that one in the FAQ/code library?

[.josh]

umm...it might be similar. I just typed it out on the spot.

[tmharrison]

Still a little bit unclear to me, probably because of never using sessions before.

 

below is what and how I am dealing with errors on the "process side of things, which is my register.php"

if(isset($_POST['Send'])){
$errors = array(); // Initialize error array.

if(empty($_POST['name'])) {
	$errors[] = 'You did not enter your Name.';

 

below is the scaled down version of my registration.php form which is really just html

<form action="register.php" method="post" target="_self">
                <tr>
                  <td height="20" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><input name="name" type="text" class="graytext1" id="name" size="60">      
                  <td height="20" align="left" valign="top"><input name="email" type="text" class="graytext1" id="email">
                <tr>
                  <td height="15" colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" class="graytext">Address
                  <td height="15" colspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom" class="graytext">Add'l Address
                <tr>
                  <td height="20" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><input name="address" type="text" class="graytext1" id="address" size="40">

 

this is the bottom of my register.php for the errors

} else {
	echo '<id="errors">Error!<p class="error">The following error(s) occurred:<br />';
	foreach ($errors as $msg) {
	echo " - $msg<br />\n";

 

if you could possibly let me know where things should go, that would probably make it clearer to me.

 

Thank you,

 

Tina