Collecting HTML form info

krepid · March 17, 2007

Hello,

I am trying to create a PHP form that will collect a series of data. I am new to PHP and would appreciate any helpful tips/hints to solve this dilemma. The form will email, but no data is sent ... I thought I could collect all the POST data in a variable I created called $comments ... such as:

$comments = $_POST['co, useraddr, username, useremail, yopen, jobdes, salar, position'];

and then use another variable named $msg to pass in the email ...

#message from the feedback form

$msg = $comments;

Obviously, that is not acceptable. What can I do?

Thank you for reading that!

Code below.

 

<?php
$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
$co = $_POST['co'];
$useraddr = $_POST['useraddr'];
$username = $_POST['username'];
$useremail = $_POST['useremail'];
$yopen = $_POST['yopen'];
$jobdes = $_POST['jobdes'];
$salar = $_POST['salar'];
$posistion = $_POST['position'];
$comments = $_POST['co, useraddr, username, useremail, yopen, jobdes, salar, position'];
$sent = $_POST['sent'];


# the HTML form

$form ="<form action=\"$self\" method=\"post\">";
$form.="<table width=\"450\" border=\"0\"><br /><strong>Please list information so that PCS can better assist you</strong><br /><strong style=\"background-color:yellow; color:red;\">* Indicates a required field";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Company Name:<input type=\"text\" name=\"co\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$co\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Company Address:<input type=\"text\" name=\"useraddr\" ";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$useraddr\"></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Your Name and Your Title:<input type=\"text\" name=\"username\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$username\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Your Email Address:</strong><input type=\"text\" name=\"useremail\"";
$form.=" size=\"38\" value=\"$useremail\"></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Why is the position available?:<input type=\"text\" name=\"yopen\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$yopen\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>The Title and Job Description of the posistion available:<input type=\"text\" name=\"jobdes\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$jobdes\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Please List the Salary Range:<input type=\"text\" name=\"salar\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$salar\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Please tell us about the opening you currently have, the type of applicant you desire to fill this opening, and all pertinent credentials (ex: degree, license):</strong>";
$form.="<textarea name=\"position\" cols=\"50\" rows=\"12\">";
$form.="$position</textarea></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"sent\" value=\"Send Form\">";
$form.="</form>";
$form.="</td></tr>";
$form.="</table>";

if($sent)
{
  #set variable default value
  $valid=true;

  #check co field is not blank
  if( !$co )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the Company Name...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check field is not blank
  if( !$useraddr )
  { $errmsg .="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the Company address...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  if( !$username )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter your name...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  //  if( !$useremail )
  //  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter your email address...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
    if( !$yopen )
    { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Why is the position open?...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  if( !$jobdes )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the job description...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
    if( !$salar )
    { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the salary range...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }


  #check textarea field is not blank
  if( !$posistion )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the position you need PCS to fill. </strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check validity of email format
  $useremail = trim($useremail);
  #permitted patterns for name,domain and top-level domains
  $_name = "/^[-!#$%&\'*+\\.\/0-9=?A-Z^_`{|}~]+";
  $_host = "([-0-9A-Z]+\.)+";
  $_tlds = "([0-9A-Z]){2,4}$/i";
  if( !preg_match( $_name."@".$_host .$_tlds,$useremail ) )
  {
    $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Email address has incorrect format!</strong><br />";
    $valid=false;
  }
}

#if not valid write the error message/s and repeat the form
if($valid != true)
{
  echo( $errmsg.$form );
}
else
#if the form is valid send the email
{
  #recipients email address
  $to = "[email protected]";

  #subject of the message
  $re = "Feedback from $username";

  #message from the feedback form
  $msg = $comments;

  #set the Content-type header for HTML mail
  $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
  $headers .= "Content-type: text/html;";
  $headers .= "charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\r\n";

  #set the From header
  $headers .= "From: $useraddr \r\n";

  #send the email now...
  if(mail($to,$re,$msg, $headers))
  { echo("Your information has been sent - Thanks $username <br />Click <a href=\"http://www.example.com\">Here</a> to revisit the homepage");}

}
?>

fert · March 17, 2007

$comments=$_POST['co'].$_POST['useraddr'].$_POST['username'].$_POST['useremail'].$_POST['yopen'].$_POST['jobdes'].$_POST['salar'].$_POST['position'];

kenrbnsn · March 17, 2007

That will give the OP all fields concatenated together in one unreadable string. The OP probably wants a comma separated string. Here is one way of getting that from the data:

<?php
$flds = array('co', 'useraddr', 'username', 'useremail', 'yopen', 'jobdes', 'salar', 'position');
$tmp = array();
foreach ($flds as $fld)
   $tmp[] = $_POST[$fld];
$comments = implode(', ',$tmp);
?>

A note to "fert" -- one line answers with no explanations are not very helpful, especially for newer coders.

Ken

krepid · March 17, 2007

Ken,

Thanks for the code ... while testing this it did make it easier to read as you advised ... I have not had a chance to absorb the entire code, but I get the gist.

I would like to ask you:

if I wanted a hard return, could I use a carriage return in the foreach loop? If so, how could I insert that?

- Thanks again

kenrbnsn · March 17, 2007

Where do you want the carriage return placed? Between each field instead of the comma? If so, replace the comma in the implode with the newline character:

<?php
$comments = implode("\n",$tmp) . "\n";
?>

Ken

krepid · March 17, 2007

Ken,

Yes, that was what I was implying ... sorry I should have been more specific.

I really appreciate your help.

Unfortunately, I am not getting the form data to print as you recommended.

It is still just a bunch of data without any comma separators or returns ...

It reads like this:

Test 6 Someplace Ave/ Someplace, State 22222 Test, the tester [email protected] Leave replacementTest/Tester $45,000 - $65,000 asdasd asdasdasd asdasd asdasdasdasdasdasd asdasdasd asdadasdasd asdasdasd

Maybe I am inserting what you assisted me with incorrectly. I am pasting the code with the additions below.

Thanks again.

-Keith

<?php

$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
$co = $_POST['co'];
$useraddr = $_POST['useraddr'];
$username = $_POST['username'];
$useremail = $_POST['useremail'];
$yopen = $_POST['yopen'];
$jobdes = $_POST['jobdes'];
$salar = $_POST['salar'];
$posistion = $_POST['position'];

$flds = array('co', 'useraddr', 'username', 'useremail', 'yopen', 'jobdes', 'salar', 'position');
$tmp = array();
foreach ($flds as $fld)
   $tmp[] = $_POST[$fld];
$comments = implode("\n",$tmp) . "\n";

//$comments=$_POST['co'].$_POST['useraddr'].$_POST['username'].$_POST['useremail'].$_POST['yopen'].$_POST['jobdes'].$_POST['salar'].$_POST['position'];

$sent = $_POST['sent'];


#the HTML form 

$form ="<form action=\"$self\" method=\"post\">";
$form.="<table width=\"450\" border=\"0\"><br /><strong>Please list information so that PCS can better assist you</strong><br /><strong style=\"background-color:yellow; color:red;\">* Indicates a required field";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Company Name:<input type=\"text\" name=\"co\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$co\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Company Address:<input type=\"text\" name=\"useraddr\" ";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$useraddr\"></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Your Name and Your Title:<input type=\"text\" name=\"username\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$username\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Your Email Address:</strong><input type=\"text\" name=\"useremail\"";
$form.=" size=\"38\" value=\"$useremail\"></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Why is the position available?:<input type=\"text\" name=\"yopen\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$yopen\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>The Title and Job Description of the posistion available:<input type=\"text\" name=\"jobdes\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$jobdes\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td> <strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Please List the Salary Range:<input type=\"text\" name=\"salar\"";
$form.=" size=\"60\" value=\"$salar\" ></strong></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><strong style=\"color:red;\">* </strong><strong>Please tell us about the opening you currently have, the type of applicant you desire to fill this opening, and all pertinent credentials (ex: degree, license):</strong>";
$form.="<textarea name=\"position\" cols=\"50\" rows=\"12\">";
$form.="$position</textarea></td></tr>";
$form.="<tr><td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"sent\" value=\"Send Form\">";
$form.="</form>";
$form.="</td></tr>";
$form.="</table>";

if($sent)
{
  #set variable default value
  $valid=true;

  #check co field is not blank
  if( !$co )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the Company Name...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check field is not blank
  if( !$useraddr )
  { $errmsg .="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the Company address...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  if( !$username )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter your name...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  //  if( !$useremail )
  //  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter your email address...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
    if( !$yopen )
    { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Why is the position open?...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
  if( !$jobdes )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the job description...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check username field is not blank
    if( !$salar )
    { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the salary range...</strong><br />"; $valid = false; }


  #check comments field is not blank
  if( !$posistion )
  { $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Enter the position you need PCS to fill. </strong><br />"; $valid = false; }

  #check validity of email format
  $useremail = trim($useremail);
  #permitted patterns for name,domain and top-level domains
  $_name = "/^[-!#$%&\'*+\\.\/0-9=?A-Z^_`{|}~]+";
  $_host = "([-0-9A-Z]+\.)+";
  $_tlds = "([0-9A-Z]){2,4}$/i";
  if( !preg_match( $_name."@".$_host .$_tlds,$useremail ) )
  {
    $errmsg.="<strong style=\"color:red;\">ERROR ...Email address has incorrect format!</strong><br />";
    $valid=false;
  }
}

#if not valid write the error message/s and repeat the form
if($valid != true)
{
  echo( $errmsg.$form );
}
else
#if the form is valid send the email
{
  #recipients email address
  $to = "[email protected]";

  #subject of the message
  $re = "Feedback from $username";

  #message from the feedback form
  $msg = $comments;

  #set the Content-type header for HTML mail
  $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
  $headers .= "Content-type: text/html;";
  $headers .= "charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\r\n";

  #set the From header
  $headers .= "From: $useraddr \r\n";

  #send the email now...
  if(mail($to,$re,$msg, $headers))
  { echo("Your information has been sent - <strong style=\"color:1b6e50;\">Thanks $username</strong><br />Click <a href=\"http://www.example.com\">Here</a> to revisit the homepage");}

}
?>

krepid · March 17, 2007

I have not had much luck with form data collection, and I wanted to know if it were possible to add a line-break so that the data collected is easier to read?

Or - should I collect the form data differently so that it avoids this problem?

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