Single checkbox in form..

[bolty2uk]

Hello..

 

After quite a bit of reading up and playing about i just cant seem to find an answer that will work for something which should be very easy and straight forward.

 

Basically i have a self-validating php form that sends the users input to my email inbox.

 

What i need to do on the form is add a single check box (which i have already done) which the users will just tick if they wish to receive a newsletter..

 

Now my problem is i just cant get my head around the code i will have to use to send this details to me. All i need to receive is a simple "yes" in the email i get if they checked the box and nothing if they didn't...

 

I just don't know how to achieve this....

 

Here is the code i am working with....

 

<?php

$to = "admin@mymail.com";


if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {

  showForm();

} else {

  $error = 0;


  if(empty($_POST['name'])) {
    $error = 1;
    $errstr[] = "Please enter a name";
  }

  if(!preg_match("/^(?:[\w\d]+\.?)+@(??:[\w\d]\-?)+\.)+\w{2,4}$/", $_POST['email'])) {
    $error = 1;
    $errstr[] = "Please enter a valid email address";
  }

  if(empty($_POST['message']) || preg_match("/^enter your message here$/i", $_POST['message'])) {
    $error = 1;
    $errstr[] = "Please enter a message";
  }

  if(empty($_POST['imagetext'])) {
    $error = 1;
    $errstr[] = "Please validate the security code";
  } else {
    include "securimage.php";
    $img = new securimage();
    $valid = $img->check($_POST['imagetext']);

    if(!$valid) {
      $error = 1;
      $errstr[] = "The security code you entered was incorrect";
    }
  }

  if ($error == 1) {
    echo "<center>\n<font style=\"color: #FF0000\">\n";
    foreach($errstr as $err) {
      echo "<li> " . $err . "</li>\n";
    }
    echo "</font>\n</center>\n<br />\n\n";

    showForm();

  } else {
    @mail($to, "Enquiry","On" . date("r") . ", " . $_POST['name'] . " from " . $_POST['email'] .
    " sent the following message.\nEnquiry -  " .
    $_POST['reason'] . "\n\n" . "\n\n" . stripslashes($_POST['message']), "From: " . $_POST['email']);

    echo "<font style=\"color: #003366\"><left>\n<b>Thank You.</b><br /><br /> Your contact form submission has now been successfully sent to us.<br /><br />One of our team will be responding to your enquiry very shortly.</font>";

  }

} //else submitted



function showForm()
{
  $_POST['message'] = @htmlspecialchars(@$_POST['message']);

  echo <<<EOD
<form method="POST">
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="90%" align="left">
  <tr>
    <td class="style3">Name:</td>
    <td align="left"><input type="text" name="name"  size="40" value="{$_POST['name']}" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="style3">Email:</td>
    <td align="left"><input type="text" name="email" size="40" value="{$_POST['email']}" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="style3">Enquiry:</td>
    <td align="left"><input type="text" name="reason" size="40" value="{$_POST['reason']}" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="style3">Message:</td>
    <td align="left"><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="35">{$_POST['message']}</textarea></td>
  </tr>
    <tr>
    <td align="right" class="style3"><input name="subscribe" type="checkbox" value="{$_POST['subscribe']}" /></td>
    <td align="left" class="style2">Subscribe me to the  news letter.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center" colspan="2"><img src="securimage_show.php" alt="security code"></img></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td class="style4">(Enter above code)   <input type="text" size="20" name="imagetext" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td class="body" align="left" colspan="2" ><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> <input name="reset" type="reset" id="reset" tabindex="5" value="Reset" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>
EOD;
}

?> 

 

I know this must be relatively straight forward but im afraid on this occasion i just cant seem to see the wood from the trees...

 

If anyone can offer any advice or know of a good tutorial it would be most appreciated...

 

Thanks in advance for any responses this may produce.

[metrostars]

Just make the checkbox checked value Yes.

 

Then in the script, do a simple if statement

 

if($_POST['checkboxname'] == 'Yes') {$newsletter = "Yes";} {else $newsletter = 'No';}

 

then put another bit in the mail function and you'll be flying.

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

($_POST['checkboxname'] == 'yes') ? $newsletter = "Yes" : $newsletter = "No";

 

Try that, its actually better than the one the guy above posted.

[bolty2uk]

Thanks Guys....

 

your code did the trick..

 

Really is much appreciated.

 

Thank you :-X