i dont want to include blank form fields when emailed

[corics15]

hello everyone!

  I have at least 45 fields in my form and only 8 of them are required namely, NAME, GENDER, DATE OF BIRTH, AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, EMAIL AND CONTACT NO. The rest is optional. The problem is, I dont want to include the blank fields which have not been filled up when the SUBMIT button is clicked. I just want the fields which has been filled up to appear in the mail recipient.

  Could anybody help, please?

[cooldude832]

give us a bit more code and we can help you but you can try a foreach($_POST as $value) and then just remove the ones you don't one in post

[corics15]

hey! thanks for the prompt reply. ummm, the user may fill the fields in random, so I don't have a way to know which fields has been filled up or not... cheers!

[corics15]

i understand that I have to use an array, foreach and the if statement, but i don't have any idea how to implement it in code  ???  :'(,  my head aches...

[cooldude832]

try this

 

<?php
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value){
if ($value != ""){
	$emailtext .= $key . " = " .$value ."\n\n";
}
}
?>

 

That will do it basically, otherwise deal with them later.

 

[corics15]

i understand that I have to use an array, foreach and the if statement, but i don't have any idea how to implement it in code  ???  :'(,  my head aches...

well, after researching, i found out that:

1. store the field values in an array

2. loop through each values and check if the fields are empty and store in the second array

3. print the values in the the second array using the list command

 

but i don't have any idea how to implement it in code...

function DoStripSlashes($FieldValue) 
{ 
if ( get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) { 
  if (is_array($FieldValue) ) { 
   return array_map('DoStripSlashes', $FieldValue); 
  } else { 
   return stripslashes($FieldValue); 
  } 
} else { 
  return $FieldValue; 
} 
}

/* filterchars and dostripslashes were ommitted in this line */

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$ClientIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
$ClientIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}

$FTGfirst_name = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['first_name'] );
$FTGlast_name = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['last_name'] );
$FTGgender = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['gender'] );
$FTGany_date_month = DoStripSlashes($_REQUEST['any_date_month']);
$FTGany_date_day = DoStripSlashes($_REQUEST['any_date_day']);
$FTGany_date_year = DoStripSlashes($_REQUEST['any_date_year']);
$FTGage = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['age'] );
$FTGheight = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['height'] );
$FTGweight = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['weight'] );
$FTGreligion = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['religion'] );
$FTGcivil_status = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['civil_status'] );
$FTGpassport_no = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['passport_no'] );
$FTGcoll_univ = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['coll_univ'] );
$FTGcoll_univ_course = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['coll_univ_course'] );
$FTGcoll_graduate = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['coll_graduate'] );
$FTGtech_voc = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['tech_voc'] );
$FTGtech_voc_course = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['tech_voc_course'] );
$FTGtech_voc_graduate = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['tech_voc_graduate'] );
$FTGhigh_sch = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['high_sch'] );
$FTGco_name = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name'] );
$FTGco_name_add = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add'] );
$FTGco_prod = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc'] );
$FTGco_name2 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name2'] );
$FTGco_name_add2 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add2'] );
$FTGco_prod2 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod2'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc2 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc2'] );
$FTGco_name3 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name3'] );
$FTGco_name_add3 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add3'] );
$FTGco_prod3 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod3'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc3 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc3'] );
$FTGco_name4 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name4'] );
$FTGco_name_add4 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add4'] );
$FTGco_prod4 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod4'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc4 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc4'] );
$FTGco_name5 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name5'] );
$FTGco_name_add5 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add5'] );
$FTGco_prod5 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod5'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc5 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc5'] );
$FTGco_name6 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name6'] );
$FTGco_name_add6 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_name_add6'] );
$FTGco_prod6 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_prod6'] );
$FTGco_jobdesc6 = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['co_jobdesc6'] );
$FTGspec_skills = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['spec_skills'] );
$FTGmach_types = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['mach_types'] );
$FTGemail = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['email'] );
$FTGcontact_no = DoStripSlashes( $_REQUEST['contact_no'] );

 

well here is the code for you guys to check...hope you can help me out...thanks...