[SOLVED] Making Form Fields Compulsory

RAH · September 7, 2007

Hi,

I need to make all of the fields on this form compulsory, not quite sure how to do so. The code isn't finished yet, I just need to know what needs added to make all fields compulsory.

HTML:

<form action="send.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="_self">
													<div align="left">
														<table class="altcolumn" cellspacing=6 cellpadding=4 border=0 align="left">
															<tbody>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="4" valign="top"><b>Please fill out the form below</b></td>
																</tr>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="3" valign="top"><b>Full Name:<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=name tabindex="1"></td>
																	<td class="text" valign="top"><b>Email Address:<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=emailad tabindex="2"></td>
																</tr>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="3" valign="top"><b>Home address:<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=haddress tabindex="3"></td>
																	<td class="text" valign="top"><b>Date of arrival (DD/MM/YY):<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=dateofa tabindex="4"></td>
																</tr>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="3" valign="top"><b>Approximate time of arrival:<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=time tabindex="5"></td>
																	<td class="text" valign="top"><b>Telephone No.:<br>
																		</b><input size=32 name=teleno tabindex="6"></td>
																</tr>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="4" valign="top"><b>If you wish to add/remove items give details here:<br>
																		</b><span class="text"><textarea name=details rows="5" cols=55 tabindex="7"></textarea><br>
																		</span></td>
																</tr>
																<tr>
																	<td class="text" colspan="3" valign="top">
																		<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
																			<tr>
																				<td width="93">
																					<div align="left">
																						<input type=submit value=Submit name=Submit></div>
																				</td>
																				<td width="83"><input type="reset" border="0"></td>
																			</tr>
																		</table>
																	</td>
																	<td class="text" valign="top"></td>
																</tr>
															</tbody>
														</table>
													</div>
												</form>

PHP:

<body><?php

//--------------Send info to owner and confirmation to user ----------
// to address and subject (also \n is a return). (\t is a tab)

$toaddr = "info@site.com";
$subject = "Details from website : order";
$realname = $_POST['realname'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$date = $_POST['dateofa];
$time = $_POST['time'];
$telno = $_POST['teleno'];
$details = $_POST['details'];


//mails webform to the website owner
mail("$toaddr", "$subject", "Details from website : order\n
\n
\n
Name : $realname\n
Email : $email\n
Holiday home address : $address\n
Date of arrival : $date\n
Approx time of arrival: $time\n
Mobile/Telephone No. : $telno\n
\n
Changes : $details\n
\n
\n",
"From: $email\r\n");

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
//mail confirmation to user
// $confsubject is the subject the end user gets in their confirmation email

$confsubject = "test";
mail("$email", "$confsubject", "$realname\n

test

\n", "From: $toaddr\r\n");

//send user off to thank you page
$url = "http://www.site.com/confirm.html";
printf("<meta http-equiv=refresh content=\"0; url=$url\">"); 

?></body>

Thanks.

micah1701 · September 7, 2007

in your php, after you assign each post var to a variable, check to make sure it is valid:

<?php

$validation = true; //assume its valid until proven otherwise below

$realname = $_POST['realname'];
if($realname == ""){
$validation = false;
$errMessage[] = "missing Real Name";
}

then at the end:

if(!$validation){
echo "form not valid";
//and some code to print out your errMessage array 
}else{
//if $validation is still true:
//here's your code to save the data and move on...
}
?>

AdRock · September 7, 2007

You could use for example

$empty_fields_message = "<p>Please go back and complete all the fields in the form.</p>";

if(empty($username) && empty($password)) {
    echo $empty_feilds_message;
} else {
    //do other code
}

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