[SOLVED] Change blank form names

[tqla]

Hello. On my form when the Submit button is clicked my script checks for blank fields. If it finds blanks it shows a message. The problem is that it shows the blank fields in their variable name. I'd like to change the alert to show the same names on the form.

 

Here's the code:

 

     if(isset($blanks))                               
     {
        $message_new = "The following fields are blank. Please enter the required information:<br />  ";
        foreach($blanks as $value)
        {
           $message_new .= "$value<BR /> ";
        }
        extract($_POST);
        include("form.inc");
        exit();
     }

 

The problem is that the read out reads like this:

 

The following fields are blank. Please enter the required information:

firstName

lastName

title

company

street

city

state

zip

telephone

email

 

I'd like to change the message to show the names just like they are on the form. Like this:

 

Last Name

Title

Company

Street

City

State

Zip

Telephone

Email Address

 

The thing is that it can only SHOW it like this but it can't permanantly change the variable because it needs to stay in this form to populate the database.

 

firstName

lastName

title

company

street

city

state

zip

telephone

email

 

Ya know what I mean? Thanks.

[PHP_PhREEEk]

You need to build an array that holds the Titles, and $blanks should be populated with corresponding keys. That way, you can just echo the Title array key using foreach. If you post the rest of the code, I can help you with it (need all of it, really).

 

PhREEEk

[pocobueno1388]

Here is an example of how you can do it

 

<?php

if (isset($_POST['submit'])){
   
   $message = "";
      
   //check for empty values
   if (!isset($_POST['f1']) || empty($_POST['f1'])) $message .= "<br>f1";
   if (!isset($_POST['f2']) || empty($_POST['f2'])) $message .= "<br>f2";
   if (!isset($_POST['f3']) || empty($_POST['f3'])) $message .= "<br>f3";
   
   if ($message != ""){
      echo "The following fields are blank. Please enter the required information:";
      echo $message;
   } else {
      echo "Everything was filled in";
   }
}

?>

<p>
<form method="post">
   <input type="text" name="f1"><br>
   <input type="text" name="f2"><br>
   <input type="text" name="f3"><br>
   <input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>

[tqla]

Thank you for the help. Took a few hours but I got it working.