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seasexsun

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seasexsun Newbie

seasexsun

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I'm trying to make a field mandatory and it's still letting you fill out the form without filling in the email address, which is the field I want to be mandatory.  I would really appreciate anyone's input on what is wrong with my script.  That would be great.  It's a very short script.

 

Thanks

 


	<?php
	if (isset($_POST['Submit']) &&
	    isset($_POST['email']) &&
	    trim($_POST['email'])  != '') { 
		echo '<h1>Thank you for filling out this form!</h1>';
		} else {


$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Website Email";
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
if($sent)
{print ""; }
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail"; }
?>
<?php
}
?>

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pocobueno1388 Regular Member

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Try

 

<?php

if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){

   if (isset($_POST['email']) && $_POST['email'] != "")
      echo '<h1>Thank you for filling out this form!</h1>';
   else
      echo "Please fill the email field out";
   
} else {
    
    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "Website Email";
    $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
    $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
    $headers = "From: $email";
    $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
    if ($sent) {
        print "";
    } else {
        print "We encountered an error sending your mail";
    }

}

?>
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seasexsun Newbie

seasexsun

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Hi pocobueno:

 

That didn't work.  I see the change you made was to take out the extra php at the bottom.  I had tried that originally.  It still doesn't work.  It still doesn't make that field mandatory.  Do you have any other suggestions?  Thanks!

seasexsun Newbie

seasexsun

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Sure... Here's the form with the script how I originally had it.  And thanks for your input...

 

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFCC00"> <div>
		<font face="Arial" size="2">
		<table border="0" width="100%" id="table1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
			<tr>
				<td width="126">
				<table border="0" width="107%" id="table2">


					</tr>
				</table>
				</td>
				<td width="797" valign="top">

	<td> </td>
	<td width="434"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<font face="Arial" size="2">
		<table border="0" width="67%" id="table4">
			<tr>
				<td> </td>
				<td width="434"><font face="Arial" size="2">
				Please place your email address here: 
				<input name="email" type="text">  <br>
				<br>
				Please write your message to here, and we <br>
				will contact you shortly:<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="2" cols="40"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Click here to send your email!">
<br><br>(If the text has cleared from the form fields, <br>your email has been sent successfully.  <br>Please do not reclick.)
		</font>
	<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">

						</td>
			</tr>
</table>
		</font>
<p align="center"></p>
</form>
				<p align="center"> </p>
				<p></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
		</font></div>

	<?php
	if (isset($_POST['Submit']) &&
	    isset($_POST['email']) &&
	    trim($_POST['email'])  != '') { 
		echo '<h1>Thank you for filling out this form!</h1>';
		} else {


$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Website Email";
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
if($sent)
{print ""; }
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail"; }
?>
<?php
}
?>
</body>
</html>

pocobueno1388 Regular Member

pocobueno1388

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You had quite a bit of missing stuff. You didn't have an opening form tag, and your submit button didn't have a name. Also, your PHP logic was a bit messed up. So try this and see if it is what you want

 

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFCC00"> 
<div>
<font face="Arial" size="2">
<table border="0" width="100%" id="table1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td width="126">
<table border="0" width="107%" id="table2">


</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td width="797" valign="top">

<td> 
</td>
<td width="434"> 
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<font face="Arial" size="2">
<form method="post">
<table border="0" width="67%" id="table4">
<tr>
<td> 
</td>
<td width="434"><font face="Arial" size="2">
Please place your email address here:
<input name="email" type="text"> 
<br>
<br>
Please write your message to here, and we <br>
will contact you shortly:<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="2" cols="40"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Click here to send your email!">
<br><br>(If the text has cleared from the form fields, <br>your email has been sent successfully.  <br>Please do not reclick.)
</font>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</font>
<p align="center"></p>
</form>
<p align="center"> 
</p>
<p></td>
</tr>
</table>
</font></div>

<?php

if (isset($_POST['Submit'])){

   if (isset($_POST['email']) && $_POST['email'] != ""){
    
       $to = "[email protected]";
       $subject = "Website Email";
       $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
       $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
       $headers = "From: $email";
       $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
       
       if ($sent) {
           print "";
       } else {
           print "We encountered an error sending your mail";
       }

   } else {
      echo "You didn't fill in your email!";
   }
}

?>
</body>
</html>

 

Also note that any messages will appear at the BOTTOM of your script since your PHP code is at the bottom. I wasn't sure if you wanted it like that, so I left it.

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