Form Checking (Missing Inputs)

[artemisbow]

Hi, I'm using the following code to check that the form has been filled up completely
[code]if((!value1) || (!value2)... || (!valueX)){
  echo "Some fields have not been filled in";
  }
[/code]

However, when a user enters '0', I want the script to know that it is not empty, but neither the above method nor using empty() works. What should I do instead? Thanks!

[prodynetech]

You could use regular expressions.
[code]
function isValidInput( $str )
{
    // Test for a zero, null, or empty string
    if( !ereg( "^[a-zA-Z]$", $str ) || empty( $str ) || ! isset( $str ) || ( $str < 1 ) )
        return false;    
}
[/code]

Now you can get creative and check for ranges or specific patterns. For example postal codes:
[code]
$pcode=str_replace(" ","",$in_post_code);
if (!ereg('^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,2}[a-zA-Z]{0,1}[0-9]{1}[a-zA-Z]{2}$', $pcode))
{
   return false;
}
[/code]

Check out www.php.net for additional information on php functions that might be helpful to you.

Regards,

ProdyneTech

[!--quoteo(post=371765:date=May 6 2006, 12:48 AM:name=artemisbow)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(artemisbow @ May 6 2006, 12:48 AM) [snapback]371765[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
Hi, I'm using the following code to check that the form has been filled up completely
[code]if((!value1) || (!value2)... || (!valueX)){
  echo "Some fields have not been filled in";
  }
[/code]

However, when a user enters '0', I want the script to know that it is not empty, but neither the above method nor using empty() works. What should I do instead? Thanks!
[/quote]

[kenrbnsn]

What you need to do is actually test each field to make sure that something was entered:
[code]<?php
$errs = array();
foreach ($_POST as $key => $val)
    if ($key != 'submit')  // I'm assuming that the submit button in your form is named 'submit'
       if (strlen(trim(stripslashes($val))) == 0) // Is the field truly empty  -- strlen is 0
             $errs[] = $k;
if (!empty($errs)) // if the $errs array is not empty, at least one field was left blank
   echo 'The following fields were left blank:<br><span style="color:red">' . implode('<br>',$errs) . '</span>';
?>[/code]

Ken