Can you store an array in a SESSION?? - HELP!!

barbs75 · February 21, 2008

Hi guys,

STILL trying to sort out my login/register script. At the moment i am trying to include a form helper, where errors appear on my form rather than on another page away from the form.

I know i can store an error in a session and then check if the session is set on form page, so if it is, then output an error. But the problem i am having is grasping how i would present my errors on my page??

I would ideally like a warning box at the top, saying what errors have occurred, and then have a flag next to each label to show the user where the error is, i have looked at an example here

http://kalsey.com/simplified/form_errors/

The problem is, it doesnt have much validation, and using this code, im not sure how i would implement my validation i have and whether it is better to have the validation on a separate processing page or all on one page with the form?!?!

So what i was trying to do was store each error within an array, and then pass that array in a session, then feed each array element(error) into a list on my form, if that makes sense?

here is my code, it might help to take a look at it

register.php

<?php
//create session
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Style1.css" />
<title>Go4home.co.uk - Find your dream property, or advertise your house for sale on the	property market on go4home.co.uk</title>

<meta name="Description" content="Find your dream property online, Search for any property for
sale in a range of areas in the UK with go4home" />
    
<meta name="Keywords" content="Find a property, find property, find property in UK,
search for a property, Property up for sale, find property up for sale, Property market,
    Advertise your home to sell, go4home.co.uk, go4home" />
    

</head>

<body>
<div id="mainContainer">
<div id="container-Content">
    	<div id="content-TopContent">
            <div id="TopBar">
            <div id="Logo"><img src="Images/Go4Home-logo.jpg" alt="Go4home.co.uk" width="201" height="39" /></div>
            <div id="myProfile"></div>
            <div id="Login"><a href="login_form.html">login</a></div>
            <div id="NotRegisteredText"><a class="blue" href="register.html">Not Registered?</a></div>
            </div><!--End of TopBar -->
            <ul id="navigationMenu">
                <li class="HomeButton"><a href="index.html"></a></li>
                <li class="SearchButton"><a href="Construction Page.html"></a></li>
                <li class="MoneyMarketButton"><a href="Construction Page.html"></a></li>
                <li class="GoBuyButton"><a href="Construction Page.html"></a></li>
                <li class="GoSellButton"><a href="Construction Page.html"></a></li>
                <li class="HelpButton"><a href="Construction Page.html"></a></li>
            </ul>
        </div><!--End of content-Topcontent -->   
        <div id="content-centrecontent">
        	<br />
            <h2 class="shadow">Register</h2>
            <br />
            <p class="centreContent">Already Registered with us? If you are already a member of go4home.co.uk, then please<br>
                sign in. if not, then please fill in our easy-to-fill form below to join!</p>
            <p class="centreContent">After registering, we will send you an email, to confirm your details</p> 
            <?php
			if (isset($_SESSION['error_storage']))
			{
				echo "<h3>You have an error</h3>";
			}
		?>  
            <div id="submitCustomerForm">
                <FORM ACTION="register_process.php" METHOD="POST" NAME="contact_form"> 
                    <TABLE width="572">
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="35" colspan="2"><h3>Your Details</h3></TD>
                           <TD></TD>
                           <TD></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD colspan="3"><span class="asterix">*</span> Indicates a required field</TD>
                           <TD></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD width="187">Your Username:<span class="asterix"> *</span><br /><span class="textSmallGreen">(letters and 				numbers only)</span></TD>
                          <TD width="27"></TD>
                          <TD width="318"> <input class="fade" name="username" type=text size="50" maxlength="50"></TD>
                         </TR>
                          <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Your Title:</TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD><label>
                            <select class="fade" name="titleList" id="titleList">
                              <option class="fade">--Please Select--</option>
                              <option class="fade" value="Mr">Mr</option>
                              <option class="fade" value="Miss">Miss</option>
                              <option class="fade" value="Mrs">Mrs</option>
                              <option class="fade" value="Ms">Ms</option>
                            </select>
                          </label></TD>
                         </TR>   
                         <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Your Surname: <span class="asterix">*</span></font></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD> <input class="fade" name="surname" type=text size="50" maxlength="15"></TD>
                         </TR>
                          <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Your Forename: <span class="asterix">*</span></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD> <input class="fade" name="forename" type=text size="50" maxlength="15"></TD>
                         </TR>  
                         <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Email Address: <span class="asterix">*</span></font></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD><input class="fade" name="email" type=text size="50" maxlength="30"></TD>
                         </TR>
                          <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Your Password: <span class="asterix">*</span></font></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD> <input class="fade" name="password" type=password size="50" maxlength="15"></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Confirm Password: <span class="asterix">*</span><br /><span class="textSmallGreen">(Please re enter password)</span></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD> <input class="fade" name="password2" type=password size="50" maxlength="15"></TD>
                         </TR>
                          <TR> 
                          <TD></TD> 
                          <TD>Your Membership: <span class="asterix">*</span></font></TD>
                          <TD></TD>
                          <TD><input class="fade" name="membership" type=text size="50" maxlength="6"></TD>
                         </TR>  
                         <TR> 
                          <TD height="27" colspan="4"><span class="divider"><hr /></span></TD>
                          </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD colspan="2"><h3>Privacy Settings</h3></TD>
                           <TD></TD>
                           <TD></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD width="20" height="22" align="left"><label>
                             <input name="consent1" type="checkbox" id="Consent1" checked="checked" />
                           </label></TD>
                           <TD colspan="3" align="left">I will allow further contact in the future from go4home only</TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD width="20" height="22" align="right"></TD>
                           <TD colspan="3" align="left"><span class="textSmall">This will include emails on latest promotions and services, our newsletters and other important information. You are ensured of no contact from third party</span></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" align="left"><label>
                             <input type="checkbox" name="consent2" id="Consent2" />
                           </label></TD>
                           <TD colspan="3" align="left">I allow for future contact from third party</TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" align="right"></TD>
                           <TD colspan="3" align="left"><span class="textSmall">go4home may share my details with third party organizations who may have relevant products that might be of some interest</span></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" colspan="4" align="left"><span class="divider"><hr /></span></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" colspan="4" align="left"><h3>Terms & Conditions</h3></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" colspan="4" align="left"><label></label>     <span class="textSmall">For protection of all our go4home customers, we recommend you take a look at our terms & Conditions</span></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" align="right"><label>
                             <input type="checkbox" name="termsCond" id="Terms&Conditions" />
                           </label></TD>
                           <TD colspan="3" align="left">I have read and agree to the go4home terms & Conditions</TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="22" colspan="4" align="left"><span class="divider"><hr /></span></TD>
                         </TR>
                         <TR>
                           <TD height="45" align="right"></TD>
                           <TD align="left"></TD>
                           <TD align="right"></TD>
                           <TD align="right"><input name="Submit" type="image" src="Images/submitButton.png" /></TD>
                         </TR> 
                    </TABLE> 
                </FORM> 
            </div><!--End of submitCustomerForm-->
        </div><!--End of content-centreContent-->
</div><!--End of container-Content-->

    <div id="footer">
        <ul id="footerMenu">
            <li><a href="Construction Page.html">Go4home terms & conditions</a></li>
            <li><a href="Construction Page.html">Accessibility</a></li>
            <li><a href="Construction Page.html">About Us</a></li>
            <li><a href="Construction Page.html">Privacy Policy</a></li>
            <li><a href="Construction Page.html">Contact Us</a></li>
        </ul>
        <div id="CopyrightText"></div>
    </div><!--End of footer -->
</div><!--End of mainContainer-->
</body>
</html>

register_process.php

<?php
session_start();
//create error array to store errors
$errorcount = 0;
$errorarray = array();

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","12waldron"); //Replace with your actual MySQL DB Username and Password
if (!$con) 
{ 
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); 
} 
mysql_select_db("customerhouses_db", $con); //Replace with your MySQL DB Name
$username=$_POST['username'];

$encryptusername=md5($_POST['username']);

$title=$_POST['titleList'];

$surname=$_POST['surname'];

$forename=$_POST['forename']; //This value has to be the same as in the HTML form file

$email=$_POST['email']; //This value has to be the same as in the HTML form file

$encryptpass=md5($_POST['password']);

$encryptpass2=md5($_POST['password2']);

$password = $_POST['password'];

$membership=$_POST['membership'];

$consent1=$_POST['consent1'];

$consent2=$_POST['consent2'];

$termsConditions=$_POST['termsCond'];

//checking for existing users in database
$checkuser = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM customer WHERE username='$username'"); 

$username_exist = mysql_num_rows($checkuser);

if($username_exist > 0){
    unset($username);
$errorcount=1;
$errorarray['username'] = "I'm sorry but the username you specified has already been taken.  Please pick another one.";
    //exit();
}

//checking if passwords match
if ($encryptpass != $encryptpass2) {
$errorcount=1;
$errorarray['password'] = "Im sorry, your passwords do not match, please re enter and try again";
//exit();
    }

//checking username isn't over a certain character length
   $username = trim($username);
   if(strlen($username) > 12){
   	  $errorcount=1;
  $errorarray['usernamelength'] = "Sorry, the username is longer than 12 characters, please shorten it.";
   }

//checking for entry in all fields of form
if(!$username || !$surname || !$forename || !$email || !$encryptpass || !$encryptpass2 || !$membership){
$errorcount=1;
$errorarray['entries'] = "You didn't fill in a required field."; 
}

//checking for acceptance of terms and conditions
if(!isset($termsConditions)){
$errorcount=1;
$errorarray['termsconditions'] = "Please read and accept our terms and conditions by ticking the appropriate box, thankyou"; 
}

//if there is an error, then output the error, store it in a session and exit program
//else carry on with registration and enter data into database table
if ($errorcount==1) {
        echo $errorarray['entries'];
	//store session data for errors
	$_SESSION['error_storage']=$errorarray;
	echo "the stored error session is =". $_SESSION['error_storage'];
	//exit();
	//header('Location: register.php');
} else { 

$sql="INSERT INTO customer (username,encryptusername,title,surname,forename,email,encryptpass,password,membership,consent1,consent2) VALUES 		       ('$username','$encryptusername','$title','$surname','$forename','$email','$encryptpass','$password','$membership', '$consent1', '$consent2')"; /*form_data is the name of the MySQL table where the form data will be saved.

name and email are the respective table fields*/
//echo $password;
//echo $encryptpass;
//echo $encryptpass2;
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con)) {
 die('Error: ' . mysql_error()); 
} 
mysql_close($con);

//email user confirmation of registration
$yoursite = 'www.go4home.co.uk';
$webmaster = 'Craig Barber website Manager';
$youremail = '[email protected]';
    
$subject = "You have successfully registered at $yoursite...";
$message = "Dear $forename, you are now registered at our web site.  
    To login, simply go to our web page and enter in the following details in the login form:
    Username: $username
    Password: $password
    
    Please print this information out and store it for future reference.
    
    Thanks,
    $webmaster";
    
mail($email, $subject, $message, "From: $yoursite <$youremail>\nX-Mailer:PHP/" . phpversion());
//header('Location: register_success.html');
}
?>

please help me out with this, going out of my mind!!! :-[

cheers

Craig

deansatch · February 21, 2008

you shouldn't post your database login details.

barbs75 · February 21, 2008

ok, i will take the code out...

do you know if you can store an array in a session variable at all??

cheers

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