newbie ideas to expand forms code help please

[paulmo]

Based on "engage" section of linked page below, need to expand processed greeting to feature a time of day and theme-specific (dependent on radio field selection) greeting, followed by an article which would correspond to the radio-selected theme. Ex: "It's a grey morning Jane..." followed by text about gray weather. 

 

get/post/loop/while/for etc are terms i've been reading about and i'm guessing they'll figure into this expansion. if someone could please steer me in the direction to get started—much appreciated! barely familiar with mysql, have created a table previously and would like to incorporate a database into this as well. but just to get the basic idea down would be a start. thanks

 

http://releasecenter.org/interactive.php

 

 

 

<?php
//Check whether the form has been submitted
if (array_key_exists('check_submit', $_POST)){
   //Converts the new line characters (\n) in the text area into HTML line breaks (the <br /> tag)
   $_POST['Comments'] = nl2br($_POST['Comments']); 
   //Check whether a $_GET['Languages'] is set
   if ( isset($_POST['Colors']) ) { 
     $_POST['Colors'] = implode(', ', $_POST['Colors']); //Converts an array into a single string
   }

   //Let's now print out the received values in the browser
   echo "Greetings {$_POST['Name']},";
   
   echo " you are feeling {$_POST['theme']} at the moment.<br />";

} else {

[paulmo]

anyone? thanks

[fireMind]

Looks like you've basically got it down...what else exactly are you shooting for?

[paulmo]

thanks for responding. again, i need to have a time-of-day-specific greeting, like Good morning Bob, followed by information that is exclusive to the checked radio field. i might have things like age, location, weather, which when submitted would print/call (get/post?) information exclusive to those variables. would this information be stored in mysql database?

 

the code i'm using is an edited copy/paste, so i can see how POST works basically. but loop/get/for/while or anything else about php is beyond me. i've read about all these terms but have no idea how to use them for what i'm trying to achieve.

 

definitely a step up from learning html/css. can someone show me the light? thanks