The only way to do this right?

rayge

Well i have to post a lot of data to another page if all fields are validated and after 6 days the only way i can seem to see it working is javascript but i cant seem to get the javascript to work and im loosingm y mind over it.

WOULD SOMEONE please help me make a stab and getting this to function? This is just a test page using 2 fields but teh actual page is using more like 20 or so.

Thnx.

<?
include("config.php");
?>

<head>

<title>   Sign-Up   |   KubeMail: E-Mail now has a Third Dimension</title>
<script language = "javascript">
function decide func(error);
{
if (error==-1)
{
document.Signup.action = "test.php";
submit.Signup.submit();
return true;
}
else
{
document.Signup.action = "edit2.php";
submit.Signup.submit();
return true;
}

}
</script>
<title>   Sign-Up   |   KubeMail: E-Mail now has a Third Dimension</title>
</head>
</head>

<body>

<? if ($signup) { ?>

<form method="POST" name="Signup">

<tr>
<td></td>
<td colspan=2>
<?
if ($FirstName=='') { ?>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FF0000">No First Name Entered. Please Enter your First Name</font><br>
<? }?>
<?
if ($LastName=='') { ?>
<font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FF0000">No Last Name Entered. Please Enter your Last Name</font></p>
<? } ?>
<?
if(($FirstName == '') or ($LastName == '')){
$error=$error+1
?>

  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td width="111"><font class="sbd" size="2" face="Arial">First Name*</font></td>
  <td width="189">
    <input type="text" class="Wf" name="FirstName" size=23 maxlength=40 style="background:#D7D7D7" value="<? print ("$FirstName"); ?>">
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="#D7D7D7" rowspan=2 width="256"><font class="s" size="2" face="Arial">Your full name
    will be sent with all outbound mail messages.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>

  <td width="111"><font class="sbd" size="2" face="Arial">Last Name*</font></td>
  <td width="189">
    <input type="text" class="Wf" name="LastName" size=23 maxlength=40 style="background:#D7D7D7" value="<? print ("$LastName"); ?>">
  </td>
</tr>

<?
} else { $error=-1
?>
<? $action = ("test.php"); ?>
<input type="hidden" name="FirstName" value="<? print ("$FirstName"); ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="LastName" value="<? print ("$LastName"); ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="error" value="<? print ("$error"); ?>">
<?
}
?>
<input type = button value="Sign Up!" onclick="return decidefunc(<? print ("$error"); ?>);">
</form>

<?
} else {
?>
<form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="111"><font class="sbd" size="2" face="Arial">First Name</font></td>
<td width="189">
<input type="text" class="Wf" name="FirstName" size=23 maxlength=40 style="background:#D7D7D7" value="<? print ("$FirstName"); ?>">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#D7D7D7" rowspan=2 width="256"><font class="s" size="2" face="Arial">Your full name
will be sent with all outbound mail messages.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="111"><font class="sbd" size="2" face="Arial">Last Name</font></td>
<td width="189">
<input type="text" class="Wf" name="LastName" size=23 maxlength=40 style="background:#D7D7D7" value="<? print ("$LastName"); ?>">
</td>
<td><input type="submit" name="signup" value="Sign Up!"></td>
<?}?>

</form>

</body>

dannys

I don't see where the drama is:

Input data - normal HTML form
Validate each form variable in turn. If an entry is invalid set the $error flag.
If the error flag is set go back to the form, otherwise continue.

rayge

Well If you think you can make it work with "no drama" Please help cause im a newbie. The full script is Much more than what you see there Im TRYING to create a signup script That works like hotmail.

Email me and i can send you teh files.
Thanks

Anon

dude... what are you trying to do?
give an explanation of your code.

how can anyone help if you don't tell us what you are tyring to do.

rayge

Well when i showed the entire code before People flipped out cause its so much..

All im wanting to do is set if all fields are validated then goto another page. Buti guess i can have the SQL parts inside the same page if you guys think its best.

I Posted an example on my first post that is a good representitve of that page.

If its the frst time its loaded then it shows just the form. after submit it checks for validation. I got all that part.
The big problem is if all fields are validated then it needs to POST all data to another page or I guess i can just have it continue to another section on the page with the Script thats in my other page.

Make any sense? And if you would like to see the full code its best if i email it cause its a lot.
Thanks for any help as usual.. as im looging it here.

ray

Anon

yeah, i'm still a little confused on what your trying to do but this is what the following code does.

user opens page to fill out form
user fills out some fields
hits submit
PHP validates the form fields and lets
user know if done correctly or not

the code saves the field values and repopulates them IF there was an error

buy the way, this form is getting info and then emailing it to me

i took out a lot of the code... hoping to make it easier to read

<?
$msg = "";
$saved_first_name = '';

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS && $send) {

$saved_first_name = $first_name;

$mesg = $first_name;

$to = "email@me.com";	
$subject = "Web Site Visitor - " 	
$form_filled = 1;
if ( empty($first_name)) {
	$msg .= $rtn . '<font color="#FF0000">First name</font><br>';
	$form_filled = 0;
	}

if ($form_filled) {	
	if (mail($to, $subject, $mesg)) {
		$msg = '<font color="#FF0000">Thank You  '. $first_name. ', your e-mail has been sent.</font>  <br> <br>';
		$saved_first_name = '';
					}
	else
		$msg = '<font color="#FF0000">Were sorry  '. $first_name. ', but your e-mail was not sent.  Please call us. </font>  <br> <br>';	
}

}
?>

    </font<form name="contact_form" method="post" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>">
    <table width="100%">
      <tr> 
        <td width="18%"> 
          <div align="right">First Name <font color="#FF0000">*</font></div>
        </td>
        <td width="82%"> 
          <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?= $saved_first_name ?>">
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>

Anon

looks like I cut to much out or something went wrong:

from previous post use the first PHP code.
here is the complet code for the form

<form name="contact_form" method="post" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>">
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="18%">
<div align="right">First Name <font color="#FF0000"></font></div>
</td>
<td width="82%">
<input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?= $saved_first_name ?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">
<div align="right">Last Name <font color="#FF0000"></font></div>
</td>
<td width="82%">
<input type="text" name="last_name" value="<?= $saved_last_name ?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">
<div align="right">Company Name</div>
</td>
<td width="82%">
<input type="text" name="company_name" value="<?= $saved_company_name ?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">
<div align="right">Phone Number</div>
</td>
<td width="82%">
<input type="text" name="phone_number" value="<?= $saved_phone_number ?>" maxlength="14" size="15">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="18%">
<div align="right">Email Address</div>
</td>
<td width="82%">
<input type="text" name="email_address" value="<?= $saved_email_address ?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>Enter your questions, comments, or inquiries <font color="#FF0000">*</font><br>
<textarea name="message" cols="60" rows="6"><?= $saved_mesg?></textarea>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="send" value="Send">
</p>
</form>

Anon

Are you asking about a general approach for multi-page forms? If so, there are a couple of basic ways; a) hidden fields and b) session variables

if session vars are chosen, the values are kept after validation until they can be written to the DB.

if( $formstatus == 'enter') {
do some validation

if validated, then save as session variables

//goto next page
header("Location: nextpage.php");

} elseif( $formstatus == 'edit') {
fill in known values....
} else {

blah....
}

Anon

Well Maybe session variables will work.
WHat im needing to do is beable to check if all fields are validated and if so Then it sends them and the variables to another page without using Header() Or the <form> tag

Anon

Yeah this SHould be simple but i muct be missing somthing here. If $Error!==-1 then post to sels otherwise got signup2.php and pass the variables.
My issue has been that the $error variable is not known untill it reaches the bottom of the page. SO i have to set the Self Or redirect to another page code either After the Total of $error is calculated or at the top other script is shown. Does this make ANY sense?
SO with the session variable I can Use the Header() without using ?=whatever and it SHOULD pass all variables to another page?

Could you post an example of this happening?

dannys

Why do you need to send the variables onto another page? Can't you just process them when you've validated them?

Example:

<?PHP

if ($submit)
{
$error=0;

//Do all form validation here - Set $error = your error message where data is incorrect

if (!$error)
{
    // Save the form data here 

    echo "Congratulations, your soul now belongs to us - <A HREF='login.php'>Click Here</A> To Continue.";
}

}

if ((!$submit) OR ($error))
{
if ($error)
echo "<DIV ALIGN='CENTER'><FONT COLOR='#FF0000'>$error</FONT></DIV>";

echo "<Form Action='$PHP_SELF' Method='POST'>";
echo "<input type='TEXT' NAME='userName' VALUE='$userName'>";
// Continue Adding the rest of the form here

}

The Form is shown if it has not submitted or if there is an error - the sucess message is shown when the data has been successfully entered - the data can be saved to a database or whatever at this point - which I presume is what the signup form is going to do with the date in the end, yes?

HTH

dannys

Either I need to watch my typing or this board needs and edit function ;-)

Anon

HEHE NICE CODE :-P Yer soul belongs to us

:-)

I will try that piece of code and see what i come up with.. Thanks

mrgym

What I'm suggesting is that you set action=$PHP_SELF in each php form page. This allows you to display the same php page if the user makes an input error.

There are two questions here 1) how to redirect to another page (the 'header("Location: nextpage.php");' idea.) and 2) how to "keep" variable values when you go from page-to-page.

The question about keeping variables from page to page was that you can either use hidden variables or session variables.

Hidden approach
An example of hidden field variables can be found
http://www.onlamp.com/topics/php/tutorials
look for the 'phorm manager' series. The problem with this is that users can change the hidden variables because these are in the form!

Session Approach
If you use a session, the variables are registered and then "dumped" into the next page when they are requested. They are held either in a file, or can be held in a database such as mysql. This is a good approach because you have control. Example
http://zend.com/zend/tut/session.php