simplest thing not working....

[danielson2k]

I have the following code on a page to check if a form has been filled in correctly:

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

if(!isset($_POST['message'])){

echo("The message has not been sent - you did not fill in the form correctly.");

}

//rest of php

}

yet for some reason, when nothing in the form is filled in, $_POST['message'] is set...

Am i doing something wrong? Ive done this kind of thing a bunch of times with no problems...😕

[kilbey1]

Do you have to use isset? I tend to use:

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS[Submit]) {}

Otherwise, it looks to me as if your logic is correct. As for checking a field is empty or not, you could try:

if("$fieldname" != "none"){ //do this if field isn't empty }
elseif ("$fieldname" == "none"){ //do this if field IS empty }

[danielson2k]

im just using if($_POST['message']=="") now instead....i just thought isset should have worked.

oh well, thanks for the help 🙂

[kilbey1]

$_POST works too. 🙂