Help with PHP Form

[nabi]

I am preparing a PHP site( this is a questionnaire site).

Such as-

1. I am a -

· Man

· Woman

· Girl

· Boy

2. I can

· eat

· sleep

· work

· play

Only one of these can be true, in otherwords they(users) are going to have to select one correct radio buttons.

When they press the submit button if the correct answers were selected, a confirmation page will appear.

other wise it will take them to a page that will ask them to go back and revisit the answers.

How can I easily accomplish this?
Is there an extension or what kind of code can I use?

Will greatly appreciate the help.

[rgermain]

First off:
To what extent is your knowledge in PHP?

Will you be in need of a database?

If no, then what will you be doing with these results after the user has pressed submit?

Once these questions have been answered you will recieve a better answer to your question.

[nabi]

I sincerely thank you for the response.

I am just a newbie. Just starting out.

Yes, I have already created a MYSQL database. Can store them there.

When the users press submit, I would like some how verify that they have selected the correct radio buttons and takes them to a confirmation page.

If not, once submitted, it can take them to a page that can ask them to go back and try again. ( a pop up can do as well)

[travelbuff]

Nabi -

I would suggest following a tutorial on this. It will save you a lot of hair-pulling. There are a bunch of good ones here: http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Tips_and_Tutorials/Form_Processing/index.html .

HTH,

[nabi]

Mark-

Thank you so much for the help.

I will explore this site.

Nabi

[nabi]

Mark,

Help 🙂

I have read through most of them from the above site that you recomended and didnot find anything related to my needs.

There weren't any radio button related links that can help me.

By the way, I am using Dreamweaver to develop this questionaire site.
So, even an PHP Extension would work.

Yes, I am getting ready to pull my hair off!!
🙂

Thanks
Nabi

[travelbuff]

Nabi - do you need help w/the html or the php? Is all you are wanting is to check the value of the data they enter and either show a conf message or redisplay the form?

Here is the html synax for a radio group:
<form name="form1" method="post" action="myform.php">
<p>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="I_Am_A" value="man">
Man</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="I_Am_A" value="woman">
Woman</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="I_Am_A" value="girl">
Girl</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="I_Am_A" value="boy">
Boy</label>
<br>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>

When the form is submitted, the variable $_POST["I_Am_A"] will have a value of either man, woman, boy or girl depending on what was checked.

Here is a basic structure of a self contained form that will check the value of a variabe - I_Am_A and either display a confirmation page or redisplay the form with an error message. I do not have time to syntax it all out, but the tutorials I gave you can teach you to do that!

You will have 3 basic sections - 1. process the form, 2. confirmation, 3. the form itself.

1. Check if I_Am_A is set, meaning does the variable exist yet. If not, the form has not yet been filled out at all. If so, process the form. If not, show the form.
   If the variable I_Am_A exists:
   2. Check the value of I_Am_A. If it matches your criteria, display a conf message.
      2.a if it does not match, add an error message to your form block, then show the block
      If the variable did not exist or did not match:
      3. Build a form display block as a variable that can be echoed. The form action would be the name of the php page that the form is on.

If none of that makes sense, go back to the tutorials 🙂