[Resolved] form validation problem

[fimbria]

hi,
i have two field, which i need to vaildate, the first field validates fine,
but im having problems with the email field, if i enter the email address on its own, it will vaildate fine, but if i say enter the name and email and submit the vaildation for the email field is missed.

the code is as follows:

echo "I'm sorry, you did not fill out all the required
information\n<br>\n<br>\n"; 
if($author == "") 
{ 
echo "Name is a required field!\n<br>\n"; 
} 

if($email == "")
{
echo "Email is a required field!\n<br>\n";
}
if(!empty($email)){
if (!preg_match(
'/^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+[@][A-Za-z0-9_-]+([.][A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+[A-Za-z]$/', $email))
{
    echo "Email address is not valid!\n<br>\n";
 }
}

thanks in advance, if anyone can see where im going wrong...

[pjleonhardt]

Originally posted by fimbria
hi,
i have two field, which i need to vaildate, the first field validates fine,
but im having problems with the email field, if i enter the email address on its own, it will vaildate fine, but if i say enter the name and email and submit the vaildation for the email field is missed.

the code is as follows:

echo "I'm sorry, you did not fill out all the required
information\n<br>\n<br>\n"; 
if($author == "") 
{ 
echo "Name is a required field!\n<br>\n"; 
} 

if($email == "")
{
echo "Email is a required field!\n<br>\n";
}
if(!empty($email)){
if (!preg_match(
'/^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+[@][A-Za-z0-9_-]+([.][A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+[A-Za-z]$/', $email))
{
    echo "Email address is not valid!\n<br>\n";
 }
}

thanks in advance, if anyone can see where im going wrong... [/B]

try changing the
if(!empty($email)){

to
else {

[fimbria]

try that, but still having a the same problem.

the full vaildation script i have at the moment is as follows:

if(isset($check)){

if(empty($author) || empty($email) || empty($topic) || empty($message)) 
{ 
echo "I'm sorry, you did not fill out all the required
information\n<br>\n<br>\n"; 
if($author == "") 
{ 
echo "Name is a required field!\n<br>\n"; 
} 

if($email == "")
{
echo "Email is a required field!\n<br>\n";
}else{
if (!preg_match(
'/^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+[@][A-Za-z0-9_-]+([.][A-Za-z0-9_-]+)+[A-Za-z]$/', $email))
{
    echo "Email address entered is not a valid format!\n<br>\n";
 }
}
if($topic =="")
{
echo "Topic Name is a required field!\n<br>\n";
}

if($message == "") 
{ 
echo "Message is a required field!\n<br>\n"; 
}