Error checking on a handful of fields...

lukatchikm

Hello, All. I am error checking a bunch of fields for data. If they all contain data, control jumps to the corresponding else statement.

Within that else statement, I force the code to check the format of an e-mail address. If that test passes, it will check the format of a phone number. And if that test passes, it will check the format of a fax number. If all these tests pass, control will connect to SQL and do its dirty work.

It seems that all goes well until code checks the format of the phone number...Even if the phone number is entered correctly, code sill defaults to the "incorrect format" error.

I have worked hard on the code, and I do not know why it is defaulting to this error message.

I have attached the form along with the PHP code, all in one document.

Thanks for any and all help!!! I know it's long and confusing, but many heads are better than one...I really appreciate this for those who help!!!

Mike

dcav

Have you work with POST before? To my knowledge, if not required, it is always best practice to do this:

if (!isset($POST["firstname"]) || ($POST["firstname"] == ""))
{
$msg = "Employee submission has failed! 
Enter an employee's first name! 
Click <a href='add_profile.htm'>here</a> to register this employee again.";
}

Simply using if (empty($firstname)) is not something I would ever do...

lukatchikm

Yes, I have worked with that before...In the instance of this script, I am concerned with why the code will not verify my the phone and fax fields, even when they are typed in correctly.

This was a hard question to ask, and for the purpose of people understanding what I was talking about, I included the form and the php file all in one document....

There were 28 views, and I am trying so hard to figure this out...If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Thanks, Mike