forms question

kb9yjg

I have a form that I want a person to fill out and over to the right side of the text field is a button to validate the users email.. my first question is how do I get the form to figure out which button i am pressing and second off how do I set a form up in a single file. kinda like if condition is true then process the form else show the form.

Below I have posted code for both the form and the processing file.

----emailme.php------

<html>
<head>
<title>Request Form</title>
</head>
<body background="img/clouds.jpg" bgproperties=fixed>
<center>
<form method=post action="sentmail.php">
<table border=0 width=75%>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <H1 align=center>
        Request Form
        </H1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <Q>Please fill in all fields of the form. Without all information requested your request may be delayed.</Q>
        </td>
    </tr>        

    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Full Name:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <input type=text name=name size=35 maxsize=35>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        E-mail Address:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <input type=text name=from size=35 maxsize=50>
        <? include('misc.php'); ?>
        <? $validate = new misc; ?>
        <? if (isset($_POST['vemail'])) $validate->validate_email($from); ?>
		<input type=submit name="vemail" value="Validate!">
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Address:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <textarea name=addy rows=5 cols=25></textarea>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Pick one that you would like a copy of:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <select name=item size=2>
        <option value="family tree">Haire/Anderson Family Tree
        <option value="obits">Obitchuaries
        </select>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Send a note if you like:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <textarea name=note rows=10 cols=50></textarea>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <input type=submit name=submit value=Send><input type=reset value=Clear>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>

----sentmail.php------

<?
echo "<HTML><BODY background=img/clouds.jpg bgproperties=fixed>";
include('misc.php');
$ask = new misc;
$message = "Kristy,
$name would like for you to send a copy of your $item to him/her.
Here is his/her contact info.

$name
$from
$addy

$name has also posted a note for you below.
$note";
$subject = $name." would like a copy of your ".$item;
$ask->set_mail("jmbllm@yahoo.com",$from,$subject,$message);
$ask->email($to,$from,$subject,$message);
//echo "<H1 align=center>Your email has been sent.</H1>";
include('inc/notify.inc');
?>

all that the include for file notify.inc is just a javascript alert saying your email has been sent.

the include for misc.php is a class where the validate_email function resides.

Thank you for your time and patience.

Skaara

I wouldn't have separate buttons. The only way you'd be able to do that is with javascript, btw.

So, here's what I'd do (in simplified pseud-code):

<?php
if (isset($_POST['email'])) {
  // validate email and whatever else
  if (!validate) {
    print_form();
  }
  // do what you need to do with the data
}
else {
  print_form();
}
?>

kb9yjg

Ok I think i am just about there with the code. I have been able to display the form and took into consideration your suggestion to validate the email upon submission. I seem to ve getting the correct validation but for whatever reason even if the email returned is valid it still shows the error message and "skips over the code for the valid email. I have the code for the emails form and therelevant code for the validation process posted below. Thanks for your help 😃
----emails.php------

<?
include('misc.php');
$test = new misc;
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$test->validate_email($str);
if ($this->valid==1)
   {
   echo "<HTML><BODY background=img/clouds.jpg bgproperties=fixed>";
$message = "Kristy,
$name would like for you to send a copy of your $item to him/her.
Here is his/her contact info.

$name
$from
$addy

$name has also posted a note for you below.
$note";
$subject = $name." would like a copy of your ".$item;
$test->set_mail("capatina_9@msn.com",$str,$subject,$message);
$test->email($to,$str,$subject,$message);
echo "<H1 align=center>Your email has been sent.</H1>";
include('inc/notify.inc');
   }
   elseif ($this->valid==0)
   {
   echo "<H3 align=center><font color=#FF0000>Invalid email address. Please Try again.</font></h3>";
   }
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Request Form</title>
</head>
<body background="http://kristyc.webpal.info/img/clouds.jpg" bgproperties=fixed>
<center>
<form method=post action=emails.php>
<table border=0 width=75%>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <H1 align=center>
        Request Form
        </H1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <Q>Please fill in all fields of the form. Without all information requested your request may be delayed.</Q>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Full Name:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <input type=text name=name size=35 maxsize=35>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        E-mail Address:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <input type=text name=str size=35 maxsize=50>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Address:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <textarea name=addy rows=5 cols=25></textarea>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Pick one that you would like a copy of:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <select name=item size=2>
        <option value="family tree">Haire/Anderson Family Tree
        <option value="obits">Obitchuaries
        </select>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center>
        Send a note if you like:
        </td>
        <td align=left>
        <textarea name=note rows=10 cols=50></textarea>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=2>
        <input type=submit name=submit value=Send><input type=reset value=Clear>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>

-----validation of email addresses--------

<?
    $str = strtolower($str);
    if(ereg("^([^[:space:]]+)@(.+)\.(ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|cr|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|fx|ga|gb|gov|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nato|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$",$str))
    {
     $valid==1;
    }
    else
    {
     $valid==0;
    }
?>

Thanks in advance for your help

Sincerely;

Jason

thorpe

can we see your misc class?

kb9yjg

<?php
class misc
{
 var $i;
 var $x;
 var $pagelink;
 var $str;
 var $passw;
 var $to;
 var $subject;
 var $message;
 var $from;
 var $time;
 var $topage;
 var $text;
 var $textlength;
 var $limit;
 var $strings;
 var $password;
 var $out;
 var $used;
 var $temp;
 var $rand;
 var $sOut;
 var $LOC;
 var $pos;
 var $q;
 var $result;
 var $num_rows;
 var $num_pages;
 var $pos_page;
 var $act_page;
 var $pos_back;
 var $pos_next;
 var $layout;
 var $valid;

  function misc()
   {
	 $this->i;
	 $this->x;
	 $this->pagelink;
	 $this->str;
	 $this->passw;
	 $this->to;
	 $this->subject;
	 $this->message;
	 $this->from;
	 $this->time;
	 $this->topage;
	 $this->text;
	 $this->textlength;
	 $this->limit;
	 $this->strings;
	 $this->password;
	 $this->out;
	 $this->used;
	 $this->temp;
	 $this->rand;
	 $this->sOut;
	 $this->LOC;
	 $this->pos;
	 $this->q;
	 $this->result;
	 $this->num_rows;
	 $this->num_pages;
	 $this->pos_page;
	 $this->act_page;
	 $this->pos_back;
	 $this->pos_next;
	 $this->layout;
	 $this->valid;
   }
  function atoz()
  {
    for($i=65; $i<=90; $i++) {
    $x = chr($i);
    $pagelink = "PAGE_".$x; ?>
    <a href="<? echo $pagelink; ?>".php"><? echo $x; ?></a> |
<?
   }
  }
  function htpasswd($passw)
   {
     $passw = crypt(trim($passw),base64_encode(CRYPT_STD_DES));
     echo $passw;
   }
  function validate_email($str)
   {
    $str = strtolower($str);
    if(ereg("^([^[:space:]]+)@(.+)\.(ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|cr|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|fx|ga|gb|gov|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nato|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$",$str))
	{
     $valid==1;
    }
	else
	{
     $valid==0;
    }
   }
  function set_mail($to,$from,$subject,$message)
   {
    $this->to = $to;
    $this->from = $from;
    $this->subject = $subject;
	$this->message = $message;
   }
  function email($to,$from,$subject,$message)
   {
    mail($this->to,$this->subject,$this->message, "From: $this->from");
   }
  function redirect($topage)
   {
   header("Location: $this->topage");
   }
  function set_redir($topage)
   {
 	$this->topage = $topage;;
   }
    function Scramble($text)
    {
        $this->used = array();
        $this->temp = $temp;
        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($this->text); $i++)
        {
            $this->rand = rand(0, strlen($this->text));
            while (isset($this->used[$this->rand]))
                $this->rand = rand(0, strlen($this->text));
            $this->temp .= $this->text[$this->rand];
            $this->used[$this->rand] = true;
        }
        echo $this->temp;
    }
  function md5plus($strings, $password)
   {
   $this->out = md5($this->strings.$this->password);
   $this->out = $this->out.md5($this->password);
   $this->out = md5($this->out);
   for($i=0;$i<strlen($this->password);$i++)
   {
      $this->out .= md5($this->out);
   }
   $this->out = md5($this->out).strlen($this->password).md5($this->out);
   $this->out = md5($this->out);
   echo $this->out;
   }
  function noscroll($q,$layout)
   {
    $this->LOC = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
    if(!isset($_REQUEST['pos']))
	  {
	   $this->pos = 0;
      }
	  else
	  {
	   $this->pos = $_REQUEST['pos'];
      }

   include('$this->layout');

  $this->result = mysql_query($this->q) or die (mysql_error());
  $this->num_rows = mysql_num_rows($this->result);

  $this->sOut = "<center><p> - ";

  $this->num_pages = ceil($this->num_rows / $this->limit);
  for($x=1;$x<=$this->num_pages;$x++)
     {
	$this->pos_page = ($x - 1) * $this->limit;
	if($this->pos_page != $this->pos){
	$this->sOut .= "<a href=\"$this->LOC?action=list&pos=$this->pos_page\">$x</a> - ";
    }
    else
	{
	$this->act_page = $x;
	$this->sOut .= "<font style=\"font-weight: bold\">$x</font> - ";
    }
     }
 $this->sOut .= "<br /><b>Page $this->act_page from $this->num_pages pages</b><br />";
 $this->pos_back = $this->pos - $this->limit;
    if($this->pos_back < 0)
      {
       $this->sOut .= "Back - ";
      }
      else
      {
       $this->sOut .= "<a href=\"$this->LOC?action=list&pos=$this->pos_back\">Back</a> - ";
      }

 $this->pos_next = $this->pos + $this->limit;
    if($this->pos_next >= $this->num_rows)
	  {
       $this->sOut .= "Next";
      }
	  else
	  {
       $this->sOut .= "<a href=\"$this->LOC?action=list&pos=$this->pos_next\">Next</a>";
      }
 $this->sOut .= "</p></center>";

 echo $this->sOut;
   }
}
?>

thorpe

your validate_email() method has a problem.

this;

{
  $valid==1;
} else {
  $valid==0;
}

needs to be;

{
  $this->valid=1;
} else {
  $this->valid=0;
}

you should pass $_POST['str'] to this method aswell, not just $str.

kb9yjg

Your advice helped out alot but i found out my problem was that i had one too many '=' signs in my if then else statement to check email address validity. i reduced the equals to 1 = and then dropped the elseif statement for just an else.😃

Thanks

Sincerely;

Jason

thorpe

yeah... just like i said.