Compress code

[oops73]

Hi All!

I wonder if there is anyone who have some ideas of how to compress this code to a minimum. If you have a lot of form fields in a form it would take some time to write this code for each field.

// check if empty // 
	if (empty($Fname)) {
		$error['emptyFname'] = 'Empty Fname.';
	} else if (empty($Lname)){
		$error['emptyLname'] = 'Empty Lname.';
	} else if (empty($IDcode)){
	    $error['emptyIDcode'] = 'Empty IDcode.';
    } else if (empty($Region)){	
	    $error['emptyRegion'] = 'Empty Region.';
	} else if (empty($Depart)){	
		$error['emptyDepart'] = 'Empty Depart.';
	} else if (empty($Email)){
	    $error['emptyEmail'] = 'Empty Email.';	
	} else {	

Thanks!

[laserlight]

Well, if that's what you really want:

$array = array('Fname', 'Lname', 'IDcode', 'Region', 'Depart', 'Email');
foreach ($array as $value) {
	if (empty($$value)) {
		$error['empty' . $value] = 'Empty ' . $value . '.';
	}
}

[oops73]

It's prefect!

This will check for empty fields but it still submit the empty field to the database. how do I prevent it from being submitted+

thanks!

[laserlight]

how do I prevent it from being submitted+

Just check for errors.

[oops73]

im not really with you... =)

can u explain little more?

[Weedpacket]

I think you'd have to explain a little more. This is the first time you've mentioned a database, and is in fact the first time you mentioned even having a problem.