losing information on form error reload

[blckspder]

Hello,
I have a self processing form that draws and email address from another page... When the form processes and error checks for empty fields the page reloads but that email is lost to the form will redirect but never send does any one know how to fix this?? here is the url http://www.sprayfluxing.com/contact/contact2.php click on the email link for any person listed. Also here is the self processing form php code

<?PHP
session_start();

@extract($_POST);
//pull from contact list page
$emailaddy = $_POST['emailaddy'];
$emailaddy2 = $_POST['emailaddy2'];
$emailaddy3 = $_POST['emailaddy3'];
$emailaddy4 = $_POST['emailaddy4'];
$emailaddy5 = $_POST['emailaddy5'];
$emailaddy6 = $_POST['emailaddy6'];
$emailaddy7 = $_POST['emailaddy7'];

//variables to send email
$sendto = $_POST['sendto'];
$subject = "Spray Fluxing.com Contact Form Submission";
$emailsubject = $_POST['emailsubject'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$body = "Name: $name\nEmail: $email\nSubject: $emailsubject\nComments:\n$comments\n";
$nameerror = "";
$emailerror = "";
$validerror = "";

//display who email is going to		 
if ($_POST['emailaddy']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Steve Harshbarger';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy2']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Vincent Whipple';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy3']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Luis Abarca';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy4']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Claudine Corda';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy5']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Robb Engle';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy6']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'Christopher L. Coccio';
	}
if ($_POST['emailaddy7']) {
	$emailvalue = '[e-mail]';
	$toheader = 'for more information';
	}

//type of email
$header = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$header .= "From: $name <$email>";

//validate random validation number and if name and email were entered
if (isset($_POST['txtNumber'])) {
if (empty($name)){
	$nameerror = "<tr>
						<td colspan=2 class=emptyfield>! Please provide your name !</td>
				   </tr>";
	} if (empty($email)) {
		$emailerror = "<tr>
							<td colspan=2 class=emptyfield>! Please provide your email !</td>
						 </tr>";
	   }

$number = $_POST['txtNumber'];

	 if (md5($number) == $_SESSION['image_random_value']) {
	 		//mail the form to the correct email
			mail($sendto,$subject,$body,$header);
			header("location:http://www.sono-tek.com/forms/thanks.php");
		exit;
		} else {
		$validerror = "<tr>
							<td colspan=2 class=emptyfield>! You must enter the CORRECT Validation Number to continue !</td>
					   </tr>";	
		}
	} 
?>

Thanks for the help

Antoni

[bpat1434]

Okay, well why are you extracting the $_POST array, and then manually doing it again?

And can you explain again what you're trying to do? I couldn't quite follow it, and after looking at your code I'm even more confused as to what you want to do.

~Brett

[blckspder]

I have a page that has a list of people in organization, under each is a button to email that person. When that button is clicked it passes a variable to the form on the next page. The person who is being emailed has their named displayed. as well as their email stored within the form. If you fill out the form correctly the form redirects to the thank you page and emails that person whose button you clicked from the list on the previous page. However if the form isnt filled out correctly and you leave a required field empty the form reloads when it validates to display the error and the information passed from the previous page is lost. Is there any way to get the form to stop reloading and just display the error? or is there a way to stop the information from being lost when the form reloads to validate when a required field is empty?? hope thats better.. thanks for your help

[bpat1434]

You could always use JavaScript to validate your forms. Then before it's submitted, the user sees an alert-box if they're missing something....

~Brett

[blckspder]

Yea at this point that looks like the best solution..thanks for your help 🙂