input box??

drcolby

i wouldnt even know what to call it.

i want to make a input box on one of my webpages so a visitor can write stuff to me. I guess the stuff that they write would be in $wrote.

$filename = 'inputhere.txt';
$tiempo = date('M j y g:i:s a');
$writethis =$wrote . " " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " " . $tiempo . "\n";
$hand = fopen($filename, 'a');
fwrite($hand, $writethis);
fclose($hand);

So this write stuff in a file called inputhere. I guess i need to know how to make the user control that varible. And i need to know how to make that input box with a send button. thanks

drcolby

http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php/6

i never new that an input box was so cliche...thanks anyway

drcolby

before the submit goes to php i want there to be something in the input box. If the user types nothing or leaves a box blanks how do i stop the submit from sending the data and inform the user that he didnt type anything in or left "box1 " blank.

TheDefender

Google "Javascript Form Validation"
What you're asking now is a client side validation, which would require a client side scripting language like Javascript. However, since people can get around it by disabling JavaScript, I recommend you use server-side validation with PHP, or a combination of the 2. Either way, there are a ton of tutorials on the web, and in these forums...