[RESOLVED] Form not working, missing something?

1042

Hi all, i created the form below and is supposed to validate before submiting, for some reason when submited just goes to a blank page and no validation takes place, im i missing something?, i din't see any sintax problems or anything..

<html>
<head>
<title>All-in-one Feedback Form</title>
</head>
<body>

$form_block ="
<FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\">

<P><strong>Your Name:</strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_name\" VALUE=\"$_POST[sender_name]\" SIZE=30></P>

<P><strong>Your E-Mail Address:</strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_email\" VALUE=\"$_POST[sender_email]\" SIZE=30></P>

<P><strong>Message:</strong><br>
<TEXTAREA NAME=\"message\" COLS=30 ROWS=5 WRAP=virtual>$_POST[message]</TEXTAREA></P>

<INPUT type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds \">

<P><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Send This Form\"></p>
</FORM>";

if ($_POST[op] != "ds") {

//they need to see the form or what!
echo "$form_block";

} else if ($_POST[op] == "ds") {

//check value of $_POST[sender_name]
if ($_POST[sender_name] == "") {
	$name_err ="<font color=red>Please enter your name!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

//check value of $_POST[sender_email]
if ($_POST[sender_email] == "") {
	$email_err ="<font color=red>Please enter your e-mail address!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

//check value of $_POST[message]
if ($_POST[message] == "") {
	$message_err ="<font color=red>Please enter a message!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

if ($send != "no"){
	//it's ok to send,so build the mail
	$msg ="E-MAIL SENT FROM WWW SITE \n";
	$msg .="Sender's Name:$_POST[sender_name]\n";
	$msg .="Sender's E-Mail:$_POST[sender_email]\n";
	$msg .="Message:$_POST[message]\n \n";

	$to ="myemail@gmail.com";
	$subject ="All-in-One Web Site Feedback";
	$mailheaders ="From:My Web Site <myemail@gmail.>\n";
	$mailheaders .="Reply-To:$_POST[sender_email]\n\n";

	//send the mail
	mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

	//display confirmation to user
	echo "<P>Mail has been sent!</p>";

} else if ($send =="no"){
	//print error messages
	echo "$name_err";
	echo "$email_err";
	echo "$message_err";
	echo "$form_block";
}
}

duckduckgoose

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

code

} else {

echo "form not submitted";

}

1042

thanks, but that didn't solve the issue..any other ideas?

1042

duckduckgoose wrote:
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

code

} else {

echo "form not submitted";

}

thanks i figure it out the problem was the space in this line:

on the value "ds"

thanks anyway for the help 🙂

rincewind456

Try it like lthis

<?php
$form_block ="
<FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\">

<P><strong>Your Name:</strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_name\" VALUE=\"$_POST[sender_name]\" SIZE=30></P>

<P><strong>Your E-Mail Address:</strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"sender_email\" VALUE=\"$_POST[sender_email]\" SIZE=30></P>

<P><strong>Message:</strong><br>
<TEXTAREA NAME=\"message\" COLS=30 ROWS=5 WRAP=virtual>$_POST[message]</TEXTAREA></P>

<INPUT type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds \">

<P><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Send This Form\"></p>
</FORM>";

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

//check value of $_POST[sender_name]
if ($_POST['sender_name'] == "") {
	$name_err ="<font color=red>Please enter your name!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

//check value of $_POST[sender_email]
if ($_POST['sender_email'] == "") {
	$email_err ="<font color=red>Please enter your e-mail address!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

//check value of $_POST[message]
if ($_POST['message'] == "") {
	$message_err ="<font color=red>Please enter a message!</font><br>";
	$send ="no";
}

if ($send != "no"){
	//it's ok to send,so build the mail
	$msg ="E-MAIL SENT FROM WWW SITE \n";
	$msg .="Sender's Name:".$_POST['sender_name']."\n";
	$msg .="Sender's E-Mail:".$_POST['sender_email']."\n";
	$msg .="Message:".$_POST['message']."\n \n";

	$to ="myemail@gmail.com";
	$subject ="All-in-One Web Site Feedback";
	$mailheaders ="From:My Web Site <myemail@gmail.>\n";
	$mailheaders .="Reply-To:".$_POST['sender_email']."\n\n";

	//send the mail
	mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

	//display confirmation to user
	echo "<P>Mail has been sent!</p>";

} elseif ($send =="no"){
	//print error messages
	echo "$name_err";
	echo "$email_err";
	echo "$message_err";
	echo "$form_block";
}
}
elseif ($_POST['op'] != "ds")
{

//they need to see the form or what!
echo "$form_block";
}
?>