Pretty good for only five days, but now I am confused. PHP validation Scripting

djacquelynstew

🙂 Hi fellow programmers, developers, designers.

from a real php newbie

I have only been experimenting php for about 1 week now. I have begun my adventure with building a form (pretty much a holiday party invite that users can rsvp and submit back) and validating the form(php) no javascript validation,

I believe I have read so many wonderful tutorials and viewed so many youtube videos that it makes sense, yet it's starting to confuse me now.

Long story short, here is what I came up with thus far for my php file, the actual form is on another html.

Would you mind viewing and telling me if I have too much script, incorrect script, incorrect format, what's missing, etc. what can I do to improve it or correct any errors, etc.

All answers and assistance and comments and advise appreciated, thank you all in advance. see attached (file too large when submitted as copy and paste text.

NogDog

I just gave it a quick, cursory glance. First thing I noticed was a number of syntax errors. Right now I don't imagine you get any further than a fatal parse error.

$subject = ("RSVP Form"\\n","From: $name <$email>");

...should be more like:

$subject = "RSVP Form\nFrom: $name <$email>";

The directional quotes in this line should be changed to "straight" quotes:

ini_set (‘sendmail_from’, ‘again my email will be here’);

...should be:

ini_set ('sendmail_from', 'again my email will be here');

This line has a "}" that instead should be a "]":

                                $zip = $_POST['zip'};

...should be:

                                $zip = $_POST['zip'];

You forgot the parentheses around the function call arguments here:

		$email = check_input $_POST['email'];

...should be:

		$email = check_input($_POST['email']);

...and so on...

I'd suggest getting your hands on a decent code editor that includes built-in syntax checking. (I use Komodo Edit, but there are many other good possibilities, too.)

djacquelynstew

NogDog;10987717 wrote:
I just gave it a quick, cursory glance. First thing I noticed was a number of syntax errors. Right now I don't imagine you get any further than a fatal parse error.
$subject = ("RSVP Form"\\n","From: $name <$email>");
...should be more like:
$subject = "RSVP Form\nFrom: $name <$email>";
The directional quotes in this line should be changed to "straight" quotes:
ini_set (‘sendmail_from’, ‘again my email will be here’);
...should be:
ini_set ('sendmail_from', 'again my email will be here');
This line has a "}" that instead should be a "]":
                                $zip = $_POST['zip'};
...should be:
                                $zip = $_POST['zip'];
You forgot the parentheses around the function call arguments here:
		$email = check_input $_POST['email'];
...should be:
		$email = check_input($_POST['email']);
...and so on...

I'd suggest getting your hands on a decent code editor that includes built-in syntax checking. (I use Komodo Edit, but there are many other good possibilities, too.)

Thank you so much NOG DOG,

I have heard that forums can be very unfriendly to newbies, and this is my first forum join - it is obvious though, this is a great forum with a bunch of friendly and wonderful members - how cool!

So, first thanks for the tip about the editor software, will look into this today and see which I prefer (probably take your suggestion since I knew nothing about this to begin-

Second, thanks for briefly viewing my file and showing me how I need to check for some syntaxt errors and for pointing out a few - this will make it easier to take a look at the other file and find similar errors -

and now, I am wondering about the script itself. I have viewed so many source codes that perhaps my brain is getting all wired and confused, and so what I am hoping is that someone will tell me if I have used the proper codes and it I have too many codes (for instance, is there something I could have left off, should have added, wrong codes to begin with, etc.

is there something else I can post that would be helpful to members to help me with my plea?

again NOG DOG, thanks so much for helping me here.