hey, new to this php and its amazingly difficult to get your head around. I’ve just wrote my first INSERT which works great but I’ve been trying to add error checking which does not allow empty field. I will post my code here. for some reason my error checking is not working but i can’t see my mistake. I only checked it with the first_name but it allowed an empty field to be inserted
Can anyone help?
Also is it possible to add multiple checks on one field with only one if statement? i.e check there is something there while making sure its over so many characters? I know I’m really asking two questions here. If anyone could answer just the first question that would be great thank you
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<?php include('database name is here');
session_start();
$validation_id = strval(time());
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if($_POST['first_name'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter a first name";
$success = 0;
}
else if($_POST['last_name'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter a surname";
$success = 0;
}
else if($_POST['DOB'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter your birthday in the format dd/mm/yyy";
$success = 0;
}
else if($_POST['email'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter the user's email";
$success = 0;
}
else if($_POST['username'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter a username";
$success = 0;
}
else if($_POST['password'] == "") {
$message = "Please enter a password";
$success = 0;
}
$first_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['first_name']);
$last_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['last_name']);
$DOB = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['DOB']);
$sex = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['sex']);
$email = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username']);
$password = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['password']);
$agree = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['agreed']);
$creation_date = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['creation_date']);
$user_type = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['member_type']);
$access_level = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['access_level']);
$validation = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['validation_id']);
$club_user = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['user_type']);
$insert_member= "INSERT INTO Members (`first_name`,`last_name`,`DOB`,`sex`,`email`,`username`,`password`,`agree`,`creation_date`,`usertype`,`access_level`,`validationID`)
VALUES
('".$first_name."','".$last_name."','".$DOB."','".$sex."','".$email."','".$username."','".$password."','".$agree."','".$creation_date."','".$user_type."','".$access_level."', '".$validation."')";
$insert_member_now= mysql_query($insert_member) or die(mysql_error());
}
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