I know absolutely nothing about php. I have an html file that incorporates a contact form (see below for a portion of the form) and I need to have the Name, E-Mail, and Phone fields as REQUIRED so that these fields are not left blank:
[php]
<tr>
<td width="250"><font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><strong>Name:</strong></font> <font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#654b34"><strong>*</strong></font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Name" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250"><font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><strong>E-Mail:</strong></font> <font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#654b34"><strong>*</strong></font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="e-mail" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250"><font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><strong>Phone:</strong></font> <font FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#654b34"><strong>*</strong></font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Phone" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
The actual form mechanics are run by a php file provided by the website hosting company and the info is emailed to the website owner. I contacted the hosting company to see if they could assist me in, but they indicated they do not provide such assistance. Below is the php file that runs the form:
<?php $request_method = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]; if($request_method == "GET"){ $query_vars = $_GET; } elseif ($request_method == "POST"){ $query_vars = $_POST; } reset($query_vars); $t = date("U"); $file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/../data/gdform_" . $t; $fp = fopen($file,"w"); while (list ($key, $val) = each ($query_vars)) { fputs($fp,"\n"); fputs($fp,"$val\n"); fputs($fp,"\n"); if ($key == "redirect") { $landing_page = $val;} } fclose($fp); if ($landing_page != ""){ header("Location: http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]."/$landing_page"); } else { header("Location: http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]."/"); } ?>[/php]The website is on a Linux platform. I went to http://www.w3schools.com/php/showphp.asp?filename=demo_form_validation_required and tried to see if I could cut and paste some of that material into both my html form file and the php file, but it did not work insofar as when I tested it, it still allowed me to submit the form even though I thought that these fields were now REQUIRED and that the form would not allow me to submit it without the Name, E-Mail, and Phone fields filled in. I am at my wits end in trying to make this work. PLEASE HELP!
