Hi there, after reading the W3Schools chapter on form validation and having no luck, I’m hoping somebody can point me in the right direction with what I am trying to achieve…
I am an apprentice web designer and my first client has asked for a basic form for his website.
This I have completed and the results are successfully being sent to my email inbox as a test. However my client has asked me to include validation with the form ( required fields and a valid email address)
I am hoping to get an error message printed next to the form label if there is an error with the email address or if a field has been left blank when the user clicks submit. I have seen this on other forms, where the error text appears in red…
If anybody can give me a push in the right direction on this it will be greatly appreciated, the code I am using in my webpage and the php are below
my form in html:
[php]
|
First Name
|
Last name
|
Amount of Cover required
|
Home Phone Number
|
Email Address
|
[/php]
and my php is:
[php]<?php
$EmailFrom = "[email protected]";
$EmailTo = "[email protected]";
$Subject = "Online contact form";
$Firstname = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Firstname']));
$Lastname = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Lastname']));
$Coveramount = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Coveramount']));
$Phonenumber = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Phonenumber']));
$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Email']));
// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=http://cm4u.co.uk.co.uk/Thankyou.html\">";
exit;
}
// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Firstname: ";
$Body .= $Firstname;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Lastname: ";
$Body .= $Lastname;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Coveramount: ";
$Body .= $Coveramount;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Phonenumber: ";
$Body .= $Phonenumber;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $Email;
$Body .= "\n";
// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: $EmailFrom");
// redirect to success page
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=http://cm4u.co.uk.co.uk/FinanceForms/Thankyou.html\">";
}
else{
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=http://cm4u.co.uk.co.uk/CM4U-Contact/error.html\">";
}
?>
[/php]
Thanks for reading
|
