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future-architect
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May 12, 2011
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registration form submission

  • May 12, 2011
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i have a registration form, which checks for errors before the form is submitted.  i was told then to use an if else statement to submit the form on the same page, but i would prefer to have the user go to a confirmation page instead.  i have the form submitting to itself to check for errors.  any ideas as to how i can do this?

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nickentin
nickentin
Participating Frequently
May 12, 2011

Should be simple enough.

<?php

     if(isset($_POST['submit'])) // when your submit button has name="submit"

     {

          // code for your confirmation page

     }

     else

     {

          // code for your page with the form

     }

?>

Nick

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future-architectAuthor
Known Participant
May 13, 2011

here is how i modified the code:

<?php
     if(isset($_POST['register']) && empty($errors)) // when your submit button has name="submit"
     {
         echo "the form will have been submitted!";
     }
     else
     {
         echo "registration form displayed here...";
     }
?>

i want to make sure that the user did not leave any empty fields.  but i get "  the form will have been submitted" when i submit it with empty fields....

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future-architectAuthor
Known Participant
May 14, 2011

I would recommend condensing the code to something like this:

<?php
     if(isset($_POST['register']) && !empty($_POST['field1']) && !empty($_POST['field2']) ... ) // when your submit button has name="submit"
     {
         echo "the form will have been submitted!";
     }
     else
     {
         echo "registration form displayed here...";

     }
?>

Where the registration form code would look something like this:

<form method="post" action="self.php">

     <input type="text" name="field1" size="20"><?php if(isset($_POST['resubmit']) && empty($_POST['field1'])) echo "This field must be filled out."; ?>

     <input type="text" name="field2" size="20"><?php if(isset($_POST['resubmit']) && empty($_POST['field2'])) echo "This field must be filled out."; ?>

     ...

     <input type="hidden" name="resubmit">

     <input type="submit" name="register" value="Register">

</form>

Obviously, you would want to add in any formatting things (like tables, divs, etc), but this should work code-wise.

Nick


but since i have about 25 fields, wouldn't that be a little tedious?  can't i just check if the errors array is empty, and if so, submit the form?

i currently have:

    $to = 'email@yahoo.com';
    $subject = 'registration form';
    $mesage = 'name: $FName $LName';
   
        if (empty($errors)){ mail($to, $subject, $message);?>
        <div class="green">Thanks for the submission</div>
        <?php
        unset($errors);


i would prefer to take them to a confirmation page to do all of the sending there.  (i would not prefer to use javascript for checking the fields, since they may not have it installed, or just may have it blocked).

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