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PHP

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

How to put input in HTML with PHP

HI,

I need to put the message e.g "Success" to be shown on my website where i show my class , how do i do that?

heres my php code 

<?php

    if (isset($_POST['contact_name']) && isset($_POST['contact_email']) && isset($_POST['contact_subject']) && isset($_POST['contact_text'])){
        $contact_name = $_POST['contact_name'];
        $contact_email = $_POST['contact_email'];
        $contact_subject = $_POST['contact_subject'];
        $contact_text = $_POST['contact_text'];

        if (!empty($contact_name) && !empty($contact_email) && !empty($contact_text)) {

            if(strlen($contact_name)>25 || strlen($contact_email)>50 || strlen($contact_text)>1000){
                echo 'Sorry, max lengh for some fields has been exceeded.';
            } else{
                $to = 'xxx@libero.it';
                $subject = 'Contact form submitted.';
                $body = $contact_name."\n".$contact_text;
                $headers = 'From: '.$contact_email;

                if (@mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)){
                    echo 'Success';
                }else{
                    echo 'Sorry, an error occurred. Please try again later.';
                }
            }
                foreach( $_POST as $value ){
                if(stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE){
                    echo "There wasa porblem withthe information you entered.";
                    exit;
                }
            }
            if($_POST["address"] !="") {
                echo "Your form submission has an error.";
                exit;
            }


         }else {
            echo 'All fields are required';
         }
}
?>
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Konrad,

Do you want to show the various messages on a specific page?

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I want to make a message that displays on html e.g <div><?php $message ?></div> so when the user clicks the submit, and the message will get displayed in that div whether is submited or not in a specific place of my webiste. Because if i send my form now, the message will be at the top of the web and will make things ugly . If i put it in other file eg. mail.php , the submit button will re-direct me to a new blank page with the writing of Success or other .

But i want it display where i want : p

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Staying on the same page that deals with the form you could do something like this:

<?php

    if (isset($_POST['contact_name']) && isset($_POST['contact_email']) && isset($_POST['contact_subject']) && isset($_POST['contact_text'])){
        $contact_name = $_POST['contact_name'];
        $contact_email = $_POST['contact_email'];
        $contact_subject = $_POST['contact_subject'];
        $contact_text = $_POST['contact_text'];

        if (!empty($contact_name) && !empty($contact_email) && !empty($contact_text)) {

            if(strlen($contact_name)>25 || strlen($contact_email)>50 || strlen($contact_text)>1000){
                echo 'Sorry, max lengh for some fields has been exceeded.';
            } else{
                $to = 'xxx@libero.it';
                $subject = 'Contact form submitted.';
                $body = $contact_name."\n".$contact_text;
                $headers = 'From: '.$contact_email;
                $message = '';

                if (@mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)){
                    $message = 'Success';
                }else{
                    $message = 'Sorry, an error occurred. Please try again later.';
                }
            }
                foreach( $_POST as $value ){
                if(stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE){
                    $message = "There wasa porblem withthe information you entered.";
                    exit;
                }
            }
            if($_POST["address"] !="") {
                $message = "Your form submission has an error.";
                exit;
            }


         }else {
            $message =  'All fields are required';
         }
//Print the message inside a div with a specific class
echo "<div class='your_class'>" . $message . "</div>";
}
?>
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

xd i did similar thing but i did concatinate it wrong and didnt do the exact thing . And yes this is what i mean :D thank you very much , thats really nice and learned new lesson . Thank you!