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frits vd Velden
1,860 PointsMake form fields mandatory
Hi, been trying everything, well almost everything. How do I make these fields mandatory? Thanks a bunch!
<?php
if (isset($_POST['zendform']))
{ $fout = false; // To see what's wrong
$zendform = "Bedrijf: " . $_POST["bedrijf"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Naam: " . $_POST["naam"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Adres: " . $_POST["adres"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "postcode: " . $_POST["postcode"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Plaats: " . $_POST["plaats"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Email: " . $_POST["mail"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Telefoon: " . $_POST["tel"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "Starnummer: " . $_POST["star"] . "\r\n";
$zendform .= "IBAN: " . $_POST["iban"] . "\r\n";
foreach($_POST["autoincasso"] as $value)
{
$zendform .= "Autoincasso: " . $value . "\r\n";
}
foreach($_POST["factuur"] as $value)
{
$zendform .= "Factuur:" . $value . "\r\n";
}
$to = 'mail@mailadress.com';
$subject = 'Formulier';
$headers = 'From: mail@mailadress.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To:mail@mailadress.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
mail($to, $subject, $zendform, $headers);
mail ('mail@mailadress.com', $subject, $zendform, $headers);
echo 'Your form has been send.';
}
?>
2 Answers
Paul Yorde
10,497 PointsHi frits,
the quickest way is to add the 'required' attribute in your input tag with html5 like this:
<form>
<input type="text" name="naam" required>
<input type="submit">
</form>
This first line of code also makes sure that the form was actually submitted. It then checks to see if the 'naam' value has any data (meaning it could be malicious data). if it is empty, then the error message is set. if is is not empty, then the name variable is set with what ever the user desired to give you (again could be malicious).
//You would use PHP like this:
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["naam"])) {
$nameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = $_POST["name"];
}
}
// then in the html like this:
<form>
<input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
</form>
frits vd Velden
1,860 PointsAllright, thanks for the advice Paul. the first one is easy enough :)