I have made a simple form which I am going to ask student to complete online.
it consists of a number of fields which will be passed into a mysql database. The form is working fine but the only problem is when I load the page for the first time it tries to submit nothing(as all the fields are empty) to the database and an error comes up which I have set which says you have not completed the required fields
How I can get the script part of my page to run only when the submit button is clicked?
Here is my code
<! Code to check that the user has logged into to view this page !>
<?php
Code to check for session here
?>
<!Connection details for connecting to mysql database!>
<?php
Info for connection to database
}
//Select which database you want to connect to
Code to select database here
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Op Tech Database - Add Record</title>
</head>
<!Code to Create drop down menu's!>
<?php
//Code for collectiing values for Student Names drop down drop
$result1=mysql_query("SELECT studentID, studentName FROM students");
$options1="";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result1)) {
$id=$row["studentID"];
$first=$row["studentName"];
$options1.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$first\">".$first.'</option>';
}
//Code for getting tutors names in drop down list
$result2=mysql_query("SELECT staffID, tutorName FROM staff");
$options2="";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result2)) {
$id=$row["staffID"];
$first=$row["tutorName"];
$options2.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$first\">".$first.'</option>';
}
?>
<body>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ex1.css" >
<link rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (max-device-width: 1024px)" href="ipad.css" type="text/css" />
<!Create HTML elements!>
<form name="myform" form method="post">
<h1 align="center"><a href="both.php"><img src="colour_logo_400.jpg" alt="University Logo" width="400" height="185" /></a></h1>
<h1 align="center">Dental Hygiene Operative Technique Database</h1>
<h2 align="center">Welcome to the Dental Hygiene Operative Technique Database v1</h2>
<p align="left">Student Name</p>
<p align="left">
<! Drop Down Menu to get student names from database !>
<SELECT NAME=studentName >
<OPTION VALUE=0>
<?php
echo $options1
?>
</SELECT>
<p align="left">Tutor Name
<p align="left">
<! Drop Down Menu to get tutor names from database !>
<select name=tutorName>
<option value=0>
<?php echo $options2 ?> </option>
</select>
<p align="left">
<p align="left"><br>
Procedure
<input type="text" name="procedure" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['procedure'])) echo $_POST['procedure'];?>" />
<p align="left">
<br>
<SELECT NAME=grade id=grade>
<OPTION VALUE="">Grade
<OPTION VALUE="N" <?php if (isset($_POST['grade']) && $_POST['grade'] == "N") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>N</option>
<OPTION VALUE="B" <?php if (isset($_POST['grade']) && $_POST['grade'] == "B") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>B</option>
<OPTION VALUE="C" <?php if (isset($_POST['grade']) && $_POST['grade'] == "C") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>C</option>
</SELECT>
<br>
<br>
Student Reflection:<br>
<textarea name="studentReflection" cols="100" rows="5"><?php if(isset($_POST['studentReflection'])) echo $_POST['studentReflection'];?></textarea>
<p align="left">
<p align="left">
<p align="left">
<p align="left">
<SELECT NAME=professionalism>
<OPTION VALUE="">Professionalism
<OPTION VALUE="U" <?php if (isset($_POST['professionalism']) && $_POST['professionalism'] == "U") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>U</option>
<OPTION VALUE="S" <?php if (isset($_POST['professionalism']) && $_POST['professionalism'] == "S") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>S</option>
<OPTION VALUE="E" <?php if (isset($_POST['professionalism']) && $_POST['professionalism'] == "E") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>U</option>
</SELECT>
</SELECT>
<SELECT NAME=communication>
<OPTION VALUE="">Communication
<OPTION VALUE="U" <?php if (isset($_POST['communication']) && $_POST['communication'] == "U") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>U</option>
<OPTION VALUE="S" <?php if (isset($_POST['communication']) && $_POST['communication'] == "S") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>S</option>
<OPTION VALUE="E" <?php if (isset($_POST['communication']) && $_POST['communication'] == "E") {
echo 'selected="selected"';} ?>>U</option>
</SELECT>
Alert:
<input type="checkbox" value="YES" name="alert" >
<br>
<br>
Tutor Comments:<br>
<textarea name="tutorComments" cols="100" rows="5"><?php if(isset($_POST['tutorComments'])) echo $_POST['tutorComments'];?></textarea>
<p align="left">
<input type="submit" value="Update Database" />
<input type='button' value='Logout' onClick="window.location.href='http://138.253.2.72/php_sandbox/optech/dh/current/14june/logout.php'">
<p align="left">
</FORM>
<p> <a href="both.php">Enter another procedure </a>
<p>
<?php
//Error Message to display if all the correct fields are not completed.
$errorMessage = "This is the standard error message";
$options1 = $_POST['studentName'];
$options2 = $_POST['tutorName'];
$procedure = $_POST['procedure'];
$grade = $_POST['grade'];
$studentReflection = $_POST['studentReflection'];
$professionalism = $_POST['professionalism'];
$communication = $_POST['communication'];
$tutorComments = $_POST ['tutorComments'];
if(empty($_POST['alert']))
{
$_POST['alert'] = "NO";
}
$alert = $_POST['alert'] ;
//Code to check that the Student Name field is completed
if(empty($_POST['studentName']))
{
echo "You have not selected a student. Please go back and do so!";
exit();
}
//Code to check that the Tutor Name field is completed
if(empty($_POST['tutorName'] ))
{
echo "You did not select a tutor name. Please go back and select your name from the tutors list";
exit();
}
//Code to check that the Procedure field is completed
if(empty($_POST['procedure'] ))
{
echo "You did not select a procedure. Please go back and enter the name of the procedure which you undertook";
exit();
}
//Code to check that the Grade field is completed
if(empty($_POST['grade'] ))
{
echo "You did not select a grade. Please go back and select your grade from the drop down list";
exit();
}
//Code to check that the Student Reflection field is completed
if(empty($_POST['studentReflection'] ))
{
echo "The student did not enter any comments for this procedure. Student reflection is required for each procedure. Please go back and enter any comments";
exit();
}
//Code to check if the tick box is checked that the tutor comment is entered
if( !strlen($_POST['tutorComments']) && isset($_POST['alert']) ){
echo "You must enter a comment on the student if you tick the alert box";
exit();
}
//Code to connect to the database
Database connect code here
$query= "INSERT INTO entry (entryID, studentName , tutorName , procedureName , grade , studentReflection , tutorComments, professionalism , communication , alert ) VALUES ('NULL', '".$options1."' , '".$options2." ' , '".$procedure."' , '".$grade."' , '".$studentReflection."', '".$tutorComments."' , '".$professionalism."' , '".$communication."' , '".$alert."' )";
mysql_query($query) or die ('Error : Something fucked up' .mysql_error());
echo "The Database Has been updated. Thanks " ;
?>
</p>
<p> </p>
</body>
</html>
