<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<title>Book A Table</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Book A Table</h1>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $numErr=$dateErr = $timeErr = $personsErr="";
$name = $email = $num= $date = $time = $persons = $comment= "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
$nameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["num"])) {
$numErr = "Number is required";
} else {
$num = test_input($_POST["num"]);
if (!preg_match("([0-9])", $num)) {
$numErr = "Enter numbers only";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["date"])) {
$dateErr = "Date is required";
} else {
$date = test_input($_POST["date"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["time"])) {
$timeErr = "Time is required";
} else {
$time = test_input($_POST["time"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["persons"])) {
$personsErr = "Number of persons is required";
} else {
$persons = test_input($_POST["persons"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<form action="DBInput.php" method="POST" />
<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Full Name<br> <input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail<br> <input type="text" name="email">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Contact Number<br> <input type="text" name="num">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $numErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Reservation Date<br> <input type="date" name="date">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $dateErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Reservation Time<br>(Mon - Thur: 18:00 - 23:00 Fri - Sun: 12:00 - 00:00)<br> <input type="time" name="time">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $timeErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Number of Persons<br> <input type="text" name="persons">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $personsErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comments<br><textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea><br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
What I am doing in the above code is creating a form and inputting it into a database. This is working perfectly. However I would like to add validation so that if the user does not enter all the required fields, it wont be stored in the database.
I have only started PHP this week and so im a begginner. Any idea how to do this ?