I am new to php and I have post forms down but not I want some of my imput fields to be required.
I want this form to force the user to fill out the required fields but then be directed to my process.php page which will send me an email with the data the form collected. Right now the data is being posted at the bottom of the page. Please help me direct the data to an email.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
if (empty($_POST["name"]))
{$nameErr = "Name is required";}
else
{$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);}
if (empty($_POST["email"]))
{$emailErr = "Email is required";}
else
{$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);}
if (empty($_POST["website"]))
{$website = "";}
else
{$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);}
if (empty($_POST["comment"]))
{$comment = "";}
else
{$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);}
if (empty($_POST["gender"]))
{$genderErr = "Gender is required";}
else
{$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);}
}
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form</h2>
<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website">
<span class="error"><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male
<span class="error">* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
I have the code to collect that data and email it. i just don't know how to get the form to validate and then direct to the process.php page.
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$website = $_POST['website'];
$comment = $_POST['comment'];
$gender = $_POST['gender'];
$to = 'str@xxxxxxxx.com';
$subject = 'Executive Plaza Contact Form Response';
$message.= "Name: $name
";
$message.= "Email: $email
";
$message.= "email: $email
";
$message.= "comment: $comment
";
$message.= "gender: $gender
";
$headers = "From: Eleven55
";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
header('Location: thank-you.php');
