I have 1 main form which is my index. I have a second page linked for a _REQUEST. My question is... let's see if I can explain it. I've looked at all the stuff here and can't quite get a grasp on the best route for accomplishing this.
I have a working form with inputs.
FIRST PART (not working) What I want is when the SUBMIT button is pressed that it will verify the input data and if a text box(or other type of selection) and if the form is not completely filled out that will stay on that page, keep what is filled out, filled out but print out next to the incomplete info box something along the lines of "this must be filled out".
SECOND PART (working) on this page it will print out on the screen what needs to be filled out. I dont want this. I want the person to stay on the original/index page until it is completed. If when the SUBMIT is pressed and everything IS completed then it will go the 'form_output' page (with no need for any alerts of missing info due to already being taken care of).
THIRD PART (slightly off here, but on a number drop down box how can I have it default to say "NUMBER" or "DATE" with both of these being supplied by a range for date and year. I was able to just put "MONTH" on the array populated 'month' box but cant figure out how to have a label on the range/numeric box?
I'm new to PHP and this may be kind of sloppy. I've built it as I go just trying to use different things I find. Once I get through this I will be canabalizing it for a website I'm trying to build by stepping outside of straight HTML.
This is the code for my main page:
<!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" />
<!-- This is the link to my external css -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ass2_php.css" />
<!-- This is the css for the _error when it _POST's on this page -->
<style type="text/css" title="text/css" media="all">
.error{
font-weight: bold;
color:#F00;
}
</style>
<title>My Schedule</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
**<!-- THIS IS MY FIRST QUESTIONABLE AREA OF INTEREST, I WANT THE EFFECT OF BEING ABLE TO DO 2 ACTIONS -->**
<form action="formoutput.php" method="post">
<table width="120%" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#006600" id="form">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" align="center"><h3>Please fill out all information.</h3></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php
$fname = "First Name";
echo $fname;
?></td>
<td>
<label for="fname">
<input type="text" name="fname" id="fname" value="" />
</label>
</td>
<td> </td>
<td></td>
<td > </td>
<td > </td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<?php
echo "Last Name"
?>
</td>
<td><label for="lname">
<input type="text" name="lname" id="lname" value=""/>
</label>
</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php
echo "Email"
?></td>
<td>
<label for="email">
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
</label>
</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Phone Number:</td>
<td><input type="number" name="phone" id="phone" value="phone" /></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gender</td>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<label for="gender">
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="M" /> Male
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="F" /> Female
</label>
<br />
</p>
</td>
<tr>
<td>Comments or Suggestions:</td>
<td colspan="3">
<label for="comments">
<textarea name="comments" id="comments" cols="45" rows="5">
</textarea>
</label>
</td>
<td colspan="2">What time of day do you prefer?</td>
<td><p>
<label for="days">
<input type="checkbox" name="checks[]" value="Days" /> Days <br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="checks[]" value="Nights" /> Nights <br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="checks[]" value="Weekends" /> Weekends <br/>
</label></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>How many hours do I work a week?</td>
<td>
<p>
<label> Hours:
<select name="hours">
<option value="0-16">Under 16
</option>
<option value="17-30">Between 17-30
</option>
<option value="31-40">Up to 40 hours
</option>
</select>
</label>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>What is todays date?</td>
<td colspan="2">
<!-- set the variable for the month array for following calendar -->
<?php
$months = array ( 1 => 'Month', 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December');
// Set the array for the days and years
$days = range (1, 31);
$years = range (1970, 2014);
echo '<select name="month">';
foreach ($months as $key => $value) {
echo "<option value=\"$value\">
$value</option>
";
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<select name="day">';
for ($day = 1; $day <= 31; $day++) {
echo "<option value=\"$day\">
$day</option>
";
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<select name="year">';
for ($year = 2011; $year <= 2021;
$year++){
echo "<option value=\"$year\">
$year</option>
";
}
echo '</select>';
//from class use array_merge $yearsarray = array_merge($yearsdefault, $years
?>
</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sunday</td>
<td>Monday</td>
<td>Tuesday</td>
<td>Wedneday</td>
<td>Thursday</td>
<td>Friday</td>
<td>Saturday</td>
</tr>
</fieldset>
<tr>
<td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit Information" /></td>
<td><button type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset" >Reset</button>
</td>
</table>
</body>
</html>
This is my 2nd, or, OUTPUT page... I want SUBMIT to stay on the first page until everything is filled out then come to this page when everything is completed. (I am aware that would eliminate the "error" css in the beginning if this can end up working).
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang+"en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ass2_php.css" />
<style type="text/css" title="text/css" media="all">
.error {
font-weight: bold;
color: #c00
}
</style>
</head>
<title>Form Feedback</title>
<body>
<p><a href="index.php">Back</a></p>
<p>
<?php # Script 2.2 - formoutput.php
//$fname = $_REQUEST['fname'];
if (!empty($_REQUEST['fname'])) {
$name = $_REQUEST['fname'];
} else {
$fname = NULL;
echo '<p class="error">You forgot to enter your first name!</p> ';
}
?>
<?php
// $lname = $_REQUEST['lname'];
if (!empty($_REQUEST['lname'])) {
$laname = $_REQUEST['lname'];
} else {
$lname = NULL;
echo '<p class="error">You forgot to enter your last name!</p>' ;
}
?>
<?php
$email = $_REQUEST['email'];
$hours = $_REQUEST['hours'];
$comments = $_REQUEST['comments'];
$prefer = $_REQUEST['checks'];
$phone = $_REQUEST['phone'];
// This is the setting of the gender - radio box variable
if (isset($_REQUEST['gender'])) {
$gender = $_REQUEST['gender'];
} else {
$gender = NULL;
}
?>
<?php
if ($gender == "M") {
echo 'Good day Mr. ';
echo ucfirst($laname) . ".";
}
elseif ($gender == "F") {
echo 'Good day Lady ';
echo ucfirst($name) . ".";
}
// else ($gender == NULL){
// echo 'You forgot to pick a gender.';
// }
?>
<br/>
<?php
echo " Thank you for taking the time to fill out this form, ";
echo ucfirst($name);
echo " " . ucfirst($laname);
?>
<br />
<br/>
<?php
echo "We will be contacting you at the email address you gave us at, " . $email . ". ";
echo "And we have your phone number as " . $phone . ".";
?>
<br />
<?php
echo " And you prefer to work " . $prefer . ".";
?>
<br />
<br />
<br/>
<?php
echo "We're glad you are willing to work " . $hours . " hours!";
?>
<br />
<br/>
<?php
echo "You made these comments: ";
?>
<br/>
<?php
echo $comments . ".";
?>
</p>
<table width="40%" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td>Sunday</td>
<td>Monday</td>
<td>Tuesday</td>
<td>Wednesday</td>
<td>Thursday</td>
<td>Friday</td>
<td>Saturday</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
