I'm new in the PHP world and therefore run into a problem with validation of
forms. I need to validate a form for e-mail and some other stuff, before it
being sent to a mail address.
The validation need to be shown I the form, written with a red font. A
little like this:
E-mail: <red>information is missing or incorrect</red>
[ box ]
At the moment to form and the validation are in different pages looking like
this (if somebody would write it into one page, please do so):
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Form page (subscribe.html):
<html>
<head>
<title>Subscribe</title>
<link href="../css/style.css" rel="styleSheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<script>
function loadframe(FileName)
{
parent.menu.location.replace(FileName);
}
function loadtopframe()
{
parent.topframe.location.replace('topnavi.html');
}
</script>
<body background="../grafx/gen/contentbg.gif"
onload="javascript:loadframe('menu.html'); javascript:loadtopframe();">
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10">
<tr>
<td width="390" valign="top">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><span class="headline">Subscribe</span></td>
<td align="right"><img height="25" width="25"
src="../grafx/gen/logosmall.gif"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="1">
<td height="1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#333333"><img height="1"
width="1" src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="5">
<td height="5"><img height="1" width="1"
src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif"></td>
<td height="5"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="subscribe.php">
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2"
bgcolor="#E6E4D8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Fill
out the form to
subscribe:</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="right">
<br>
</td>
<td width="89%">
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="right"><span
class="bread">Name*:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"> <INPUT
NAME="name" size="25">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="right"><span
class="bread">Title:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"><INPUT
NAME="title" size="25">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="right"><span
class="bread">Company:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"><INPUT
NAME="company" size="25">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="right"><span
class="bread">
Address*:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"><INPUT
NAME="address" size="25">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="center"><span
class="bread">
Postcode*:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"><INPUT
NAME="postcode" TYPE="TEXT" SIZE="4">
City/Town: <INPUT NAME="city" size="11">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="center"><span
class="bread">
Country*:
</span>
</td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"> <INPUT
NAME="country" size="25">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><span
class="bread">E-mail:
</span>
</td>
<td>
<span class="bread"> <INPUT NAME="email" size="30">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="11%" align="center"> </td>
<td width="89%"><span class="bread"><INPUT
TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit"></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2"><span
class="bread"><br>
Please note! <br>
All fields marked with an asterisk(*) are required. </span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
<td width="193" valign="top">
<p align="center"><img height="25" width="1"
src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif"><br>
<img border="0" src="../images/photos/news01.gif"
width="140" height="105"></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><img height="50" width="593"
src="../grafx/gen/footer.gif" border="0" usemap="#footermap"><map
name="footermap"><area href="#top" coords="526,4,569,14"
shape="rect"></map></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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Validation page (subscribe.php):
<html>
<head>
<title>Thank you for your interest</title>
<link href="../css/style.css" rel="styleSheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body background="../grafx/gen/contentbg.gif">
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" width="635">
<tr>
<td width="571" valign="top">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="561">
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="334"><span
class="headline">Subscription</span></td>
<td align="right" width="223"><img src="../grafx/gen/logosmall.gif"
width="25" height="25"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="1">
<td height="1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#333333" width="559"><img
src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="5">
<td height="5" width="334"><img src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif"
width="1" height="1"></td>
<td height="5" width="223"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<span class="bread"><p>Thank you for your
interest.
<?php
//subscribe.php
$mail_to = "sub@noname.com";
$mail_subject = "Subscribe";
$mail_body = "Name: $name\n";
$mail_body .= "Title: $title\n";
$mail_body .= "Company: $company\n";
$mail_body .= "Address: $address\n";
$mail_body .= "Postcode: $postcode \n";
$mail_body .= "City: $city\n";
$mail_body .= "Country: $country\n";
$mail_body .= "E-mail: $email\n\n";
$mail_body .= "Please send info to the person above\n";
if (mail($mail_to, $mail_subject, $mail_body))
echo "In the future you will receive our info by post.\n
If you change your address or want to unsubscribe please e-mail us at
sub@noname.com";
else echo "Unfortunately there was a problem in
the process of sending your request. Please try again or contact us through
mail or phone and we will send you the information you are interested in."
?>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center"> <a
href="content.html">Go to the info</a></p>
</span>
</td>
<td width="30" valign="top"><img height="25" width="1"
src="../grafx/gen/spacer.gif"><br>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="613"><img src="../grafx/gen/footer.gif"
border="0" usemap="#footermap" width="593" height="50"><map
name="footermap"><area href="#top" coords="526,4,569,14"
shape="rect"></map></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
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I hope somebody out there have some time to help me, the code is for a
school assignment.
As I said I don't have much routine in PHP, so if you have the time I would
prefer a complete code, but anything would be of help
Med venlig hilsen
JB
PS Der er ikke noget problem med det danske, så svar kan bare skrives på
dansk.