How to stay in the footer section after submit? #php - php

I need a little help with PHP sessions or something similar from someone who is well versed in PHP sessions, and who has an understanding for someone who is not.
Somebody told me that it can be done with PHP sessions or that is not possible? There are some answers that can be done with Ajax but my question is - Can it be done with PHP sessions and how? Well, everything works for me - it inserts data into the database and throws out validation errors, but this is my problem: I'm doing MVC and I don't want to refresh my page after the submission so that the user has to scroll down to see validations (because I have $msg and $errors in footer), so I want the viewport to be in the same place after the submit where the messages are written - in footer. I would be very grateful if someone can see and give me a concrete answer of what I need where to put or from where what to delete. I believe the little thing is in the Controller.
P.S. Here are 1. index.php (pijaca.php) page composed of parcels, 2. pijaca-footer.php on which the form is located, 3. routes.php on which it goes from the form and 4. Controller.php.
I tried everything: putting "id" in the form and than call it from Controller - doesn't work, looked for advice and answers on the net, I probably googled something bad (it will come with time as well as experience), but I couldn't manage. Thanks in advance!
<?php
$ime = isset($ime)?$ime:"";
$prezime = isset($prezime)?$prezime:"";
$telefon = isset($telefon)?$telefon:"";
$errors = isset($errors)?$errors:[];
session_start();
?>
<?php include'pijaca-nav.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-header.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-about.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-photo-1.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-story.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-photo-2.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-features.php'; ?>
<?php include'pijaca-footer.php'; ?>
<footer id="contact" class="footer">
<div class="footer__box">
<form action="routes.php" id="form" class="form" method="post">
<input type="text" class="form__input" name="firstname" placeholder="First Name" value="<?php echo $ime ?>"><span>*<?php if(array_key_exists('firstname', $errors)) echo $errors['firstname'] ?></span>
<input type="text" class="form__input" name="lastname" placeholder="Last Name" value="<?php echo $prezime ?>"><span>*<?php if(array_key_exists('lastname', $errors)) echo $errors['lastname'] ?></span>
<input type="text" class="form__input" name="telephone" placeholder="Telephone No." value="<?php echo $telefon ?>"><span>*<?php if(array_key_exists('telephone', $errors)) echo $errors['telephone'] ?></span>
<button class="btn btn--green btn--form" type="submit" name="page" value="contactus">Contact us</button>
</form>
<h5 class="heading-5 heading-5--footer-box-1">
<?php if(isset($msg)) echo $msg ?>
</h5>
</div>
</footer>
<?php
require_once'../controller/Controller.php';
$controller = new Controller();
$pageGet = isset($_GET['page'])?$_GET['page']:"index";
$pagePost = isset($_POST['page'])?$_POST['page']:"index";
$page = ($pageGet != "index")?$pageGet:$pagePost;
switch ($page) {
case 'contactus':
$controller->contactus();
break;
}
<?php
require_once'../model/DAO.php';
class Controller{
public function contactus() {
$ime = isset($_POST['firstname'])?$_POST['firstname']:"";
$prezime = isset($_POST['lastname'])?$_POST['lastname']:"";
$telefon = isset($_POST['telephone'])?$_POST['telephone']:"";
$errors = [];
if (empty($ime)) {
$errors['firstname'] = "Please enter your name";
}
if (empty($prezime)) {
$errors['lastname'] = "Please enter your lastname";
}
if (empty($telefon)) {
$errors['telephone'] = "Please enter your telephone";
} else {
if (preg_match('/^[0-9 +_-]*$/', $telefon)) {
} else {
$errors['telephone'] = "Please enter a number";
}
}
if (count($errors) == 0) {
$dao = new DAO();
$podacikorisnika = $dao->korisnik($ime, $prezime, $telefon);
$msg = "Sucsses!";
include 'pijaca.php';
} else {
$msg = "Please enter all fileds";
include 'pijaca.php';
}
}
}

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I don't know what i did wrong on my code, the error message for php form validation stopped working [closed]

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I don't know what I did wrong on my code, the error message for php form validation stopped working.
It was working perfectly until i added value attribute to the input so that the user input will persist even if the page refresh and didn't deliver due to typeError.
The form does'nt show any error again but my reason for adding the value attribute is working.
I'm learning php, please help me to understand why i'm having the issue.
I don't understand because i'm not getting any error from php.
This is my code
<?php
// empting the value variables when user have'nt typed anything to prevent error. This is the shorthand of typing samething that's going to have the same value
$email = $title = $ingredients = '';
// put out the error on the html instead of echoing it
// so i used array so that i can neatly put out all the errors instead of using different variables for all
$error = array('email' => '', 'title' => '', 'ingredients' => '');
// check if the form was clicked and retrive the values sent
// i will achieve this by using a default method called isset() and i will check if value is contained in the form using the submit btn, this is because when a user clicks on the form submit, the user have entered a value
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
// check if the field submited is empty
// we achieve this using a default method called empty()
// we check them one field at a time
// check for email
if(empty($_POST['email'])){
$error['email'] = ' Email is empty';
} else {
$email = $_POST['email'];
}
// check for title
if(empty($_POST['title'])){
$error['title'] = ' Title is empty';
} else {
$title = $_POST['title'];
}
// check for ingredients
if(empty($_POST['ingredients'])){
$error['ingredients'] = ' Ingredients is empty';
} else {
$ingredients = $_POST['ingredients'];
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<?php include 'template/header.php'?>
<form action="form.php" method="POST">
<div class="input_div">
<label >Email :</label>
<input type="text" name="email" value=" <?php echo $email ?> ">
<div class="error_msg"><?php echo $error['email']; ?></div>
</div>
<div class="input_div" >
<label >Pizza Title :</label>
<input type="text" name="title" value=" <?php echo $title ?> " >
<div class="error_msg"><?php echo $error['title']; ?></div>
</div>
<div class="input_div" >
<label >Ingredients (comma seperated) :</label>
<input type="text" name="ingredients" value=" <?php echo $ingredients ?> ">
<div class="error_msg"><?php echo $error['ingredients']; ?></div>
</div>
<div class="input_div" >
<input type="submit" class="submitBtn" name="submit" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
<?php include 'template/footer.php' ?>
</html>
Other then the issues with whitespace in your inputs you should also be aware of XSS when inserting the values back into the form (like using " would break the form) and also don't populate the errors till needed, this will allow you to easily continue and do the success step without needing to loop over the $errors array and it also allows you to hide the <div class="error_msg"></div> element and only show when there is an error.
Also your missing <head> and <body>, presuming they are in the includes, but doing it that way would make it rather difficult to add additional elements or scripts.
<?php
$email = $title = $ingredients = '';
$error = [];
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
// check for email
if (empty($_POST['email'])) {
$error['email'] = 'Email is empty';
} else {
$email = $_POST['email'];
}
// check for title
if (empty($_POST['title'])) {
$error['title'] = 'Title is empty';
} else {
$title = $_POST['title'];
}
// check for ingredients
if (empty($_POST['ingredients'])) {
$error['ingredients'] = 'Ingredients is empty';
} else {
$ingredients = $_POST['ingredients'];
}
if (empty($error)) {
// do some thing with $email, $title, $ingredients
die(header('Location: ./thank-you.php'));
}
}
function xss_safe($value) {
return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
}
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<?php include 'template/header.php' ?>
<form action="form.php" method="POST">
<div class="input_div">
<label>Email :</label>
<input type="text" name="email" value="<?= xss_safe($email) ?>"/>
<?= isset($error['email']) ? '<div class="error_msg">'.$error['email'].'</div>' : '' ?>
</div>
<div class="input_div">
<label>Pizza Title :</label>
<input type="text" name="title" value="<?= xss_safe($title) ?>"/>
<?= isset($error['title']) ? '<div class="error_msg">'.$error['title'].'</div>' : '' ?>
</div>
<div class="input_div">
<label>Ingredients (comma seperated) :</label>
<input type="text" name="ingredients" value="<?= xss_safe($ingredients) ?>"/>
<?= isset($error['ingredients']) ? '<div class="error_msg">'.$error['ingredients'].'</div>' : '' ?>
</div>
<div class="input_div">
<input type="submit" class="submitBtn" name="submit" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
<?php include 'template/footer.php' ?>
</html>
Seeing as your error checking is merely for empty/missed input fields it's easier to just make the inputs required as per HTML5. Here's a simplified version using placeholders for information after the form has been submitted.
Warning: If you are going to be inserting this data into a MySQL table, you need to sanitize the inputs first!
<?php
$email = $title = $ingredients = "";
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$email = $_POST["email"];
$title = $_POST["title"];
$ingredients = $_POST["ingredients"];
}
echo "
<form method='POST'>
<label>Email:</label>
<input type='email' name='email' placeholder='$email' required>
<label>Pizza Title:</label>
<input type='text' name='title' placeholder='$title' required>
<label>Ingredients (comma seperated):</label>
<input type='text' name='ingredients' placeholder='$ingredients' required>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit'>
</form>
";
?>

Redirecting page to a Success page if server validation is positive

I have a form with an action that is linked to the same PHP page contact.php. I have all the server side validation inside the form and it's all fine. It redirects the user to the same page with error messages echoed if needed while making the form STICKY (that is the main point of using the same page for errors).
What I would like is for there to be a success page redirect if the form was okay. I've read other posts on how to implement this, but I don't quite understand how to implement it in my code.
<?php
$fullname = $email = $reason = $contactbox = '';
$fullnameerr = $emailerr = $reasonerr = $contactboxerr = '';
if(data_post('submit')){
if(empty(data_post('firstname'))){
$fullnameerr = "Please enter a valid name";
}
else {
$fullname = clean_data(data_post('firstname'));
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z '']*$/", $fullname)){
$fullnameerr = "Please enter only alphabetical characters and white spaces";
}
}
if(empty(data_post('email'))){
$emailerr = "Please enter a valid e-mail";
}
else {
$email = clean_data(data_post('email'));
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
$emailerr = "Please enter a correct e-mail format (ex 'joe#cornell.edu')";
}
}
if(empty(data_post('reason'))){
$reasonerr = "Please select a reason for contact";
}
else{
$reason = clean_data(data_post('reason'));
}
if(empty(data_post('contacttext'))){
$contactboxerr = "Please elaborate on your reason";
}
else{
$contactbox = clean_data(data_post('contacttext'));
if(!preg_match("/^[\w\S\s]*$/", $contactbox )){
$contactboxerr = "Please enter only valid characters you would use in writing (ex 'abcABC123')";
}
if(strlen($contactbox) > 2000){
$contactboxerr = "Please enter a response with with a max of 2000 characters.";
}
}
}
function clean_data($field){
$field = trim($field);
$field = stripslashes($field);
return $field;
}
function data_post($param){
if (isset($_POST[$param])){
return $_POST[$param];
}
else{
return '';
}
}
?>
With this being the code for the form:
<div class="sidesection" id="survey">
<h3>Contact Form</h3>
<form action="contact.php" method="POST" novalidate>
<span class="required_asterick">* Is Required</span>
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Us</legend>
<span class="required_asterick">* </span><label>Name:</label><span class="help" data-tooltip="Please enter a valid name (Ex. 'John Doe')"></span><br />
<input type="text" name="firstname" required pattern="[a-zA-Z '']+" maxlength="25" title="Enter only characters from (a-z) and (A-Z)" value="<?php echo "$fullname";?>"><span class="errormessage"><?php echo "$fullnameerr";?></span><br /><br />
<span class="required_asterick">* </span><label>Email:</label><span class="help" data-tooltip="Please enter a valid email with a max of 50 characters. (Ex. 'xxx#yyy.com')"></span><br />
<input type="email" name="email" required maxlength="50" value="<?php echo "$email";?>">
<span class="errormessage"><?php echo "$emailerr"; ?></span><br /><br />
<span class="required_asterick">* </span><label>Reason For Contact:</label>
<select name="reason" required>
<option value=""> </option>
<option value="general">General</option>
<option value="concern">Concern</option>
<option value="feedback">Feedback</option>
</select><span class="help" data-tooltip="Choose a topic for which you are contacting us so we can process your request faster. General is for any broad topics not listed. Concern is for any pressing matter you may have about the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival. Feedback is for any suggestions or opinions you wish to share with us about our festivals. "></span><span class="errormessage"><?php echo "$reasonerr";?></span><br /> <br />
<span class="required_asterick">* </span><label>What Would You Like To Tell Us?</label><span class="help" data-tooltip="Use this section to write what you are contacting us for."></span><br />
<textarea name="contacttext" rows="7" cols="60" required><?php echo "$contactbox";?></textarea><span class="errormessage"><?php echo "$contactboxerr"; ?></span><br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</fieldset>
</form>
You can see I made the form sticky by adding echoes to errors, so I want to keep that if there are errors. However if it is successful, redirect to a success page.
Just check if you have no errors (i.e. your error variables are empty) and use header()
$fullname = $email = $reason = $contactbox = '';
$fullnameerr = $emailerr = $reasonerr = $contactboxerr = '';
if(data_post('submit')){
// your validations go here
// ......
if (empty($fullnameerr) && empty($emailerr) && empty($reasonerr) && empty($contactboxerr)) {
header('Location: success.php');
}
}
You don't have a control to check whether the validation passed or failed. As a suggestion user a boolean variable to indicate it:
if(data_post('submit')){
$valid=true;
if(empty(data_post('firstname'))){
$fullnameerr = "Please enter a valid name";
$valid=false;
}
if(empty(data_post('email'))){
$emailerr = "Please enter a valid e-mail";
$valid=false;
}
//other validations
if($valid){
//validation passed
header('Location: destination.php');
}
}
In addition to #Deimoks answer, you may need to call exit(); after calling the header() function. If you have any code after the header redirection, it could still be executed even you requested a redirection. exit() prevents that. Also, if you get the "headers already sent" error, look into output buffering.

PHP Form Spam Prevention

Please bear with me as I am a graphic designer with some coding knowledge, but not near as much as a developer. And after many hours of tinkering and asking Google, I've decided to ask y'all directly!
I've been working on building a contact form for my website. So far so good, except for one thing. I would like to add a simple spam prevention field.
I've added a field "spamcheck" with the question 6+2=? but I do not know how to code the PHP to require that the value specifically be 8. As long as the other fields are correctly filled out, the form will submit regardless of the number entered here despite any attempt to mess with the code (thus why you will see my $spamcheck variable but the current coding only requires that it have a value like the rest of the fields).
I have included the PHP, the validation the PHP calls to, and the form. Apologies if the form has some excess code; I have tried many different versions of PHP form tutorials to no avail.
And of course, thank you very much for your help! :)
Here is the PHP code I have placed directly in the web page:
<?php
define("EMAIL", "email#gmail.com");
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
include('validate.class.php');
//assign post data to variables
$name = trim($_POST['name']);
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$budget = trim($_POST['budget']);
$deadline = trim($_POST['deadline']);
$message = trim($_POST['message']);
$spamcheck = trim($_POST['spamcheck']);
//start validating our form
$v = new validate();
$v->validateStr($name, "name", 1, 50);
$v->validateEmail($email, "email");
$v->validateStr($budget, "budget");
$v->validateStr($deadline, "deadline");
$v->validateStr($message, "message", 1, 1000);
$v->validateStr($spamcheck, "spamcheck");
if(!$v->hasErrors()) {
$from = "website.com"; //Site name
// Change this to your email address you want to form sent to
$to = "email#gmail.com";
$subject = "Hello! Comment from " . $name . "";
$message = "Message from " . $name . "
Email: " . $email . "
Budget: " . $budget ."
Deadline: " . $deadline ."
Message: " . $message ."";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$from);
//grab the current url, append ?sent=yes to it and then redirect to that url
$url = "http". ((!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ? "s" : "") . "://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
header('Location: '.$url."?sent=yes");
} else {
//set the number of errors message
$message_text = $v->errorNumMessage();
//store the errors list in a variable
$errors = $v->displayErrors();
//get the individual error messages
$nameErr = $v->getError("name");
$emailErr = $v->getError("email");
$budgetErr = $v->getError("budget");
$deadlineErr = $v->getError("deadline");
$messageErr = $v->getError("message");
$spamcheckErr = $v->getError("spamcheck");
}//end error check
}// end isset
?>
This is the validate.class.php which it calls to:
<?php
class validate {
public $errors = array();
public function validateStr($postVal, $postName, $min = 1, $max = 1000) {
if(strlen($postVal) < intval($min)) {
$this->setError($postName, ucfirst($postName)." is required.");
} else if(strlen($postVal) > intval($max)) {
$this->setError($postName, ucfirst($postName)." must be less than {$max} characters long.");
}
}// end validateStr
public function validateEmail($emailVal, $emailName) {
if(strlen($emailVal) <= 0) {
$this->setError($emailName, "Please enter an Email Address");
} else if (!preg_match('/^[^0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]+([.][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*[#][a-zA-Z0-9_]+([.][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*[.][a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/', $emailVal)) {
$this->setError($emailName, "Please enter a Valid Email Address");
}
}// end validateEmail
private function setError($element, $message) {
$this->errors[$element] = $message;
}// end logError
public function getError($elementName) {
if($this->errors[$elementName]) {
return $this->errors[$elementName];
} else {
return false;
}
}// end getError
public function displayErrors() {
$errorsList = "<ul class=\"errors\">\n";
foreach($this->errors as $value) {
$errorsList .= "<li>". $value . "</li>\n";
}
$errorsList .= "</ul>\n";
return $errorsList;
}// end displayErrors
public function hasErrors() {
if(count($this->errors) > 0) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}// end hasErrors
public function errorNumMessage() {
if(count($this->errors) > 1) {
$message = "There was an error sending your message!\n";
} else {
$message = "There was an error sending your message!\n";
}
return $message;
}// end hasErrors
}// end class
?>
And here is the form html/php:
<span class="message"><?php echo $message_text; ?></span>
<?php if(isset($_GET['sent'])): ?><h2>Your message has been sent</h2><?php endif; ?>
<form role="form" method="post" action="webpage.php#contact">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="name" value="<?php echo htmlentities($name); ?>" placeholder="Full Name" required>
<label for="exampleInputName"><i class="icon-tag"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $nameErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" value="<?php echo htmlentities($email); ?>" placeholder="Email" required>
<label for="exampleInputEmail1"><i class="icon-inbox"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $emailErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="budget" class="form-control" id="budget" value="<?php echo htmlentities($budget); ?>" placeholder="Budget" required>
<label for="exampleInputBudget1"><i class="icon-usd"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $budgetErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="deadline" class="form-control" id="deadline" value="<?php echo htmlentities($deadline); ?>" placeholder="Deadline" required>
<label for="exampleInputDeadline"><i class="icon-calendar"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $deadlineErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group textarea">
<textarea rows="6" name="message" class="form-control" id="message" value="<?php echo htmlentities($message); ?>" placeholder="Write Message" required></textarea>
<label for="exampleInputMessage"><i class="icon-pencil"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $messageErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="spamcheck" class="form-control" id="spamcheck" value="<?php echo htmlentities($spamcheck); ?>" placeholder="Spam check: 6+2=?" required>
<label for="exampleInputSpamCheck"><i class="icon-lock"></i></label>
<span class="errors"><?php echo $spamcheckErr; ?></span>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<button type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="submit" class="btn btn-large">Send Message</button>
</form>
In the PHP script where you generate the form, you should save the correct answer to the question in a $_SESSION variable.
Then, in the PHP script that receives this form data, you should verify that what was submitted for that question matches the right answer in the $_SESSION variable.
There are a bunch of tutorials on how to use sessions in PHP.
Basically, it comes down to:
form.php
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['captcha_right_answer'] = somehow_generate_this();
?>
handler.php
<?php
session_start();
if ($_INPUT['captcha_answer'] != $_SESSION['captcha_right_answer']) {
// Show "bad captcha" message, re-show form, whatever
}
else {
// Captcha good - go on with life
}
?>
Check this out as an alternative to a captcha. Then you could use your existing class to validate the field. Say your hidden field has a name "fakeField" You could validate it with your validateSTR method via..
$v->validateStr($fakeField, "fakeField",0,0);
Since your str check is checking > and < instead of >= and <= this will return true when the length is exactly 0. This might be an easier solution for someone with little code knowledge to integrate.
Alternatively, if you're stuck on using a captcha of sort, and you know what you expect the value to be, you could add a method to check against the value you're expecting.
The method:
public function validateCaptcha( $value,$name, $expectedValue) {
if(trim($value) != $expectedValue) {
$this->setError($name, "Captcha Incorrect");
}
}
then change the line of code
$v->validateStr($spamcheck, "spamcheck");
to
$v->validateCaptcha($spamcheck, "spamcheck", '6');
This isn't the best solution since there are so many powerful captchas out therebut it's easy to use.
Another simple method is to capture the time the page loads and compare it to the time the form was submitted. If the difference was too short, exit the page. spambots are quick; people are slow. Spambots may figure out various fields - even do math - but they are never going to wait around for more than a few seconds.
It takes only two lines, one in the form:
<input name="timeloaded" type="hidden" value="<?php echo time();?>" />
and one in the form processing code:
if(!(is_numeric($_POST['timeloaded'])) || time()-$_POST['timeloaded']<30) {header("Location: index.php"); exit;}
This one is for a form that no human can fill out in less than 30 seconds. Change that for the length of form you use.

PHP - Redisplay forms with valid values in fields and error messages where validation fails

I have created a PHP form to take 4 text fields name, email, username and password and have set validation for these. I have my code currently validating correctly and displaying messages if the code validates or not.
However, I would like for it to keep the correctly validated fields filled when submitted and those that failed validation to be empty with an error message detailing why.
So far I have the following code, the main form.php:
<?php
$self = htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>
<form action="<?php echo $self; ?>" method="post">
<fieldset>
<p>You must fill in every field</p>
<legend>Personal details</legend>
<?php
include 'personaldetails.php';
include 'logindetails.php';
?>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="" value="Register" />
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<?php
$firstname = validate_fname();
$emailad = validate_email();
$username = validate_username();
$pword = validate_pw();
?>
My functions.php code is as follows:
<?php
function validate_fname() {
if (!empty($_POST['fname'])) {
$form_is_submitted = true;
$trimmed = trim($_POST['fname']);
if (strlen($trimmed)<=150 && preg_match('/\\s/', $trimmed)) {
$fname = htmlentities($_POST['fname']);
echo "<p>You entered full name: $fname</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Full name must be no more than 150 characters and must contain one space.</p>";
} }
}
function validate_email() {
if (!empty($_POST['email'])) {
$form_is_submitted = true;
$trimmed = trim($_POST['email']);
if (filter_var($trimmed, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$clean['email'] = $_POST['email'];
$email = htmlentities($_POST['email']);
echo "<p>You entered email: $email</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Incorrect email entered!</p>";
} }
}
function validate_username() {
if (!empty($_POST['uname'])) {
$form_is_submitted = true;
$trimmed = trim($_POST['uname']);
if (strlen($trimmed)>=5 && strlen($trimmed) <=10) {
$uname = htmlentities($_POST['uname']);
echo "<p>You entered username: $uname</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Username must be of length 5-10 characters!</p>";
} }
}
function validate_pw() {
if (!empty($_POST['pw'])) {
$form_is_submitted = true;
$trimmed = trim($_POST['pw']);
if (strlen($trimmed)>=8 && strlen($trimmed) <=10) {
$pword = htmlentities($_POST['pw']);
echo "<p>You entered password: $pword</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Password must be of length 8-10 characters!</p>";
} }
}
?>
How can I ensure that when submit is pressed that it will retain valid inputs and empty invalid ones returning error messages.
Preferably I would also like there to be an alternate else condition for initial if(!empty). I had this initially but found it would start the form with an error message.
Lastly, how could I record the valid information into an external file to use for checking login details after signing up via this form?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Try using a separate variable for errors, and not output error messages to the input field.
You could use global variables for this, but I'm not fond of them.
login.php
<?php
$firstname = '';
$password = '';
$username = '';
$emailadd = '';
$response = '';
include_once('loginprocess.php');
include_once('includes/header.php);
//Header stuff
?>
<form action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"], ENT_QUOTES, "utf-8");?>" method="post">
<fieldset>
<p>Please enter your username and password</p>
<legend>Login</legend>
<div>
<label for="fullname">Full Name</label>
<input type="text" name="fname" id="fullname" value="<?php echo $firstname ?>" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="emailad">Email address</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="emailad" value="<?php echo $emailadd; ?>"/>
</div>
<div>
<label for="username">Username (between 5-10 characters)</label>
<input type="text" name="uname" id="username" value='<?php echo $username; ?>' />
</div>
<div>
<label for="password">Password (between 8-10 characters)</label>
<input type="text" name="pw" id="password" value="<?php echo $password; ?>" />
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="" value="Submit" />
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<?php
//Output the $reponse variable, if your validation functions run, then it
// will contain a string, if not, then it will be empty.
if($response != ''){
print $response;
}
?>
//Footer stuff
loginprocess.php
//No need for header stuff, because it's loaded with login.php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){//Will only run if a post request was made.
//Here we concatenate the return values of your validation functions.
$response .= validate_fname();
$response .= validate_email();
$response .= validate_username();
$response .= validate_pw();
}
//...or footer stuff.
functions.php
function validate_fname() {
//Note the use of global...
global $firstname;
if (!empty($_POST['fname'])) {
$form_is_submitted = true;
$trimmed = trim($_POST['fname']);
if(strlen($trimmed)<=150 && preg_match('/\\s/', $trimmed)){
$fname = htmlentities($_POST['fname']);
//..and the setting of the global.
$firstname = $fname;
//Change all your 'echo' to 'return' in other functions.
return"<p>You entered full name: $fname</p>";
} else {
return "<p>Full name must be no more than 150 characters and must contain one space.</p>";
}
}
}
I wouldn't suggest using includes for small things like forms, I find it tends to make a mess of things quite quickly. Keep all your 'display' code in one file, and use includes for functions (like you have) and split files only when the scope has changed. i.e your functions.php file deals with validation at the moment, but you might want to make a new include later that deals with the actual login or registration process.
Look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.string.php to find out about concatenating.

How to show error messages in HTML page in PHP?

I have following login form (login.php) in which I am asking for username and password.
<form action="processlogin.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>
Following is the code snippet from my processlogin.php file
if(!$_POST["username"] || !$_POST["password"])
{
$msg = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
echo $msg;
//header("Location:http://localhost/login.php");
}
This code checks whether all the mandatory fields are filled on not. If not, it shows the error message.
Till now everything is fine.
My problem is that, error message is shown in plain white page. I want to show it above the login form in login.php file. How should I change my code to get
my functionality.
I would prefer Jquery Validation or Ajax based Authentication. But still you can do it this way:
Put your Error Message in Session like this :
$_SESSION['Error'] = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
Than simple show it like this:
if( isset($_SESSION['Error']) )
{
echo $_SESSION['Error'];
unset($_SESSION['Error']);
}
In this case you can assign multiple messages in different Operations.
header("Location:http://localhost/login.php?x=1")
In the login.php
if(isset($_GET('x'))){
//your html for error message
}
Hope it helps you,
In processlogin.php,
if(!$_POST["username"] || !$_POST["password"])
{
$msg = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
$msgEncoded = base64_encode($msg);
header("location:login.php?msg=".$msgEncoded);
}
in login.php file,
$msg = base64_decode($_GET['msg']);
if(isset($_GET['msg'])){
if($msg!=""){
echo $msg;
}
}
You can display the message in table or span above the form.
<span>
<?php if(isset($_REQUEST[$msg]))
echo $msg;
?>
</span>
<form>
</form>
And also don't echo $msg in the form's action page.
Try this:
html:
<form action="processlogin.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
<span>
<?php if(isset($_GET['msg']))
echo $_GET['msg'];
?>
</span>
</form>
php:
if(!$_POST["username"] || !$_POST["password"])
{
$msg = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
header("Location:http://localhost/login.php?msg=$msg");
}
Use only one page (your login.php) to display the form and also to validate its data if sent. So you don't need any $_SESSION variables and you have all in one and the same file which belongs together.
<?php
$msg = null;
if(isset($_GET['send'])) {
if(!$_POST["username"] || !$_POST["password"]){
$msg = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
//header("Location:http://localhost/login.php");
}
}
?>
<?php echo ($msg !== null)?'<p>ERROR: ' . $msg . '</p>':null; ?>
<form action="?send" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>
use these functions:
<?php
session_start();
define(FLASH_PREFIX,'Flash_')
function set_flash($key,$val){
$_SESSION[FLASH_PREFIX.$key]=$val;
}
function is_flash($key){
return array_key_exits(FLASH_PREFIX.$key,$_SESSION);
}
function get_flash($key){
return $_SESSION[FLASH_PREFIX.$key];
}
function pop_flash($key){
$ret=$_SESSION[FLASH_PREFIX.$key];
unset($_SESSION[FLASH_PREFIX.$key]);
return $ret;
}
?>
And when you want to send a message to another page use
set_flash('err_msg','one field is empty');
header('location: another.php');
exit();
another.php
<html>
.
.
.
<body>
<?php if(is_flash('err_msg')){?>
<span class="err_msg"><?php echo pop_flash('err_msg'); ?></span>
<?php } ?>
.
.
.
</body></html>
<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST")
{
if(!$_POST["username"] || !$_POST["password"])
{
$msg = "You left one or more of the required fields.";
echo $msg;
//header("Location:http://localhost/login.php");
}
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>

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