Verifying multiple emails from array - php

I have a query that I am not too sure how I can make it work
I have a form where the end users can add multiple email fields using jquery and it places each text input into an array
I have created some code that verifies each array key and fills an array with a number for verification purposes
Here is the code for verifying the POST:
// Collect and verify attached email
if(isset($_POST["email"])){
// set var for collecting email and store as null
$emailfields ="";
// start verify loop
foreach($_POST["email"] as $key => $email)
{
// Filter var email to comfirm it is an email
$email = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false)
{
$emailcheckarray[] = 1;
} else {
$emailcheckarray[] = 0;
}
// Create a string for later
$emailfields .= $email .",";
}
// Verify Array contains value
if (!in_array('1', $emailcheckarray, true))
{
$emailverification = 1;
} else {
$emailverification = 0;
}
}
echo $emailfields;
echo $emailverification;
Now this works it fills the array $emailcheckarray with 1 1 1 1 1 if the emails are valid depending on how many inputs the user uses.
Is there a way that I can get the in_array to only work with all keys being the same as currently if one of the keys are 0 it still outputs $emailverification as 1 if the user enters 1 valid email and the rest invalid when I want it to be 0.

You can just omit the in_array if you set the verification to 0 during the loop when any of the checks fails. So start with a value of 1 as you have no failures yet:
$emailverification = 1; // added
// start verify loop
foreach($_POST["email"] as $key => $email)
{
// Filter var email to comfirm it is an email
$email = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) !== false)
{
$emailcheckarray[] = 1;
} else {
$emailcheckarray[] = 0;
$emailverification = 0; // added
}
// Create a string for later
$emailfields .= $email .",";
}
... and then at the end of the loop you have the correct value.

You can use functions such as array_map and array_filter to get an array of all the valid emails.
if (isset($_POST['email'])) {
$sanitized_emails = array_map(function ($email) {
return filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
}, $_POST['email']);
$valid_emails = array_filter($sanitized_emails, function($email) {
return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
});
$emailfields = implode(',', $sanitized_emails);
}
Then you just have to compare the size of the two tabs.
$emailverification = 0;
if (count($emails) == count($valid_emails)) {
$emailverification = 1;
}

Check the affirmative for zero:
if (in_array('0', $emailcheckarray, true)) {
$emailverification = 0;
} else {
$emailverification = 1;
}
If you don't have any zeros, that means they're all ones.

Related

Received Array From one Input Field How Can Validate it?

I want to get ten emails from user.how to check the user provide the correct email or not ? i am try multiple methods but failed to check it please help.
for($i=1;$i<=9;$i++)
{
echo "<input type='text' value='' name='email[]' class='form-control'>"."</br>";
}
// Php Code
// Step One Catch The Values
$email = $_POST['email'];
// Unset the empty values from array
foreach($email =>$key as $emails){
if($emails == ""){
unset($email[$key]);
}
}
Here I am successfully done But when i try to validate it it return me errors which i was never face.
I want to remove html special character from input field and also validate my input using filter_var for email validation. I am trying to do it with loop through method but does not work.
To achieve that look over below code. As you are receiving the array of email as an input from the end user.
if(count($_POST['email']) > 0)
{
$pattern = "/^\[?[0-9\.]+\]?$/";
foreach($_POST['email'] as $email)
{
if (preg_match($pattern, $email) === 1) {
// emailaddress is valid
}
}
}
You are writing foreach wrong way. try below code
foreach($email as $key=>$emails)
{
if($emails == "")
unset($email[$key]);
}
The easiest and safest way to check whether an email address is well-formed is to use the filter_var() function:
if(count($_POST['email']) > 0)
{
$email = $_POST['email'];
foreach($email as $key => $emails)
{
if(!filter_var($emails, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
//invalid email
unset($email[$key]);
}
else
{
//valid email
}
}
}

Why does preg_match function validate all fields with a specific field argument?

I have a form in which I am using a preg_match function to validate fields. I have a generalized function for the matching. The function validateForm() is being called earlier on in the script with the appropriate values.
When the function is NOT passed any values, all the fields show the error message despite having correctly matching information. Generalized function with no arguments:
function validateForm() {
if(preg_match()) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} // end function validateForm
When I pass just ONE specific regex/field pair argument, all the fields begin to validate and show the error message when appropriate (so basically the code works as it should despite having a field-specific argument in the function). For example, when I pass this single regex/field argument into preg_match, all the fields begin to validate each field correctly, regardless of the fact that I am only checking for the 'City' field in this case. Example of passing a field-specific argument, in which all the code 'works':
function validateForm($cityRegex, $city) {
if(preg_match($cityRegex, $city)) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} // end function validateForm
Can someone explain to me why, when passed a specific argument for a specific field, the function will work for all individual preg_match arguments in the code? The script is running as I would want it to, I just do not understand why the specific argument is what makes it validate all fields.
Here is all of the PHP code, if needed:
<?php
$first = '';
$last = '';
$phone = '';
$city = '';
$state = '';
$error_message = '';
$firstLastRegex = '/^[a-zA-Z]{2,15}$/';
$lastRegex = '/^[a-zA-Z]{2,15}$/';
$phoneRegex = '/^(\(\d{3}\))(\d{3}\-)(\d{4})$/';
$cityRegex = '/^[a-zA-Z]{3,20}$/';
$stateRegex = '/^[a-zA-Z]{2}$/';
$validate_first = '';
$validate_last = '';
$validate_phone = '';
$validate_city = '';
$validate_state = '';
$phone_string = '';
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$first = $_POST['firstName'];
$last = $_POST['lastName'];
$phone = $_POST['phoneNumber'];
$city = $_POST['userCity'];
$state = $_POST['userState'];
$show_form = false;
$phone_string = str_replace(array('-', '(', ')'), '', $phone);
$validate_first = validateForm($firstLastRegex, $first);
$validate_last = validateForm($lastRegex, $last);
$validate_phone = validateForm($phoneRegex, $phone);
$validate_city = validateForm($cityRegex, $city);
$validate_state = validateForm($stateRegex, $state);
if($validate_first == false) {
$show_form = true;
$error_message .= "Please enter your FIRST name between 2 and 15 letters.<br>";
}
if($validate_last == false) {
$show_form = true;
$error_message .= "Please enter your LAST name between 2 and 15 letters.<br>";
}
if($validate_phone == false) {
$show_form = true;
$error_message .= "Please enter your phone number in (###)###-### format.<br>";
}
if($validate_city == false) {
$show_form = true;
$error_message .= "Please enter your city name between 3 and 20 letters.<br>";
}
if($validate_state == false) {
$show_form = true;
$error_message .= "Please enter your state's abbreviation (Example: CA).<br>";
}
} // end if isset();
else {
$show_form = true;
$error_message = "";
} // end else
// REGEX FUNCTION
function validateForm() {
if(preg_match()) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} // end function validateForm
?>
You still need to have arguments for you function. The code below will make your validate function work.
function validateForm($regEx, $field) {
if(preg_match($regEx, $field)) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} // end function validateForm
I also see other potential issues with not checking if post variables are set before using them, and you are setting $show_form = true for all your if/else cases. I'm sure you can figure everything else out with some debug statements.

PHP - Check if one of two form fields is filled?

My form has Phone and Email fields.
Many people might not be wanting/able to put both,
so I thought, that the validator would require only
one of those two filled, instead of requiring the both filled.
I've tried thinking of different ways to do it but I'm pretty new to PHP,
so I couldn't come with any.
Would this be possible?
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["phone"]))
{$phone = "";}
else
{$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);}
if (empty($_POST["comment"]))
{$comment = "";}
else
{$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);}
}
Thank you.
As your title states, 1 / 2 form fields is filled in.
$i = 0; // PUT THIS BEFORE YOUR IF STATEMENTS
Inside of your statements:
if (empty($_POST["phone"])) {
$phone = "";
} else {
$i++; // PUT THIS IN ALL YOU WANT TO COUNT, IT WILL ADD 1 to $i EACH TIME YOU CALL IT
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
}
Now at the end, if
// YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR NUMBERS TO WHATEVER COUNT YOU WANT
if ($i < 2) { // IF $i IS LESS THAN 2
// YOUR CODE HERE
} else { // IF $i IS 2 OR MORE
// YOUR CODE HERE
}
Hope this is somewhat useful!
or as stated above, you can use an
if (#$A && #$B) { // REQUIRES BOTH TO BE TRUE
// YOUR CODE HERE
} elseif (#$A || #$B) { // REQUIRES ONLY ONE TO BE TRUE
// YOUR CODE HERE
} else { // NONE ARE TRUE
// YOUR CODE HERE
}
if you are wondering about the # signs above, they are simply checking if they are set, you could change the code to !empty($A) which is what you used above. Putting the ! before the empty function checks that it is false or that $A is actually set.
If i would have to check a form like you, i'd do it this way:
$res = '';
if(empty($_POST['name']))
$res .= 'The name is required.<br>';
if(empty($_POST['email']))
$res .= 'The email is required.<br>';
if(empty($_POST['phone']) && empty($_POST['email']))
$res .= 'You need to enter phone or email.<br>';
if(strlen($res) > 0) {
echo 'We have these errors:';
echo $res;
}
else {
echo 'No Errors!';
}
If you want to show only one error each time, use this code:
$res = '';
if(empty($_POST['name']))
$res = 'The name is required.<br>';
elseif(empty($_POST['email']))
$res = 'The email is required.<br>';
elseif(empty($_POST['phone']) && empty($_POST['email']))
$res = 'You need to enter phone or email.<br>';
if(strlen($res) > 0) {
echo $res;
}
else {
echo 'No Error!';
}
Even if i think it's very basic, i'll explain the mentioned part, even if you could look it up from php.net:
$res .= 'The name is required';
The ".=" operator adds the part 'The name is required' to the variable $res. If this happens the first time, the variable will be empty, because i initialized it as an empty string. With every ongoing line, another error Message will be added to the string.
if(strlen($res) > 0) {
strlen() will return the length of the string in $res. If no error occured, it would still be empty, so strlen() would return 0.

Function to validate username and password not working [duplicate]

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Regular Expression matching for entire string
On my form page, I am trying to make it only accept alphanumeric characters for my username and password and require that they be from 6 to 15 characters. When I type in invalid data, it will insert it into the database rather than throw the user error that I defined in my CheckAlNum function.
functions.php
function checkAlNum($whichField)
{
if (preg_match('/[A-Za-z0-9]+/', $_POST[$whichField])){
if ( (!count(strlen($whichField) >= 6)) OR (!count(strlen($whichField) <= 15 ))) {
$message1 = '<p> Username and password must be between 6 and 15 characters </p>';
return user_error($message1);
}
else{
return true;
}
}
else {
$message = '<p>Username and password can only be numbers or letters</p>';
return user_error($message);
}
}
Form.php
if (count($_POST) > 0) {
//Validate the inputs
$errorMessages = array();
//Validate the username
$item5 = checkAlNum('username');
if($item5 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item5;
}
//Validate the password
$item6 = checkAlNum('password');
if($item6 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item6;
}
//Validate the firstName and lastName
$item1 = checkNameChars('firstName');
if ($item1 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item1;
}
$item2 = checkNameChars('lastName');
if ($item2 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item2;
}
//Validate the office name
$item3 = checkOfficeChars('office');
if ($item3 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item3;
}
//Validate the phone number
$item4 = validate_phone_number('phoneNumber');
if($item4 !== true) {
$errorMessages[] = $item4;
}
//Check to see if anything failed
if (count($errorMessages) == 0) {
$newEmployee = new Person;
$newEmployee -> insert();
}
else { //Else, reprint the form along with some error messages
echo "<h2><span>Error</span>: </h2>";
foreach($errorMessages as $msg) {
echo "<p>" . $msg . "</p>";
}
}
}
?>
I've tried playing around with the nesting of the if-else statements of the checkAlNum function and also the regex (although I'm pretty sure the regex is right). Maybe I'm just missing something really silly?
function checkAlNum($whichField)
{
if (preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]{6,15}$/i', $_POST[$whichField])) {
return true;
}
else {
$message = '<p>Username and password can only be numbers or letters, 6-15 characters long</p>';
return user_error($message);
}
}
Without the ^ and $ anchors, your regex only checks whether there are alphanumerics anywhere in the field, not that the whole thing is alphanumeric. And changing + to {6,15} implements the length check here, so you can remove that extra check in your code.
I think the second if statement is incorrect. It should be like this:
if ( !( (!count(strlen($whichField) >= 6)) OR (!count(strlen($whichField) <= 15 )) ) ) {
// ... do something
}
This is due to De Morgan Rule which states
A AND B = !( !A OR !B )
In any case, I would not do my checks this way, strucurally you will end up with too many nested if statements that are hard to maintain and make your code look unpretty. Try avoiding nested conditions in your code.
Barmar's answer is the best. But if you want to keep your if statement to check string length, you need to remove the count() as you are already checking the length using strlen().
if ( (!(strlen($whichField) >= 6)) OR (!(strlen($whichField) <= 15 ))) {

PHP contact form, am I doing it wrong?

I'm learning PHP and I'm trying to write a simple email script. I have a function (checkEmpty) to check if all the forms are filled in and if the email adress is valid (isEmailValid). I'm not sure how to return true checkEmpty funciton. Here's my code:
When the submit button is clicked:
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
//INSERT FORM VALUES INTO AN ARRAY
$field = array ('name' => $_POST['name'], 'email' => $_POST['email'], 'message' => $_POST['message']);
//CONVERT ARRAY KEYS TO VARIABLE NAMES
extract ($field);
checkEmpty($name, $email, $message);
function checkEmpty($name, $email, $message) {
global $name_error;
global $mail_error;
global $message_error;
//CHECK IF NAME FIELD IS EMPTY
if (isset($name) === true && empty($name) === true) {
$name_error = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your name</span>";
}
//CHECK IF EMAIL IS EMPTY
if (isset($email) === true && empty($email) === true) {
$mail_error = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your email address</span>";
//AND IF IT ISN'T EMPTY CHECK IF IT IS A VALID ONE
}
elseif (!isValidEmail($email)) {
$mail_error = "<span class='error_text'> * Please enter a valid email</span>";
}
//CHECK IF MESSAGE IS EMPTY
if (isset($message) === true && empty($message) === true) {
$message_error = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your message</span>";
}
}
// This function tests whether the email address is valid
function isValidEmail($email){
$pattern = "^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*#[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$";
if (eregi($pattern, $email))
{
return true;
} else
{
return false;
}
}
I know I shouldn't be using globals in the function, I don't know an alternative. The error messages are display beside each form element.
First of all, using global is a sin. You are polluting global namespace, and this is bad idea, except little ad-hoc scripts and legacy code.
Second, you are misusing isset - for two reasons:
a ) in given context you pass variable $name to function, so it is always set
b ) empty checks whether variable is set or not
Third, you should separate validation from generating html.
Fourth, you can use filter_var instead of regular expression to test if mail is valid.
Last, your code could look like that:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$fields = array ('name' => $_POST['name'], 'email' => $_POST['email'], 'message' => $_POST['message']);
//CONVERT ARRAY KEYS TO VARIABLE NAMES
extract ($fields);
$errors = validateFields($name, $email, $message);
if (!empty($errors)){
# error
foreach ($errors as $error){
print "<p class='error'>$error</p>";
}
} else {
# all ok, do your stuff
} // if
} // if
function validateFields($name, $email, $post){
$errors = array();
if (empty($name)){$errors[] = "Name can't be empty";}
if (empty($email)){$errors[] = "Email can't be empty";}
if (empty($post)){$errors[] = "Post can't be empty";}
if (!empty($email) && !filter_var($email,FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){$errors[] = "Invalid email";}
if (!empty($post) && strlen($post)<10){$errors[] = "Post too short (minimum 10 characters)";}
# and so on...
return $errors;
}
First of all, you should really re-think your logic as to avoid global variables.
Eitherway, create a variable $success and set it to true in the top of your functions. If any if statement fails, set it to false. Then return $success in the bottom of your function. Example:
function checkExample($txt) {
$success = true;
if (isset($txt) === true && empty($txt) === true) {
$error = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your example text</span>";
$success = false;
}
return $success;
}
I'm not sure this is what you want, the way I see it, you want $mail_error, $message_error and $name_error to be accessible from outside the function. If that's the case, what you need is something like this:
function checkEmpty($name, $email, $message) {
$results = false;
//CHECK IF NAME FIELD IS EMPTY
if (isset($name) === true && empty($name) === true) {
$results['name_error'] = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your name</span>";
}
//CHECK IF EMAIL IS EMPTY
if (isset($email) === true && empty($email) === true) {
$results['mail_error'] = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your email address</span>";
//AND IF IT ISN'T EMPTY CHECK IF IT IS A VALID ONE
}
elseif (!isValidEmail($email)) {
$results['mail_error'] = "<span class='error_text'> * Please enter a valid email</span>";
}
//CHECK IF MESSAGE IS EMPTY
if (isset($message) === true && empty($message) === true) {
$results['message_error'] = "<span class='error_text'>* Please enter your message</span>";
}
return $results;
}
$errors = checkEmpty($name, $email, $message);
now you can test for errors
if($errors){
extract ($errors); // or simply extract variables from array to be used next to form inputs
} else {
// there are no errors, do other thing if needed...
}

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