faulty error output in my registration form - php

Question

I am trying to make a registration form and doing some checks before running SQL queries, but as i test and try to generate multiple errors, i am getting only the error that comes first, or sometimes no error at all. I am unable to locate where i have made error.
The following is the code in PHP.
//function to filter only phone numbers
function get_phone($number) {
return preg_replace('#[^0-9]#', '', $number);
}
//function to take only alphabets.
function get_alpha($alphabets){
return preg_replace('#[^a-z]#', '', $alphabets);
}
//function to check email.
function isValidEmail($email){
if (strlen ($email) > 50){
$errors[] = 'email address too long, please use a shorter email address..!';
} else {
return (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL));
}
}
function output_errors($errors){
$output = array();
foreach($errors as $error) {
$output[] = '<li>' . $error . '</li>';
}
return '<ul>' . implode('', $output) . '</ul>';
}
if (empty($_POST) === false) {
//store the text box field names of the form to local variables.
$cust_name = $_POST['name1'];
$cust_email = $_POST['email'];
$cust_phone = $_POST['phone'];
$cust_addr1 = $_POST['addr1'];
$cust_addr2 = $_POST['addr2'];
$cust_city = $_POST['city'];
$cust_state = $_POST['state'];
$cust_country = $_POST['country'];
$username = $_POST['uname'];
$password = $_POST['passwd'];
$cnf_passwd = $_POST['cnf_passwd'];
$sec_que = $_POST['sec_que'];
$sec_ans = $_POST['sec_ans'];
//sanitize the inputs from the users end.
$cust_name = sanitize($username);
$cust_phone = get_phone($cust_phone);
$cust_addr1 = sanitize($cust_addr1);
$cust_addr2 = sanitize($cust_addr2);
$cust_city = get_alpha($cust_city);
$cust_state = get_alpha($cust_state);
$cust_country = get_alpha($cust_country);
$username = sanitize($username);
$password = md5($password);
$cnf_passwd = md5($cnf_passwd);
$sec_que = sanitize($sec_que); //put up dropdown menu
$sec_ans = sanitize($sec_ans);
$cust_email = isValidEmail($cust_email);
//check for error handling in form data
//1. check for empty fields,
if ($cust_name == "" || $cust_phone == "" ||
$cust_addr1 == "" || $username == "" ||
$password == "" || $cnf_passwd == "" ||
$sec_que == "" || $sec_ans == ""
) {
$errors[] = 'No blank fields allowed, please fill out all the required fields..!';
//2.check for field lengths
} else if (strlen($cust_name) < 3 || strlen($cust_name > 20)) {
$errors[] = 'The name length should be between 3 to 20, please check & correct..!';
//3. check for phone number length
} else if (strlen($cust_phone) < 10 || strlen($cust_phone) > 11) {
$errors[] = 'The phone number must be 10 or 11 digits..!';
//4. check for address input lengths.
} else if (strlen($cust_addr1) < 5 || strlen($cust_addr1) > 50) {
$errors[] = 'Please provide a valid address..to serve you better..!';
//5. check if the password fields content match.
//length is not checked because the entered values will be converted to MD5 hash
// of 32 characters.
} else if ($password != $cnf_passwd) {
$errors[] = 'The passwords do not match. Please enter your passwords again..!';
// 6. check for length of the security answers.
} else if (strlen($sec_ans) < 5 || strlen($sec_ans) > 50) {
$errors[] = 'Please enter a proper security answer..!';
} //7. check for valid email address
else if($cust_email == false){
$errors[] = 'The email address you entered is not valid, please check and correct..!';
} else {
execute the SQL queries and enter the values in the database.
echo 'GOOD...TILL NOW..!!!';
}
} else {
$errors [] = 'No data received, Please try again..!!';
}
if(empty($errors) === false) {
?>
<h2>The Following errors were encountered:</h2>
<?php
echo output_errors($errors); //output the errors in an ordered way.
}
?>

Answer 1

When you use this structure:
if () {
} else if () {
} else if () {
}
// etc.
then only one condition can be satisfied. As soon as one of those if conditions is true, the rest of the else if blocks and the final else block are ignored.
If your conditions aren't mutually exclusive, put them in their own separate blocks:
if () {
}
if () {
}
if () {
}
// etc.