redirect on form submit - php

I am new to php. I have tried the following code to redirect the page when sign In button is clicked, but it is not happening. please help me editing the code. probably, there is an error in header() function. Have I used the header() function correctly?
<body>
<?php
$emailErr = $passwordErr = "";
$email = $password = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "*Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address syntax is valid
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/",$email)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["password"])) {
$passwordErr = "*Password is required";
} else {
$password = test_input($_POST["password"]);
}
}
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
include("signInform.php");
if($_POST["sign"])
{
header('Location:signInform.php');
}
?>
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
<h1>WELCOME</h1>
<h2>Please, Register Yourself!</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
<label>E-mail:</label><br />
<input type="text" name="email"/>
<span class="error"> <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br />
<label>Password:</label><br />
<input type="password" name="password"/>
<span class="error"> <?php echo $passwordErr;?></span>
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Register"/><br/>
<p>If already a user, Sign in! </p>
<input type="submit" value="Sign In" name="sign"/><br/>
</form>
</body>

Add #ob_start(); top of the page,
if (isset($_POST["sign"])) {
header('Location:signInform.php');
}

Just remove following line.
include("signInform.php");
and put header function like below.
header('location:signInform.php');

your issue is header already send.You can avoid this issue by using ob_start().Try like this:
<?php
ob_start();
$emailErr = $passwordErr = "";
$email = $password = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
if (empty($_POST["email"]))
{
$emailErr = "*Email is required";}
else
{
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address syntax is valid
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/",$email))
{
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["password"]))
{$passwordErr = "*Password is required";}
else
{$password = test_input($_POST["password"]);}
}
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
include("signInform.php");
if($_POST["sign"])
{
header('Location:signInform.php');
exit();
}
?>
<body>
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
<h1>WELCOME</h1>
<h2>Please, Register Yourself!</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
<label>E-mail:</label><br />
<input type="text" name="email"/>
<span class="error"> <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br />
<label>Password:</label><br />
<input type="password" name="password"/>
<span class="error"> <?php echo $passwordErr;?></span>
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Register"/><br/>
<p>If already a user, Sign in! </p>
<input type="submit" value="Sign In" name="sign"/><br/>
</form>
</body>

use--- echo '<script> location.href="signInform.php";</script>';
instead of header('Location:signInform.php');
replace if($_POST["sign"])
{
header('Location:signInform.php');
}
to
if($_POST["sign"])
{
echo '<script> location.href="signInform.php";</script>';
}
and why did you include include("signInform.php"); this line that's why showing error already sent.

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How to send email to user input email address after click a submit button? In php

I'm super new at coding. This is the form page code
<?php
// Start the session
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$fnameErr = $emailErr = $addressErr = $countryErr = $stateErr = $suburbErr = "";
$fname = $email = $address = $country = $state = $suburb = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["fname"])) {
$fnameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$fname = test_input($_POST["fname"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["address"])) {
$addressErr = "Address is required";
} else {
$address = test_input($_POST["address"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["country"])) {
$countryErr = "City is required";
} else {
$country = test_input($_POST["country"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["state"])) {
$stateErr = "State is required";
} else {
$state = test_input($_POST["state"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["suburb"])) {
$suburbErr = "State is required";
} else {
$suburb = test_input($_POST["suburb"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2 align="cemter">Check out</h2>
<p><span class="error">* required field</span></p>
Full Name: <input type="name" name="fname">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $fnameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="email" name="email">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Address: <input type="text" name="address">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $addressErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Country: <input type="text" name="country">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $countryErr;?></span>
<br><br>
State: <input type="text" name="state">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $stateErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Suburb: <input type="text" name="suburb">
<span class="error">*<?php echo $suburbErr;?></span>
<br><br>
<form method="post" action="../mailer/index.php">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Purchase">
</form>
</body>
</html>
But after I fill up all the information and click submit, the page said cannot connect to SMTP sever host. The strange thing is, I can send email while run the phpmailer index.php alone. The form page php file and the mailer php file is in a different folder but same parent folder, is this the problem?
If one page works and another doesn't, and these are in different folders, then yes, that could be the problem. However, the solution is probably not to just move one of the files (which would probably give you other path related issues), but instead make sure that they both can reach the neccessary configuration (SMTP server host in this case).

how to get data after self validation in php

how to pass the collected input to another page after self validate in php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="form1.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<?php
//define variable and set to empty value
$forenameErr = $surnameErr = $emailErr = $postalAddressErr = $landLineTelNoErr =$mobileTelNoErr = $sendMethodErr = "";
$forename = $surname = $email = $postalAddress = $landLineTelNo = $mobileTelNo = $sendMethod = "";
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST"){
$valid = true;
if(empty($_POST["forename"])){
$forenameErr = "Forename is required";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$forename = test_input($_POST["forename"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$forename)) {
$forenameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if(empty($_POST["surname"])){
$surnameErr = "Surname is required";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$surname = test_input($_POST["surname"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$surname)) {
$surnameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if(empty($_POST["postalAddress"])){
$postalAddressErr =" Please enter postal address";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$postalAddress = test_input($_POST["postalAddress"]);
}
if(empty($_POST["landLineTelNo"])){
$landLineTelNoErr = "Please enter a telephone number";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$landLineTelNo = test_input($_POST["landLineTelNo"]);
// check if invalid telephone number added
if (!preg_match("/^[0-9 ]{7,}$/",$landLineTelNo)) {
$landLineTelNoErr = "Invalid telephone number entered";
}
}
if(empty($_POST["mobileTelNo"])){
$mobileTelNoErr = "Please enter a telephone number";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$mobileTelNo = test_input($_POST["mobileTelNo"]);
// check if invalid telephone number added
if (!preg_match("/^[0-9 ]{7,}$/",$mobileTelNo)) {
$mobileTelNoErr = "Invalid telephone number entered";
}
}
if(empty($_POST["email"])){
$emailErr = "Email is required";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address is well-formed
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if(empty($_POST["sendMethod"])){
$sendMethodErr = "Contact method is required";
$valid = false; //false
} else {
$sendMethod = test_input($_POST["sendMethod"]);
}
//if valid then redirect
if($valid){
header('Location: userdetail.php');
exit();
}
}
//check
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<div id="wrapper">
<h1>Welcome to Chollerton Tearoom! </h1>
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Find out more</li>
<li>Offer</li>
<li>Credit</li>
<li>Admin</li>
<li>WireFrame</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<form id = "userdetail" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>" method="POST">
<fieldset id="aboutyou">
<legend id="legendauto">user information</legend>
<p>
<label for="forename">Forename: </label>
<input type="text" name="forename" id="forename" value="<?php echo $forename;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $forenameErr;?></span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="surname">Surname:</label>
<input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" value="<?php echo $surname;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $surnameErr;?></span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="postalAddress">Postal Address:</label>
<input type="text" name="postalAddress" id="postalAddress" value="<?php echo $postalAddress;?>">
<span class="error"> </span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="landLineTelNo">Landline Telephone Number:</label>
<input type="text" name="landLineTelNo" id="landLineTelNo" value="<?php echo $landLineTelNo;?>" >
<span class="error"> * <?php echo $landLineTelNoErr;?></span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="mobileTelNo">Moblie:</label>
<input type="text" name="mobileTelNo" id="mobileTelNo" placeholder="example:012-3456789" value="<?php echo $mobileTelNo;?>" />
<span class="error"><?php echo $mobileTelNoErr;?></span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="email">E-mail:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $email;?>" placeholder="example:123#hotmail.com"/>
<span class="error"> </span>
</p>
<fieldset id="future">
<legend>Lastest news</legend>
<p>
Choose the method you recommanded to recevive the lastest information
</p>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="sendMethod" id="sendMethod" <?php if (isset($sendMethod) && $sendMethod=="email") echo "checked";?> value="email">
Email
<input type="radio" name="sendMethod" id="sendMethod" <?php if (isset($sendMethod) && $sendMethod=="post") echo "checked";?> value="post">
Post
<input type="radio" name="sendMethod" id="sendMethod" <?php if (isset($sendMethod) && $sendMethod=="SMS") echo "checked";?> value="SMS">
SMS
<span class="error">* <?php echo $sendMethodErr;?></span>
</fieldset>
<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="check" id="agree" />
I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
</p>
</form>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
here is my php form...
it can validate itself in the same page but couldn't pass the data to another php page....
here is my another php code...
<?php
$forenameErr = $surnameErr = $emailErr = $postalAddressErr = $landLineTelNoErr =$mobileTelNoErr = $sendMethodErr = "";
$forename = $surname = $email = $postalAddress = $landLineTelNo = $mobileTelNo = $sendMethod = "";
echo "<h1>Successfull submission :</h1>";
echo "<p>Forename : $forename <p/>";
echo "<p>Surname : $surname <p/>";
echo "<p>Email: $email</p>";
echo "<p>Post Address: $postalAddress</p>";
echo "<p>Landline: $landLineTelNo</p>";
echo "<p>Mobile : $mobileTelNo</p>";
echo "<p>Contact method: $sendMethod";
?>
You can use $_SESSION variables.
PHP $_SESSIONS
PHP Sessions and Cookies
So after the users has been validated set $_SESSION['surname'] = $surname;
Then on the top of each page add session_start(); to the top.
Then Under that add
if (isset($_SESSION['surname'])) {
$surname = $_SESSION['surname'];
} else {
die();
}
View the PHP docs for a more thorough understanding.
You may also want to look into setting up a MYSQL database if you want users to be able to create accounts.
Edit: form page
if($valid){
$_SESSION['surname'] = $surname;
$_SESSION['postalAddress'] = $postalAddress;
header('Location: userdetail.php');
exit();
}

Validating email before sending it from validated PHP form

I'm using this code from W3 (http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_complete.asp) to make server side validation for given example form.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
$nameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address syntax is valid
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/",$email)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["website"])) {
$website = "";
} else {
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
// check if URL address syntax is valid (this regular expression also allows dashes in the URL)
if (!preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&##\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&##\/%=~_|]/i",$website)) {
$websiteErr = "Invalid URL";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["comment"])) {
$comment = "";
} else {
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["gender"])) {
$genderErr = "Gender is required";
} else {
$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $email;?>">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website" value="<?php echo $website;?>">
<span class="error"><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"><?php echo $comment;?></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="female") echo "checked";?> value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="male") echo "checked";?> value="male">Male
<span class="error">* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
Although server side validation works fine,I can't put mail() function to work ONLY WHEN both $name (treated as subject) and $comment (treated as message) fields are filled.
I've tried many combinations but email is always submitted even when fields are empty.
So my question is: how to make this validated form send email only when $name and $comment fields are filled and validated?
As you are creating $nameErr when the name is invalid and $comment is an empty string when the comment is valid you can use the following conditional:
if (!$nameErr && $comment) {
}
Empty strings are considered FALSE:
http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php
You can always use flags.
<?php
....
// let's say there are some flags for validation
if($flag1 && $flag2 && .. $flagN){
// perform email sending here
}
?>
Or you can use the default error message variables; check if they are empty
<?php
if(!empty($nameErr) && !empty($comment)){
// perform email sending
}
?>
Do the validation after you validated $name and $comment:
if($nameErr == "" && $emailErr == "") { // If they are empty, no errors where found
// Do your email validation here
}

Login page without database connectivity

here is the code
<body>
<?php
$name=$email=$pwd=$nameErr=$emailErr=$pwdErr=$flag="";
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
if (empty($_POST["name"]))
{
$nameErr = "Name is required";
}
else
{
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name))
{
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
$flag=0;
}
else
{
$flag=1;
}
}
if (empty($_POST["email"]))
{$emailErr = "Email is required";}
else
{
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/",$email))
{
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
$flag=0;
}
else
{
$flag=2;
}
}
if(empty($_POST["pwd"]))
{$pwdErr="enter password";}
else
{
$pwd=test_input($_POST["pwd"]);
if(!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$pwd))
{
$pwdErr="Only characters and white spaces are allowed";
$flag=0;
}
else
{
$flag=3;
}
}
if($flag=1 && $flag=2 && $flag=3)
{
header("Location: login.php");
}
else
{
header("Location:form.php");
}
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>" method="post">
Name:<input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name; ?>"/>
<span class="error"><?php echo $nameErr; ?></span><br />
Password:<input type="password" name="pwd" value="<?php echo $pwd; ?>" />
<span class="error"><?php echo $pwdErr; ?></span><br />
Email:<input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $email; ?>"/>
<span class="error"><?php echo $emailErr; ?></span><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
The problem is that I want the webpage to navigate to "login.php" after validations are completed. But it is getting navigated to the "login.php" page by clicking on button and the navigations are also not getting checked.
Can anyone help me to fix this? Thanks in advance.
There is a logical problem here if($flag=1 && $flag=2 && $flag=3) and secondly you should use == for comparison. And also how $flag has a value 1,2 and 3 simultaneously?
Adittionaly you should implement some session handling
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp
http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.session.php

Not displaying Error Message

i am a newbie in this php. i am trying to make some validation for my form which will show the error msg if it exploits my validation rules.
my connection file.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","") or die('could not connect the server: '. mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("interview",$con);
?>
my validate.php file
<?php
require_once('connect.php');
$realnameErr = $nickErr = $passwordErr = $emailErr = "";
$realname = $nick = $password = $email = "";
?>
my form
<form name='v2' id='login' method='post' action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
<fieldset>
<legend>Login</legend>
<label for='realname' >Real Name*:</label>
<input type='text' name='realname' id='realname' maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $realname;?>" /></br>
<span class="error"><?php echo $realnameErr;?></span>
<br>
<label for='nick' >Nick*:</label>
<input type='text' name='nick' id='nick' maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $nick;?>" /></br>
<span class="error"><?php echo $nickErr;?></span>
<br>
<label for='password' >Password*:</label>
<input type='password' name='password' id='password' maxlength="50" /></br>
<span class="error"><?php echo $passwordErr;?></span>
<br>
<label for='email' >Email*:</label>
<input type='text' name='email' id='email' maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $email;?>"/></br>
</fieldset>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='submit' />
</form>
validation begins here
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if (empty($_POST["realname"]))
{
$realnameErr = "Name is required";
}
else
{
$realname=test_input($_POST["realname"]);
if(!preg_match("/^[a-zA-z ]*$/",$realname))
{
$realnameErr = "only letters and white space allowed";
}}
if(empty($_POST["nick"]))
{
$nickErr = "Nick is required";
}
else {
$nick=($_POST["nick"]);
}
if(empty($_POST["password"]))
{
$passwordErr = "password is required";
}
else {
$password=($_POST["password"]);
}
if(empty($_POST["email"]))
{
$emailErr = "email is required";
}
else {
$email=test_input($_POST["email"]);
if(!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/",$email))
{
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}}
checking then inserting
if((!$realnameErr) && (!$nickErr) && (!$passwordErr) && (!$emailErr)) {
$query="INSERT INTO `main`"."(realname,nick,password,email)". "VALUES". "('$realname','$nick',SHA('$password'),'$email')";
$res=mysql_query($query);
echo '<p>Your account has been Successfully created,You are now ready to login. </p>';
}
}}
function test_input($data)
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
You need to have your working Script before you display your form. Because at the moment, the time you output <span class="error"><?php echo $nickErr;?></span> the variable $nickErr is still empty and therefore does not display anything.
Try this:
// Init
$errors = array();
// Validate Post Data
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if (empty($_POST["realname"])) {
$errors[] = "Name is required";
} else {
$realname = test_input($_POST["realname"]);
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-z ]*$/", $realname)) {
$errors[] = "only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["nick"])) {
$errors[] = "Nick is required";
} else {
$nick = ($_POST["nick"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["password"])) {
$errors[] = "password is required";
} else {
$password = ($_POST["password"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$errors[] = "email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\#[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email)) {
$errors[] = "Invalid email format";
}
}
}
}
// If there is any error
if (sizeof($errors))
{
// display it
echo '<div>Following error(s) occured:<br /><br />'. implode('<br />', $errors) .'</div>';
}
else
{
// proceed with db insert here
}

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