make cake php validation form to contact form - php

Question

I want to make a validation form in cakephp my code form is:
view
<div class="well">
<?php
echo $this->Form->create(false);
echo $this->Form->input('name', array('label' => 'name '));
echo $this->Form->input('PHONE_NUMBER', array('label' => 'PHONE_NUMBER '));
echo $this->Form->input('EMAIL', array('label' => 'EMAIL '));
echo $this->Form->input('ISSUE', array('label' => 'ISSUE '));
echo $this->Form->input('IP', array('label' => 'IP '));
echo $this->Form->submit('Send.');
?>
Controller
<?php
class ContactController extends AppController {
public function index() {
if (empty($_POST) === FALSE) {
$message = '';
$message .=$_POST['data']['EMAIL'] . ' <br/>';
$message .=$_POST['data']['name'] . ' <br/>';
$message .=$_POST['data']['PHONE_NUMBER'] . ' <br/>';
$message .=$_POST['data']['ISSUE'] . ' <br/>';
$message .=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . ' <br/>';
mail('mohmed#lcegy.com', 'Support From Website ', $message);
$this->Session->setFlash("Thanks , an email just sent .");
}
}
}
My question is how to implement validation in this form and how to get the IP address of the visitor?

Answer 1

You may want to update your index() function to look something similar to this: I think it's more of the cakePHP convention.
public function index() {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$message = '';
$message = $this->request->data['EMAIL'];
...
}
}
For validation, you can add that to your model. You could do something similar:
public $validate = array(
'EMAIL' => 'email',
'name' => array(
'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
'required' => true
)
);
For more validation, you can look at the documentation: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/data-validation.html
You can use $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to get the client's IP Address.

Answer 2

You Can Do Validation From Your Model by setting Rules as follows
public $validate =
array(
'Email' => array
(
'rule' => 'notempty'
),
);

Answer 3

Best way to do it by model as above given answers but you can also do it at view page by simply adding attributes "require" and define proper types like emails, numbers. eg. in your form:
<?php
echo $this->Form->create(false);
echo $this->Form->input('name', array('label' => 'name ', 'required' => true));
echo $this->Form->input('PHONE_NUMBER', array('label' => 'PHONE_NUMBER ', 'required' => true,'type'=>'number'));
echo $this->Form->input('EMAIL', array('label' => 'EMAIL ', 'required' => true, 'type' => 'email'));
echo $this->Form->input('ISSUE', array('label' => 'ISSUE ', 'required' => true));
echo $this->Form->input('IP', array('label' => 'IP ', 'required' => true));
echo $this->Form->submit('Send.');
?>