Form Validation with PHP
Date Posted: 09/01/2019
In this post we will and validate a simple form using HTML and PHP.
Step 1: Create the html form using following code.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="alumini-form">
Name <input type="text" name="name" value="">
Address <input type="text" name="address" value="">
Email <input type="text" name="email" value="">
<input type="radio" name="howMany" value="zero"> 0
<input type="radio" name="howMany" value="one"> 1
<input type="radio" name="howMany" value="two"> 2
<input type="radio" name="howMany" value="twoplus"> More than 2
<select name="favFruit[]" size="4" multiple>
<option value="apple">Apple</option>
<option value="banana">Banana</option>
<option value="plum">Plum</option>
<option value="pomegranate">Pomegranate</option>
<option value="strawberry">Strawberry</option>
<option value="watermelon">Watermelon</option>
</select>
<input type="checkbox" name="brochure" value="Yes">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>Step 2: Please use the following code to validate the php forms. You can add the below code before html code.
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
$nameErr = "Missing";
}
else {
$name = $_POST["name"];
}
if (empty($_POST["address"])) {
$addrErr = "Missing";
}
else {
$address = $_POST["address"];
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Missing";
}
else {
$email = $_POST["email"];
}
if (!isset($_POST["howMany"])) {
$howManyErr = "You must select 1 option";
}
else {
$howMany = $_POST["howMany"];
}
if (empty($_POST["favFruit"])) {
$favFruitErr = "You must select 1 or more";
}
else {
$favFruit = $_POST["favFruit"];
}
}
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