PHP Forum

**Evelath** · 09-06-2007, 04:11 PM

Well; I'm currently taking a PhP/MySQL programming class, and I'm curious if I've done an assignment correctly:

"Create a php script that will process and print a form. The form will take as input a person's first and last name, and an e-mail address. The form (when the submit button is pressed) will then output the persons name and a message that will state that e-mail has been sent to them. You are not sending e-mail of course, this is just a practice for later projects."

Now; this is what I created for this assignment:

HTML Code:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>E-mail Submission</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<form method = "post"
      action = "mainPHP.php">
Please type your first name:
<input type = "text"
       name = "firstName">
<br>
<br>

Please type your last name:
<input type = "text"
       name = "lastName">
<br>
<br>

Pleast type you E-mail Address:
<input type = "text"
       name = "email">
<br>
<br>
<input type = "submit" />
</center>
</form>
</body>
</html>

^^ I used above as merely a simple HTML script obviously, the following is the PhP script:

Code:

<?php

$firstName = $_POST['firstName'];
$lastName = $_POST['lastName'];
$email = $_POST['email'];

echo "Hello $firstName $lastName, the E-mail was sent to $email. ";

?>

The code works as I want it to, however, the assignment is for one PHP script, and from what I've read in the book, it only explains using two files to complete this type of project.

The question is, can I create the same thing, with only one PHP code?

**solomongaby** · 09-06-2007, 04:34 PM

yes you can .....

Code:

<?php 

if ($_POST['submit']) {
.... the php script .... or 
include ( 'mainphp.php' )
} else {
echo html form or 
include ('html_form.php')
}
?>

this method ( single file ) is usefull when you check the form and return an error ... with the form fields already filled with what he wrote in the form.

**NullPointer** · 09-06-2007, 07:27 PM

This code would do it all in the same page. Notice that I've changed the action on the form.

PHP Code:


			
<?php



if(isset($_POST['firstname']))

{

    echo //your string here.

}

else

{

    echo '<html>

<head>

<title>E-mail Submission</title>

</head>

<body>

<center>

<form method = "post"

      action = "thispage.php">

Please type your first name:

<input type = "text"

       name = "firstName">

<br>

<br>



Please type your last name:

<input type = "text"

       name = "lastName">

<br>

<br>



Pleast type you E-mail Address:

<input type = "text"

       name = "email">

<br>

<br>

<input type = "submit" />

</center>

</form>

</body>

</html>';

}

**Evelath** · 09-07-2007, 04:03 AM

Thanks for the assistance thus far; however both of those come up with errors. (Even when I insert in the selected/needed files.) Could an example be provided of how one would look if the files were listed? I believe both center around having an error in Line 6 or so.

**Evelath** · 09-07-2007, 01:41 PM

I suppose a better question would be to ask if there is a way to accomplish this without using Include or using another file?

**frost** · 09-07-2007, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evelath

I suppose a better question would be to ask if there is a way to accomplish this without using Include or using another file?

NullPointer's post does pretty much what you just said. It doesn't require any includes or other files. Just change the echo //your string here. line (which is causing the error if you did not change it) to echo a string of your choosing, e.g., echo 'Thank you for your submission';. Also, make sure you end the PHP script with a ?>.

**solomongaby** · 09-07-2007, 04:23 PM

on the form action you can put $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] and that makes the script work no matter the file's name