Please could you help me here I have this code for my contact page:

<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"method="post" name="form" id="form">
<div class="divRightContact"><p>
  <?php

if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {

} else {
$Firstname = $_POST['Firstname'];

$Surname = $_POST['Surname'];

$Email = $_POST['Email'];

$Company = $_POST['Company'];

$phone = ereg_replace('[^0-9]', '', $_POST['Telephone']);

$employee = ($_POST['employee']);

$consultingtype = $_POST['consultingtype'];

$message = $_POST['message'];
 
if (!empty($_POST['Firstname'])) {
} else {
$Firstname = FALSE;
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter your first name.</font></p>";
}
if (!empty($_POST['Surname'])) {
} else {
$Surname = FALSE;
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter your surname.</font></p>";
}
if(eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $Email)){
 } else { echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter a valid email address.</font></p>"; 
}  
 if (!empty($_POST['Company'])) {
} else {
$Company = FALSE;
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter your company name.</font></p>";
}

if (!filter_var($phone, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => "/^0[1-9][0-9]{8,9}$/")))) {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter a valid phone number.</font></p>";
} 
if ($employee == "employee"){
 
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
}

   if ($consultingtype == "consultingtype") {
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
}
if (!empty($_POST['message'])) {
} else {
$message = FALSE;
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please enter a message.</font></p>";
}
  
if(isset($_POST['checkbox'])) {
} else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>You must agree to the Terms and Conditions.</font></p>";
}
}
?>

However when I run the page the validation all works but say if I enter a valid email address and name but not a message then the PHP will clear all the data including the the valid email address and name I will have to enter everything again.

Please could somebody explain to me step by step how I could solve this problem easily.

Thanks

echo the valid data back into the fields as they are displayed.

Ok thanks but how exactly do I this?

Your feedback will be most appreciated.

Thanks

Originally Posted by njccbeach9

Ok thanks but how exactly do I this?

For example:

PHP Code:

<input type="text" name="Firstname" value="<?php echo $_POST['Firstname']; ?>" />

Thank you very much for your reply. It all works except for a few issues.

First of all when the page loads it loads up text inside the textbox like:

<br /><b>Notice</b>: Undefined index: Company in <b>../Contact Us/contactus.php</b> on line <b>417</b><br />

However when I clear it and enter the data and submit it all works the way I want.

More of a problem though, the following method does not work for my 2 drop downs and text area.

Anyway, I think we have almost solved this problem. Your help is most appreciated.

for "dropdowns" you have to set selected="selected" into the appropriate option.

for a textarea the echo goes between the tags eg:
<textarea><?php echo($post['keyname'])</textarea>

For the other problem we need to see your code.

I have just solved the other problem with the undefined variables so don't worry about that. Thanks for your code for the php code for the Textarea, that all works.

Just the drop down lists, Here is my code for the drop down lists as it stands:

 <tr>
    <td><p>Number of employees</p></td>
    <td>
 
      <select name="employee" id="employee">
        <option value="please_select">Please select</option>
        <option value="employee">1-10</option>
        <option value="employee">10-20</option>
        <option value="employee">20-40</option>
        <option value="employee">40-80</option>
        <option value="employee">80-160</option>
        <option value="employee">160-320</option>
        <option value="employee">320-640</option>
        <option value="employee">Over 1000</option>
      </select></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>Consulting type</p></td>
    <td>
      <select name="consultingtype" id="consultingtype">
        <option value="please_select" selected>Please select</option>
        <option value="consultingtype">Financial Support</option>
        <option value="consultingtype">Marketing Support</option>
      </select></td>
  </tr>

I have tried adding php to selected under every option but it just does not work. Please could you help, it's almost done.

Thanks for all your guys

Originally Posted by njccbeach9

<br /><b>Notice</b>: Undefined index: Company in <b>../Contact Us/contactus.php</b> on line <b>417</b><br />

By default notices are not enabled. In a testing environment they can be useful but otherwise you should have your error reporting set to E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE. Alternatively you could check if the index exists before you try to use it:

PHP Code:

<input type="text" name="Firstname" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['Firstname'])) ? $_POST['Firstname'] : ''; ?>" />

Yes, I have done the alternative:

<table width="508" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td><p>First name</p></td>
    <td><label>
    <input type="text" name="Firstname" id="Firstname" value="<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {} else { 
    $Firstname=$_POST['Firstname']; echo "$Firstname"; }?>" >
   </label> </td> 
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="164"><p>Surname</p></td>
    <td width="334"><label>
    <input type="text" name="Surname" id="Surname" value="<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {} else { 
    $Surname=$_POST['Surname']; echo "$Surname"; }?>" >
    </label></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>Email Address</p></td>
    <td><label>
      <input type="text" name="Email" id="Email" value="<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {} else { 
    $Email=$_POST['Email']; echo "$Email"; }?>">
    </label></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>Company name</p></td>
    <td><label>
      <input type="text" name="Company" id="Company" value="<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {} else { 
    $Company=$_POST['Company']; echo "$Company"; }?>">
    </label></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>Telephone Number</p></td>
    <td><input type="text" name="Telephone" id="Telephone" value="<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {} else { 
    $phone=$_POST['Telephone']; echo "$phone"; }?>"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

It all works fantastically but I can't get it to work with drop downs. Any suggestions?

This is how I normally do it:

PHP Code:

<?php
$options = array('option1', 'option2', 'option3');
?>
Select One: <select name="mySelect">
<?php foreach($options as $option) : ?>
     <option value="<?php echo $option; ?>" <?php echo ($_POST['mySelect'] == $option) ? 'selected="selected"' : ''; ?> ><?php echo $option; ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
<?php

OK thanks, however, I have two values set on my original drop down list. employee and please_select. If the value is employee which is a valid item it will go through if not then it will come up with an error. Here is the validation code I used to validate my drop down:

PHP Code:

if ($employee == "employee"){
 
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
} 


Thanks

So why is your "number of employees" selector always going to return a value of "employee"?

It is only going to get give a value of employee if the user has selected a valid item. If the user has not selected an item then the value will not be employee and therefore an error will appear.

Yep, BUT even when the users has selected a "valid item" the return value will be "employee" NOT the number of employees that has been selected.

So you're saying that when the message gets sent, it will send me the value of the drop down not the text of the drop down.

That how it works for ALL form elements, it is the VALUE attribute that is sent with the name attribute as the key.

Ok I have changed the values for both drop downs and have tried to validate them with PHP without success. Please can you help me:

Here is my new php validation for both drop downs that does not work:

PHP Code:

if ($employee =="1-10" or "10-20"or"20-40" or "40-80" or "80-160" or "160-320" or"320-640" or "1000+"){
 
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
}

   if ($consultingtype  == "FinanceSupport" or "MarketingSupport") {
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
} 


I have tried arraying the values but it does not work like:
($consulting type == array("FinanceSupport" , "MarketingSupport"))

Please can you help me

You don't need to validate the actual value returned from a select box because it will be something you put there.
Simply check that is NOT the default value, which you would have as "Select" or something similar.

your IF statement should be

PHP Code:

if($var == "value" or $var == "value2") {
//
} 


Which would be coded as

PHP Code:

if($var == "value" || $var == "value2" || $var == "value3") {
//
} 


Ok thanks for that observation and correction most appreciated.

Now I have changed the code to this:

PHP Code:

if ($employee == "1-10" || $employee == "10-20" || $employee == "20-40" || $employee == "40-80" || $employee == "80-160" || $employee == "160-320" || $employee == "320-640" || $employee == "1000+"){
 
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
}
 
   if($consultingtype == "FinanceSupport" || $consultingtype == "MarketingSupport") { 
 
}else {
echo "<p><font color='red'>Please select an item</font></p>";
} 


How do I make it so that when the user submit and selects a valid value from the drop down it keeps the selection selected?

Thanks.

http://phpbeginner.net/2009/10/30/ma...sed-form-data/