PHP Forum

**amw_drizz** · 09:57 PM

is there a way i can validate form entris ie that the name box is filled and so on?

the other thing is that i want a if statement so if some one fills out a form to join my clan and they are too young ie 5-13 i want them redirected to a page stating sorry then to google.com

current code

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$age = $_POST['age'];

if($age == '10-15')) {

echo 'sorry you are too young';

} else {

include 'sendmail.php';

)

?>

**amw_drizz** · 03-23-2005, 06:40 AM

i also am trying to set cookies so they cannot revist the site to retry signing up.
this is my javascript code for cookies
Read Cookie

Code:

<script>
function readCookie(age)
{
  var cookieValue = "too young";
  var search = name + "=";
  if(document.cookie.length > 0)
  { 
    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
    if (offset != -1)
    { 
      offset += search.length;
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
      cookieValue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
    }
  }
  return cookieValue;
}
</script>

Write Cookie

Code:

<script = javascript>
// Example:
// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);
// Stores the string "my name" in the cookie "myCookie" which expires after 24 hours.
function writeCookie(age, too young, 100000)
{
  var expire = "";
  if(hours != null)
  {
    expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
    expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
  }
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;
}
</script>

i need to use a php if function to see if the cookie has been set with the value "too young" to redirect to a sorry page

**simptech** · 03-23-2005, 11:29 AM

Just perform a check like the one below...

PHP Code:


			
if (!empty($_COOKIE['too_young'])) {
    // too young
} else {
    // let 'em pass
}

By the way, I suggest not using spaces in variable names as it may break your script and/or make it more difficult to check their values

**amw_drizz** · 03-23-2005, 03:08 PM

OKay the other thing is that i need it to validate from a feild in a form and if age equals below 13 that saves a cookie saying too young.

then after the form has been sent to me to save another cookie to prevent people from signing up twice

current final.php coade

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$age = $_POST['age'];

if($age == '10-15')) {

?>

<script = javascript>

// Example:

// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);

// Stores the string "my name" in the cookie "myCookie" which expires after 24 hours.

function writeCookie(age, too young, 100000)

{

  var expire = "";

  if(hours != null)

  {

    expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);

    expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();

  }

  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;

}

</script>

<?php

echo 'sorry you are too young';

} else {

include 'sendmail.php';

)

?>

**simptech** · 03-25-2005, 08:10 AM

If you are going to use php, you might as well use it to set the cookie.

As for checking cookie and/or posted age...

PHP Code:


			
<?



if ($_POST['age'] == "10-15" || $_COOKIE['age'] == "too young") {

    setcookie("age", "too young", time()+60*60*24*30);

    echo "Sorry, but you are too young.";

} else {

    include("sendmail.php");

}



?>

**amw_drizz** · 03-26-2005, 06:03 PM

so how would i use php to check the cookies

**amw_drizz** · 03-27-2005, 11:31 AM

okay this relates to setting the cookies...
final.php

PHP Code:


			
<?php

include 'http;//jonspcrepair.com/inc/header.php';

if ($_POST['age'] == "<13" || $_COOKIE['age'] == "too_young") {

    setcookie("age", "too_young", time()+60*60*24*30);

    include 'sorry.php?p=young';

} else ($_POST['submit'] == "true" || $_COOKIE['join'] == "completed") {

    setcookie("join", "completed", time()+60*60*24*30);

    include 'sendmail.php';

}

?>

error

Code:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '{' in /var/www/html/test/final.php on line 6

joinamw.php

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<title>Join The AMW Clan</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php

include 'http://jonspcrepair.com/inc/header.php';



if (!empty($_COOKIE['too_young'])) {

    include 'sorry.php?p=young';

} elseif (!empty($_COOKIE['completed'])) {

    include 'sorry.php?p=completed';

} else {

    include 'form.php';

}

?>

</body>

</html>

Form.php

PHP Code:


			
<form action="final.php" method="post" name="joinamw" id="joinamw">

  <p>Please Fill out the following completly</p>

  <p>* detnotes a required feild</p>

  <table width="326" height="211" border="0">

    <tr>

      <td width="120"><div align="right">First Name </div></td>

      <td width="196"><input name="fname" type="text" id="fname"></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><p align="right">Last Name</p>

      </td>

      <td><input name="lname" type="text" id="lname"></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">Clan Name </div></td>

      <td><input name="clanname" type="text" id="clanname"></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">Town</div></td>

      <td><input name="town" type="text" id="town"></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">Connection Speed </div></td>

      <td><select name="connect" id="connect">

        <option value="56k">56k Dialup</option>

        <option value="ISDN Line">ISDN</option>

        <option value="DSL">DSL</option>

        <option value="1 Mb Cable">Cable 1 Meg</option>

        <option value="2 MB + Cable">Cable 2 Meg+</option>

        <option value="No Clue">Dont Know</option>

      </select></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">Ability</div></td>

      <td><select name="skill" id="skill">

        <option value="super n00b">I Know nothing</option>

        <option value="n00b">I can shoot</option>

        <option value="average">i can kill some people kill 1-20</option>

        <option value="above average">kills 20-50</option>

        <option value="Man i need you">50+</option>

      </select></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">What Games?</div></td>

      <td>      <p>

        <input name="cs" type="checkbox" id="cs" value="Yes">

    Counter-Strike</p>

        <p>      <input name="bfv" type="checkbox" id="bfv" value="Yes">

      Battlefield Veitnam      </p>

        <p>

    <input name="ut2k4" type="checkbox" id="ut2k4" value="Yes">

    Unreal Tournament 2004</p></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><div align="right">Your Age </div></td>

      <td><select name="age" id="age">

        <option value="&lt;13" selected>Under 13</option>

        <option value="16-18">16-18</option>

        <option value="19-25">19-25</option>

        <option value="25+">25+</option>

      </select></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>

      <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Continue"></td>

    </tr>

  </table>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>&nbsp;    </p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>&nbsp;   </p>

</form>

**simptech** · 03-28-2005, 10:44 AM

1st things first... your error

PHP Code:


			
} else ($_POST['submit']

should be

PHP Code:


			
} else if ($_POST['submit']

besides that, your code looks okay at first glance. are you still having problems?

**amw_drizz** · 02:56 PM

yea i got it to work after about 6 hours of screwing around with it. it now writes cookies reads them and sends me a email if all okay

and i removed the sendmail.php file as it would not get the $_POST items so i copied and rewrote the code in the final.php to send the email, check requirements and send me a email

**simptech** · 03-28-2005, 05:39 PM

The included script should have been able to access the $_POST variables. Regardless, good for you since you got it working

**amw_drizz** · 03-28-2005, 07:41 PM

yea after about 6 hours of debuggin it. is there a free program that will go through it and tell me if i syntax errors and errors that relate to php? as it will save me hours of debugging in the future

**simptech** · 03-28-2005, 10:43 PM

To be quite honest I have never checked. Only reason being, PHP normally gives you a pretty good idea of where the problem is. Otherwise I would not have been able to make good suggestions from your error notices