[FX.php List] Multiple Page Forms: Unsetting submit button

[Jonathan Schwartz]

DC,

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.  The validation could 
clearly be better.

J


At 9:38 PM -0400 7/19/06, DC wrote:
>since ereg() is case sensitive you will need to modify your regular 
>expression to include capital letters.
>
>i like preg_match() better than ereg() since it is said to be faster 
>and is more flexible with the ability to do case insensitive 
>switches, etc...
>
>also, the reg exp itself could be better for email detection. see 
>this site/page for a great example and tutorials:
>
>http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html
>
>good to see progress!
>dan
>
>On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Moving ahead slooooooooowly with my multiple page form project...
>>
>>I am using the code (below) for form validation. The code appears 
>>on the top of the form pages.  It uses isset to see if the 
>>submit_form button was set.  The problem is now that I have moved 
>>to the second form page, how do I get the "submit_button" to get 
>>unset.  I did try unset('submit_button'), but I'm unclear whether 
>>this is the right way to go, and if so, where to put the unset 
>>command. I feel that I have to Unset while on the createrecord.php 
>>page, just after a succesfull record creation before, but before 
>>the form2.php is loaded.
>>
>>The pages go: form1.php-->createrecord.php--->form2.php.
>>
>>Code from form2.php:
>>
>><?
>>// only validate form when form is submitted
>>if(isset($_POST['submit_button'])){
>>	$msg='';
>>	if(trim($_POST['Reg1NameFirst'])==''){
>>		$msg.="Please enter a First Name.<br>";
>>	}
>>	if(trim($_POST['Reg1NameLast'])==''){
>>		$msg.="Please enter a Last Name.<br>";
>>	}
>>	/*
>>	if(trim($_POST['Reg1Session1'])==''){
>>		$msg.="Please select a Session.<br>";
>>	}
>>	if(trim($_POST["Contact1Email"])=='') {
>>		$msg.="Please enter an email<br>";
>>	} else {
>>		// check if email is a valid address in this format 
>>username at domain.com
>> 
>>	if(!ereg("[0-9a-z]([-_.]?[0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*\\.[a-z]", 
>>$_POST["Contact1Email"])) $msg.="Please enter a valid email 
>>address<br>";
>>	}
>>*/
>>	// display error message if any, if not, proceed to other processing
>>	if($msg==''){
>>		include('form3.php');
>>		exit;
>>	} else {
>>		#echo "<font color=red>$msg</font>";
>>
>>	}
>>}
>>?>
>>
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Jonathan
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>>
>>Jonathan Schwartz
>>Schwartz & Company
>>817 Marin Drive
>>Mill Valley, CA 94941
>>Phone: 415-381-1852
>>jonathan at eschwartz.com - http://www.eschwartz.com
>>
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Jonathan Schwartz
Schwartz & Company
817 Marin Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Phone: 415-381-1852
jonathan at eschwartz.com - http://www.eschwartz.com