How to validate HTML form with PHP

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error_color {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$nameError = $emailError = $genderError = "";
$name = $email = $gender = "";

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
        $nameError = "Name is required";
    } else {
        $name = clean_input($_POST["name"]);
        if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
            $nameError = "Please Enter only letters and white-space";
        }
  }
  if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
    $emailError = "Email is required";
  } else {
    $email = clean_input($_POST["email"]);
    if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
      $emailError = "Invalid email";
    }
  }
  if (empty($_POST["gender"])) {
    $genderError = "Gender is required";
  } else {
    $gender = clean_input($_POST["gender"]);
  }
}

function clean_input($data) {
  $data = trim($data);
  $data = stripslashes($data);
  $data = htmlspecialchars($data);

  return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
  Name: <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $name;?>">
  <span class="error_color">* <?php echo $nameError;?></span>
  <br /><br />
  E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $email;?>">
  <span class="error_color">* <?php echo $emailError;?></span>
  <br /><br />
  Gender:
  <input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="female") echo "checked";?> value="female">Female
  <input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="male") echo "checked";?> value="male">Male
  <input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="other") echo "checked";?> value="other">Other
  <span class="error_color">* <?php echo $genderError;?></span>
  <br /><br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Form Data:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br />";
echo $email;
echo "<br />";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>

<!--

Form Data:
Fox
fox@email.com
male

-->

 



answered Nov 19, 2018 by avibootz
edited Nov 20, 2018 by avibootz
0 votes
<!-- How the HTML source look like after running the code? -->

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error_color {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>


<h2>PHP Form Validation</h2>
<form method="post" action="/test.php">
  Name: <input type="text" name="name" value="Fox">
  <span class="error_color">* </span>
  <br /><br />
  E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" value="fox@email.com">
  <span class="error_color">* </span>
  <br /><br />
  Gender:
  <input type="radio" name="gender"  value="female">Female
  <input type="radio" name="gender" checked value="male">Male
  <input type="radio" name="gender"  value="other">Other
  <span class="error_color">* </span>
  <br /><br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<h2>Form Data:</h2>Fox<br />fox@email.com<br />male
</body>
</html>

<!--

Form Data:
Fox
fox@email.com
male

-->

 



answered Nov 19, 2018 by avibootz

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