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How to ask user to enter data

 

How to ask user to enter data
ho-ho

1 Jul, 2009 - 08:11 AM
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Hi, I a Data.php page in which the user enters the data. Once the data is entered , it is directed to another page called validating.php. However if the user does not enter the data, I am sending the page back to Data.php using header. It works just fine.I want to know how can I ask the user to enter data once it's back to Data.php and where would that code be placed.
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//Data.php
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="validate.php.php">
  <label>First Name:</label>
  <label>
  <input type="text"   name ="FN" />

//validate.php

if(isset($_POST['Submit']))
  {
if(!empty($FN))
    {
   $FN = $_POST['FN'];
   }
   else
   if(empty($FN))
   {
    Header('Location: Data.php');
    exit;
    }
}
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RE: How To Ask User To Enter Data

1 Jul, 2009 - 08:58 AM
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Instead of posting to another file and deciding where to go from there, I'd use $_SERVER['php_self'] and do all the validation in the same page. Then if everything validates I'd do a header command to go to the appropriate page. Of course, this means that you need to do validation before showing the form, but that's easy:

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If(isset($POST))
{
// code to validate
}
// if post has validated, header will have been sent to go to different file
// if not, show form:
?>
<html>
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<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['php_self']; ?>" >
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