<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {
Color: red;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = “”;
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = “”;
$ok = 1;
If ($_SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”] == “POST”) {
If (empty($_POST[“name”])) {
$nameErr = “Name is required”;
$ok = 0;
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST[“name”]);
If (!preg_match(“/^[a-zA-Z- ]+$/”,$name)) {
$nameErr = “Only letters and white space allowed”;
$ok = 0;
}
If (empty($_POST[“email”])) {
$emailErr = “Email is required”;
$ok = 0;
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST[“email”]);
If (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailErr = “Invalid email format”;
$ok = 0;
If (empty($_POST[“website”])) {
$website = “”;
} else {
$website = test_input($_POST[“website”]);
If (!filter_var($website, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
$websiteErr = “Invalid URL”;
$ok = 0;
If (empty($_POST[“comment”])) {
$comment = “”;
} else {
$comment = test_input($_POST[“comment”]);
If (empty($_POST[“gender”])) {
$genderErr = “Gender is required”;
$ok = 0;
} else {
$gender = test_input($_POST[“gender”]);
Function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
Return $data;
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
<p><span class=”error”>* required field</span></p>
<form method=”post” action=””>
Name: <input type=”text” name=”name” value=”<?php echo $name;?>”>
<span class=”error”>* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type=”text” name=”email” value=”<?php echo $email;?>”>
<span class=”error”>* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type=”text” name=”website” value=”<?php echo $website;?>”>
<span class=”error”><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name=”comment” rows=”5” cols=”40”><?php echo $comment;?></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type=”radio” name=”gender” value=”female”>Female
<input type=”radio” name=”gender” value=”male”>Male
<input type=”radio” name=”gender” value=”other”>Other
<span class=”error”>* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span>
<br><br>
<input type=”submit” name=”submit” value=”Submit”>
</form>
<?php
If(isset($_POST[‘submit’]) && $ok == 1)
Echo “<h2>Your Input:</h2>”;
Echo $name . “<br>”;
Echo $email . “<br>”;
Echo $website . “<br>”;
Echo $comment . “<br>”;
Echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
