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Hi, i am new to the PHP scene and am having trouble getting this PHP code i found to work. I found it here:http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/website-design/using-php-and-mysql/how-to-create-a-custom-php-contact-form
<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Untitled Document</title></head> <body><?php if (isset($_REQUEST['submitted'])) {// Initialize error array. $errors = array(); // Check for a proper First name if (!empty($_REQUEST['firstname'])) { $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname']; $pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,20}/";// This is a regular expression that checks if the name is valid characters if (preg_match($pattern,$firstname)){ $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'];} else{ $errors[] = 'Your Name can only contain _, 1-9, A-Z or a-z 2-20 long.';} } else {$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your First Name.';} // Check for a proper Last name if (!empty($_REQUEST['lastname'])) { $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname']; $pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,20}/";// This is a regular expression that checks if the name is valid characters if (preg_match($pattern,$lastname)){ $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'];} else{ $errors[] = 'Your Name can only contain _, 1-9, A-Z or a-z 2-20 long.';} } else {$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your Last Name.';} //Check for a valid phone number if (!empty($_REQUEST['phone'])) { $phone = $_REQUEST['phone']; $pattern = "/^[0-9_]{7,20}/"; if (preg_match($pattern,$phone)){ $phone = $_REQUEST['phone'];} else{ $errors[] = 'Your Phone number can only be numbers.';} } else {$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your Phone number.';} if (!empty($_REQUEST['redmapleacer']) || !empty($_REQUEST['chinesepistache']) || !empty($_REQUEST['raywoodash'])) { $check1 = $_REQUEST['redmapleacer']; if (empty($check1)){$check1 = 'Unchecked';}else{$check1 = 'Checked';} $check2 = $_REQUEST['chinesepistache']; if (empty($check2)){$check2 = 'Unchecked';}else{$check2 = 'Checked';} $check3 = $_REQUEST['raywoodash']; if (empty($check3)){$check3 = 'Unchecked';}else{$check3 = 'Checked';} } else {$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your Phone number.';} } //End of validation if (empty($errors)) { $from = "From: Our Site!"; //Site name // Change this to your email address you want to form sent to $to = "your@email.com"; $subject = "Admin - Our Site! Comment from " . $name . ""; $message = "Message from " . $firstname . " " . $lastname . " Phone: " . $phone . " Red Maple Acer: " . $check1 ." Chinese Pistache: " . $check2 ." Raywood Ash: " . $check3 .""; mail($to,$subject,$message,$from); }?> <!--Error Reporting Code--><?php //Print Errors if (isset($_REQUEST['submitted'])) { // Print any error messages. if (!empty($errors)) { echo '<hr /><h3>The following occurred:</h3><ul>'; // Print each error. foreach ($errors as $msg) { echo '<li>'. $msg . '</li>';} echo '</ul><h3>Your mail could not be sent due to input errors.</h3><hr />';} else{echo '<hr /><h3 align="center">Your mail was sent. Thank you!</h3><hr /><p>Below is the message that you sent.</p>'; echo "Message from " . $firstname . " " . $lastname . " <br />Phone: ".$phone." <br />"; echo "<br />Red Maple Acer: " . $check3 . ""; echo "<br />Chinese Pistache: " . $check2 . ""; echo "<br />Raywood Ash: " . $check3 . ""; } }//End of errors array ?> <h2>Contact us</h2> <p>Fill out the form below.</p> <form action="" method="post"> <label>First Name: <br /> <input name="firstname" type="text" value="- Enter First Name -" /><br /></label> <label>Last Name: <br /> <input name="lastname" type="text" value="- Enter Last Name -" /><br /></label> <label>Phone Number: <br /> <input name="phone" type="text" value="- Enter Phone Number -" /><br /></label> <label>Red Maple Acer: <input name="redmapleacer" type="checkbox" value="Red Maple Acer" /><br /></label> <label>Chinese Pistache: <input name="chinesepistache" type="checkbox" value="Chinese Pistache" /><br /></label> <label>Raywood Ash: <input name="raywoodash" type="checkbox" value="Raywood Ash" /><br /></label> <input name="" type="reset" value="Reset Form" /><input name="submitted" type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form> </body></html>I get an issue with the phone number check
could someone give me an idea of whats wrong? Thanks Simon Lehmann
I cant get this PHP code for contact form to work
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The code falsely returns the 'You forgot to enter your Phone number.' error when I do enter a phone number, and sometimes the 'Your Phone number can only be numbers.' error when i did only enter numbers.
Thanks