Tedd's $_POST form





 

CODE FOLLOWS

<?php

    
include('includes/header.php');

    
// code
    
error_reporting(E_ALL);    // set error reporting to all

    
echo('<h1>Tedd\'s $_POST form</h1>');

    
// Note the variables being passed via the POST ternary operators.

    
$step = isset($_POST['step']) ? $_POST['step'] : 0;
    
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
    
$phone = isset($_POST['phone']) ? $_POST['phone'] : '';

    
// filter all input taken from the Browser

    
$step htmlentities($step);
    
$name htmlentities($name);
    
$phone htmlentities($phone);

    if (
$step == 0)    // first time into this form
        
{
        
?>

            <form action="postform.php" method="POST" class = "pad">
                <label for="name">Name</label>
                <input type="text" size="36" id="name" name="name" value="">
                <br><br>
                <label for="phone">Phone</label>
                <input type="text" size="36" id="phone" name="phone" value="">
                <br><br>
                <input type="hidden" name="step" value="1">
                <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
            </form>

            <?php
        
}
    else  
// else show what the form gathered
        
{

        echo(
'<p>The following is what the form gathered</p>');
        echo(
'<pre>');
        
print_r($_POST);    // note this dumps the entire contents of the $_POST array
        
echo('</pre>');

        
// provide a form to try again
        
?>

            <form action="postform.php" method="POST">
                <input type="hidden" name="step" value="0">
                <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Try Again">
            </form>

            <?php
        
}

    include(
'includes/footer.php');
?>