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[mikefeiman]

I'm trying to create a form that passes information within it self to validate if a field has been populated with information. Can any one point out why this code may not work?

{php}
	if ($GLOBALS["HTTP_GET_VARS"]["B2"] == "Reset") echo "Reset";
	$process = ($GLOBALS["HTTP_GET_VARS"]["B1"] == "Submit");
	$ok = "ok";
	$msg = "
There are errors:";
	if ($process) {
		// check first name FIRST_NAME
		$firstname = ($GLOBALS["HTTP_GET_VARS"]["FIRST_NAME"]);
		if ($firstname == '') {
			$ok = 'not ok';
			$msg .= "
First name cannot be blank";
		}
	} else {
		$firstname = "";
	}
	{/php}
	
												<form name="b1" action="{php} echo "$form"; {/php}" method="post">	
												{php}
												if ($ok == 'not ok')
													printf('<span class="error">%s</span>

													
', $msg);
												{/php}
												First Name

												<input class="form3" size="30" name="FIRST_NAME" type=text value="{php} echo $firstname;{/php}">
												<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1" class="button">
												</form>	

[sanj-xcart]

Hi Mike,

I can't give you a full solution, but you may be getting an error due to the use of $HTTP_GET_VARS.

Try using $_POST, or if you are running php version prior to 4.1.0, use $HTTP_POST_VARS. (Note that the form contains post variables in your code).

You can find out more on global variables in php here:

http://uk2.php.net/reserved.variables

Otherwise, the only other potential issue I can see is the variable $form. This is undefined, but I imagine that is more to do with the fact that it is defined in another snippet of code.

Good luck!

Sanj