I hope I can state this clearly enough.
I am redoing some of my html(php) forms. I'm trying to break things
into three functions on a self processing php page:
1) show the form (and populate fields if there were errors)
2) validate form data
3) process form data
2 and 3 are no problem, but 1 is. The page with the form displayed
should validate as html 4.01 strict (actually all iterations of the page
need to validate). The actual page is a mix of php and html (popping in
and out of php w/ '<?PHP' and '?>' as needed, so that I can see what
the page layout will be. To validate I have been serving page.php
saving it as page.html and validating that. I'm sure there is a better
way to do this.
To keep the code logic and markup 'separate' and easier to read, I have
been using include files of valid html (i.e. a div containing the
form,with my pop-in's of php, or a div containing the 'thank you, we'll
get back to you'). like this:
<?php
if (array_key_exis ts('_submit_che ck',$_POST)) {
if ($form_errors = validate_form() ) {
//the form has errors or was submitted by another source
show_form($form _errors);
} else {
// The submitted data is valid, so process it
process_form();
}
} else { // The form wasn't submitted, so display
include('./incForm.php');
}
?>
Is there a good way to show the form, any errors and re-populating all
the form fields? I thought about using session variables (seeding the
form and storing values until all errors have been resolved), but am not
sure that's the way to go.
I am redoing some of my html(php) forms. I'm trying to break things
into three functions on a self processing php page:
1) show the form (and populate fields if there were errors)
2) validate form data
3) process form data
2 and 3 are no problem, but 1 is. The page with the form displayed
should validate as html 4.01 strict (actually all iterations of the page
need to validate). The actual page is a mix of php and html (popping in
and out of php w/ '<?PHP' and '?>' as needed, so that I can see what
the page layout will be. To validate I have been serving page.php
saving it as page.html and validating that. I'm sure there is a better
way to do this.
To keep the code logic and markup 'separate' and easier to read, I have
been using include files of valid html (i.e. a div containing the
form,with my pop-in's of php, or a div containing the 'thank you, we'll
get back to you'). like this:
<?php
if (array_key_exis ts('_submit_che ck',$_POST)) {
if ($form_errors = validate_form() ) {
//the form has errors or was submitted by another source
show_form($form _errors);
} else {
// The submitted data is valid, so process it
process_form();
}
} else { // The form wasn't submitted, so display
include('./incForm.php');
}
?>
Is there a good way to show the form, any errors and re-populating all
the form fields? I thought about using session variables (seeding the
form and storing values until all errors have been resolved), but am not
sure that's the way to go.
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