I have the following code working, in that it inserts into a database if there are values entered in the input boxes and if not, nothing is entered. However when I press submit to test when there is nothing in the boxes the error message isn’t returned. From looking at the code below I was wondering if someone might know why the error message is not being printed out. Is there something I’m missing
input.php
<?php
echo '<form method = "post" action ="confirm.php">';
?>
<table>
<tr>
<td>name 1</td>
<td><input name="name1" type="text" value="<?php if(isset($_POST) && isset($_POST['name1'])){
echo $row['name1'];
}
?>"/></td>
<td><span> <?php if(isset($errors)&& isset($errors['name1'])){
echo $errors['name1'];
}
?>
</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name 2</td>
<td><input name="name2" type="text" value="<?php if(isset($_POST)&& isset($_POST['name2'])){
echo $_POST['name2'];
}
?>" /></td>
<td><span> <?php if(isset($errors)&& isset($errors['name2'])){
echo $errors['name2'];
}
?>
</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td><td><input type = "submit" name = "submit" value = "Sent"></td><td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
When I click the submit button when the input boxes are empty it directs me to confirm.php but no error messages show. How can I get the error message working. Any help would be great.
confirm.php
$valid = true;
$errors = array();
if(empty($_POST['name1'])){
$valid = false;
$errors['name1'] = 'enter name1';
}
elseif(empty($_POST['name2'])){
$valid = false;
$errors['name2'] = 'enter name 2';
}
if($valid == true)
{
echo 'Validation complete';