Some help with formmail - pleaaase

[kiwinvan]

Not sure if this is the right space. I have managed to get a contact form going with name, email address, phone number and message. Can anyone tell me how I can make it so that these fields are required to be filled in and if they are not to get an error message like "email address required".
Thanks.

[slapshotw]

Are you looking to do this with javascript (pop-up warning) or on the results page? Do you know the difference/care?

[episkey]

As slapshotw has indicated, there are two ways to do this. One way is with a javascript, but that's not an option unless you know something about javascript.

The other way is to include an input in your form that has the following fields:

type=hidden
name="required"
value="[list of field names you want to be required]"


For example, suppose you had the following lines in your form:

<input type="text" name="name" size="20" value="Name">
<input type="text" name="email" size="20" value="Email">

To make name and email required, you would add this line:

<input type=hidden name="required" value="name,email">

[kiwinvan]

Thanks! I know NOTHING about javascript. I think what you have written, episkey is what I'm looking for.

I'll have a go and see if it works for me.

[kiwinvan]

Yes that works but I think I'm looking for something tidier if they make a mistake. For example I have a redirect to a Thank you page when they send their email. If the name or email areas are incomplete, I would like a separate page to load saying to use their back browser to go back and complete the form.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[jimbug]

You might take a look at this thread...

http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=28738

I started it to see what other people use to process their forms. Hopefully more people will contribute to it. I write my own scripts or modify the ones produced by my Quick SM program. I haven't used formail in about 10 years.

Edit:
I even forgot how to spell it-formmail

[Dwight]

Originally Posted by kiwinvan

Yes that works but I think I'm looking for something tidier if they make a mistake. For example I have a redirect to a Thank you page when they send their email. If the name or email areas are incomplete, I would like a separate page to load saying to use their back browser to go back and complete the form.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Okay, this *IS* Javascript, but it's nothing to be afraid of.. if you can use formmail, you should be able to do this.. I use this script all the time for my forms..

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...uiredcheck.htm

[kiwinvan]

Originally Posted by Dwight

Okay, this *IS* Javascript, but it's nothing to be afraid of.. if you can use formmail, you should be able to do this.. I use this script all the time for my forms..

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...uiredcheck.htm

Perfect - thanks very much Dwight! As confusing as it looked to me - it's doing exactly what I wanted.
Cheers!