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geoffrey
28,736 PointsAdding contact form step: Submission forms
Hello there, there is something I can't figure out on my own with the submissions forms.
I understand everything correctly till now, but there is something boring me.
That's the fact the form doesn't check really if the inputs are empty or not, so even if I don't fill in inputs, If I click the submit button, I get the "thank you message", telling the message was well received and etc...
Shouldn't we have a message telling instead to fill each inputs if ever some information are missing, this before submiting ?
That would probably means others conditions to check each input... at least I guess.
If anyone could help enlight me on this. Thank you...
2 Answers
Sebastian Limbach
1,536 PointsTo check if the inputs are empty you could write a little bit of JavaScript to hide and show the submit button for example. Here is an example code:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('input[type=text]').on("keyup", function(){
var inputVal = $('input[type=text]').val();
if(inputVal !== ""){
$('input[type=submit]').show();
}else{
$('input[type=submit]').hide();
}
});
});
And here the working example on CodePen. Hope i could help.
Oh and in PHP it would be something like:
if($_POST['text'] == ""){
echo "No input";
}
geoffrey
28,736 PointsThank you for your answer, nevertheless, after "googling" about that, I think that we have to check it with the isset() function. Moreover, I've just noticed, the teacher enhances the form in the following videos and check each input. My fault, I want to go to too fast !
Anyway, thank you again Sebastian.