Please Help - PHP Form, when no text is entered [migrated]
- by Joe Turner
I'm creating a mobile landing page and I have also created a form that allows me to create more, by duplicating a folder that's host to a template file. The script then takes you to a page where you input the company details one by one and press submit. Then the page is created.
My problem is, when a field is left out (YouTube for instance), the button is created and is blank. I would like there to be a default text for when there is no text. I've tried a few things and have been struggling to make this work for DAYS!
<?php
$company = $_POST["company"];
$phone = $_POST["phone"];
$colour = $_POST["colour"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$website = $_POST["website"];
$video = $_POST["video"];
?>
<div id="contact-area">
<form method="post" action="generate.php"><br>
<input type="text" name="company" placeholder="Company Name" /><br>
<input type="text" name="slogan" placeholder="Slogan" /><br>
<input class="color {required:false}" name="colour" placeholder="Company Colour"><br>
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone Number" /><br>
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email Address" /><br>
<input type="text" name="website" placeholder="Full Website - Include http://" /><br>
<input type="text" name="video" placeholder="Video URL" /><br>
<input type="submit" value="Generate QuickLinks" style="background:url(images/submit.png) repeat-x; color:#FFF"/>
</form>
That's the form. It takes the variables and post's them to the file below.
<?php
$File = "includes/details.php";
$Handle = fopen($File, 'w');
?>
<?php
$File = "includes/details.php";
$Handle = fopen($File, 'w');
$Data = "<div id='logo'>
<h1 style='color:#$_POST[colour]'>$_POST[company]</h1>
<h2>$_POST[slogan]</h2>
</div>
<ul data-role='listview' data-inset='true' data-theme='b'>
<li style='background-color:#$_POST[colour]'><a href='tel:$_POST[phone]'>Phone Us</a></li>
<li style='background-color:#$_POST[colour]'><a href='mailto:$_POST[email]'>Email Us</a></li>
<li style='background-color:#$_POST[colour]'><a href='$_POST[website]'>View Full Website</a></li>
<li style='background-color:#$_POST[colour]'><a href='$_POST[video]'>Watch Us</a></li>
</ul>
\n";
fwrite($Handle, $Data);
fclose($Handle);
?>
and there is what the form turns into. I need there to be a default link put in incase the field is left blank, witch it is sometimes. Thanks in advance guys.
