Ideally I'd like to use Ajax to echo the errors asynchronously but I definitely want to take steps and understand how to output errors in specific areas first.
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<?php
if(!empty($_POST['submit']))
{
// set variables
$name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['name']);
$email = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);
$email2 = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email2']);
$age = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['age']);
$city = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['city']);
$state = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['state']);
// 1A. REQUIRED FIELDS VERIFICATION
if(!empty($name) && !empty($email) && !empty($email2) && !empty($city) && !empty($state))
{
// 1B. END REQUIRED FIELDS VERIFICATION
} else {
echo '<img src="images/icon_error.png" alt="" title="" /> Please fill out the required fields.<br />';
if (empty($name))
{
echo 'Whats your name?!<br />';
} if (empty($email))
{
echo 'No email given.<br />';
} if (empty($email2))
{
echo 'Please verify your email<br />';
} if (empty($city))
{
echo 'What city are you from?<br />';
} if (empty($state))
{
echo 'What State!<br />';
}
echo '<br /><br />';
}
// 1B. END REQUIRED FIELDS ERROR CODES
}
?>
<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<div class="formSec"><label for="name" class="required">Full Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" /></div>
<div class="formSec"><label for="email" class="required">Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" /></div>
<div class="formSec"><label for="email2" class="required">Confirm Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email2" id="email2" value="" /></div>
<div class="formSec"><label for="age" class="required">Age:</label>
<input type="text" name="age" id="age" value="" /></div>
<div class="formSec"><label for="city" class="required">City:</label>
<input type="text" name="city" id="city" value="" /></div>
<input class="submit" type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>