I think so Minuk. Here is the *entire* form code below. Maybe someone can also point out why the email regex validation code isn't working? TIA /****************************begin PHP form code*************************************/ <?php $form_block=<<<END_FORM <form method="post" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" class="info_request" > <fieldset class="left"> <legend title="About You">About You</legend> <p><label for="firstname"><span class="red">*</span> First Name: </label><br /> <input class="<?PHP if ($error_msg){echo "input.error";}else{echo " input.normal";}?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="<?PHP echo $_POST['firstname'];?>"> <p><label for="lastname"><span class="red">*</span> Last Name:</label><br /> <input id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text" value="{$_POST['lastname']}" /></p> <p><label for="company"><span class="red">*</span> Company: </label><br /> <input id="company" name="company" type="text" value="{$_POST['company']}" /></p> <p><label for="phone"><span class="red">*</span> Phone: </label><br /> <input id="phone" name="phone" type="text" value="{$_POST['phone']}" /></p> <p><label for="email"><span class="red">*</span> e-mail: </label><br /> <input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="{$_POST['email']}" /></p> <p><label for="email2"><span class="red">*</span> re-enter e-mail: </label><br /> <input id="email2" name="email2" type="text" value="{$_POST['email2']}" /></p> </fieldset> <fieldset> <legend title="More Info.">More Info.</legend> <p><label for="URL"><span class="red">*</span> URL:</label><br<http://mail.google.com/mail/</label><br>/> <input id="URL" type="text" name="URL" value="{$_POST['URL']}"/> </p> <p><label for="Contact_Preference"><span class="red">*</span> Best way to reach:</label><br /> <select name="Contact_Preference" id="Contact_Preference"> <option value="email">email</option> <option value="phone">phone</option> <option value="snail_mail">snail mail</option> </select> </p> <p><label for="Contact_Time"><span class="red">*</span> Best time to contact:</label><br /> <select name="Contact_Time" id="Contact_Time"> <option value="morning">morning</option> <option value="evening">evening</option> <option value="anytime">anytime</option> </select></p> <input type="hidden" name="op" value="ds" /> <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="" cols="" >Send us a detailed message specifying what you wish to accomplish with your web site. </textarea> <input class="submit" src="/images/submit.gif" alt="Submit" type="image" name="submit" /> </fieldset> </form> </div> <p><span class="red">*</span> indicates a required field (all fields are required).</p> END_FORM; if ($_POST['op']!='ds') { echo "$form_block"; } else if ($_POST["op"] == "ds") { //Function saves time and space by eliminating unneccesary code function check($fieldname) { global $err_msg; if($_POST[$fieldname] == "") { if ( !isset($err_msg)) { $err_msg = "<span class='red'>You haven't entered your ".$fieldname."!</span><br />"; } elseif ( isset($err_msg)) { $err_msg="<span class='red'>You haven't entered your ".$fieldname."!</span><br />"; } } return $err_msg; } if(!eregi("^(.+)@(.+)\\.(.+)$",$_POST['email'])) { $error_msg .= "<BR />Your email appears to be invalid."; $ok = "false"; } ////////////////////////// ///Function execution///// ////////////////////////// check('firstname'); check('lastname'); check('company'); check('phone'); check('email'); check('email2'); check('URL'); check('Contact_Preference'); check('Contact_Time'); check('message'); //Validating Email Address if ($_POST['email'] != $_POST['email2']) { $email_err = "\n<span class='red'>e-mail address fields do not match!</span>"; } if (isset($err_msg) || isset($email_err)) { echo $err_msg.$email_err."\n\n".$form_block; } else { //it's ok to send, so build the mail $msg = "E-mail sent from www.inspired-evolution.com\n<http://www.inspired-evolution.com/n> "; $msg .="Sender's first name: {$_POST['firstname']}\n"; $msg .="Sender's last name: {$_POST['lastname']}\n"; $msg .="Company name: {$_POST['company']}\n"; $msg .="Senders Phone number: {$_POST['phone']}\n"; $msg .="Senders email address: {$_POST['email']}\n"; $msg .="Senders email address (re-typed): {$_POST['email2']}\n"; $msg .="The website is : {$_POST['URL']}\n"; $msg .="I prefer to be contacted via: {$_POST['Contact_Preference']}\n"; $msg .="The Best time to contact is: {$_POST['Contact_Time']}\n"; $msg .="Message: {$_POST['message']}\n\n"; $to ="webguync@xxxxxxxxx"; $subject ="There has been a disturbance in the force"; $mailheaders ="From: Inspired-Evolution.com <http://www.inspired-evolution.com>\n <http://www.inspired-evolution.com>/n> "; $mailheaders .="Reply-To: {$_POST['email']}\n"; //send the mail mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders); //display information to user echo "<p>Hola, <strong>$firstname</strong>!.<br /><br /> We have received your request for a web site review , and will respond shortly.<br /> Thanks for visiting inspired-evolution.com <http://inspired-evolution.com>and have a wonderful day!<br /><br /> Regards,<br /><br /> <strong>Inspired Evolution</strong></p>"; } } ?> /****************************end PHP form code*************************************/ On 10/18/05, Minuk Choi <Choi.Minuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can you post your Contact_Form_test.php? > > <input class="<?PHP > if ($error_msg) > { > echo "input.error"; > } > else > { > echo "input.normal"; > } > ?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="<?PHP echo > $_POST['firstname'];?>"> > > should parse into HTML by PHP. This block, I am assuming is placed in a > HTML tag and not in a <?PHP block, correct? > > > > Bruce Gilbert wrote: > > >Minuk, > > your revisions gives me an error: > > *Parse error*: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, > expecting > >T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in * > >/hsphere/local/home/bruceg/inspired-evolution.com/Contact_Form_test.php<http://evolution.com/Contact_Form_test.php> > <http://evolution.com/Contact_Form_test.php> > >* on line *63* > > -Bruce > > > > On 10/17/05, Minuk Choi <Choi.Minuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>Wait a minute... you meant > >> > >><input class=" > >><?PHP > >>if ($error_msg) > >>{ > >>echo "input.error"; > >>} > >>else > >>{ > >>echo "input.normal"; > >>} > >>?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="<?PHP echo > >>$_POST['firstname'];?>"> > >> > >> > >>...or am I looking at the wrong thing? > >> > >>Bruce Gilbert wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>>From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> > >>>To: "Mark Rees" <mrees@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:12:50 -0500 (CDT) > >>>Subject: Re: Re: a couple of problems with PHP form > >>>On Mon, October 17, 2005 5:32 am, Mark Rees wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>----------------------------------------------------- > >>>>sorry, my editor has not indented again > >>>>----------------------------------------------------- > >>>>also, I want the field to appear hilighted when there is no > >>>>information so I am doing this: > >>>> > >>>><input class="<? if($error_msg){ echo "error"; } ELSE { echo > >>>>"normal"; } id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" > >>>>value="{$_POST['firstname']}"? />" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I think the quote mark balancing is messed up here... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>><input class=" > >>>>this starts a quote for the class= > >>>>There appears to be no ending quote for that... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I>t may simply have been lost in email editing, however... > >>> > >>> > >>>adding the input.error didn't solve the problem dang it.! If there is > >>>a ending quote missing, I don't see it right off hand. > >>> > >>>I know have: > >>> > >>> > >>><input class="<? if($error_msg){ echo "input.error"; } ELSE { echo > >>>"input.normal"; } id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" > >>>value="{$_POST['firstname']}"? />" > >>> > >>>in the css: > >>> > >>>input.error { > >>>border: 2px inset red; > >>>margin:0; > >>>font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; > >>>color: #036; > >>>width: 15em; > >>>padding-left: .25em; > >>>font-weight: bold; > >>>background: #eee; > >>>} > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >-- > >::Bruce:: > > > > > > > -- ::Bruce::