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[dazz_club]

Hello

I am trying to modify the code on my submit button to let the user know they havent filled out their name, email, and contact number properly.

here is the original code:

//submit button
on(release){
    if(name_txt.text == "" || email_txt.text == "" || phone_txt.text == ""){
            'code to display error'
          break;
    }else{
           form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
     }
}

after this failed to work i then altered it to this:

on (release) { 
   if (_root.name_txt.text.length < 3 || _root.email_txt.text.length < 6 || _root.phone_txt.text.length < 6) { 
      'code to display error'; 
      break; 
   } else { 
      form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST"); 
   } 
   trace("Length: " + _root.name_txt.text.length); 
}

but still no luck, i looked at it again and im thinking i need to alter this `code to display error` to the actual code to bring up the error or play the movie but i dont know how to do it, im so lost.

any help or advice?

cheers

[wattsup]

try this

on(release){
    if(_root.name_txt.length == 0 || _root.email_txt.length == 0 || _root.phone_txt.length == 0){
       _root.name_txt.text = "Required" /// or create a movie clip that will show the user a message. 
 
example: error_mc._visable = true;     
          break;
    }else{
           form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
     }
} 

[sjvilla79]

This works. Not exactly ideal though.

_root.onEnterFrame = function () {
	
	var myNameString_str:String = _root.name_txt.text;
	var myEmailString_str:String = _root.email_txt.text;
	var myPhoneString_str:String = _root.phone_txt.text;
	
	_root.myButton_btn.onPress = function () {
		
		if (myNameString_str.length == 0 || myEmailString_str.length == 0 || myPhoneString_str.length == 0) {
			
			// ...
			// Run error code here.
			
			trace("Error: Field error detected.");
			trace("==============================");
			
		} else {
			
			// ....
			// Post to form.
			
		};
		
	};

};

[dazz_club]

Hi thanks for both your reply,

while i was doing some code research, i looked at this code and popped it into mine

function ckName(){
	if (formData.name == ""){
		errBox.setMessage("You Must Fill In Your Name");
		return false; }
	else {
		return true};
}

function ckEmail(){
	if(formData.email == ""){
		errBox.setMessage("You Must Fill In Your Email Address");
		return false;}
	else{
		if(formData.email.indexOf(".",0)==-1 || formData.email.indexOf("@",0)==-1){
			errBox.setMessage("Your Email Address Is Not In Correct Form");
			return false;}
		else{
			return true;}
		}
}

function clrData(){
	this.formData.name = "";
	this.nameIN.text = "";
	this.formData.email = "";
	this.emailIn.text = "";
	this.formData.company = "";
	this.companyIn.text = "";
	this.formData.phone= "";
	this.phoneIn.text = "";
	
}

function myOnLoad(success){
	errBox.setEnabled(true);
	if(success){
			errBox.setIcon("info");
			errBox.setTitle("Thank You");
			errBox.setMessage("Thank You For Contacting Consulting.  We will respond shortly.");
			errBox._visible=true;
			clrData();
	}
	else{
			errBox.setIcon("warning");
			errBox.setTitle("System Error");
			errBox.setMessage("There has been a system error submitting your email. Please re-submit. Thank you.");
			errBox._visible=true;
	}
}

function goPostal(){
	if(!ckName()){errBox._visible=true;return;}
	else{
		if(!ckEmail()){errBox._visible=true;return;}
	}
	errBox.setIcon("info");
	errBox.setTitle("Sending Mail");
	errBox.setMessage("Your Email Is Being Submitted");
	errBox._visible=true;
	errBox.setEnabled(false);
	form.loadVariables("email_1.php", "POST");
}

this works perfectly as the errors show when the field has not been completed.

My question is because i changed my original variables to match the new ones, for example, name to formData.name, my php has changed

I have to adjust the php code, but here i`m having trouble. For me its trial and error so its taken me a while but i havent cracked it.

what i need to do is replace my original variables with the new ones:
name=formData.name
email=formData.email
company=formData.company
phone=formData.phone.

here is my orinal code:

<?php


$sendTo = "dazzclub@yahoo.co.uk";
$subject = "my website Enquiry/Comment";

// variables are sent to this PHP page through
// the POST method.  $_POST is a global associative array
// of variables passed through this method.  From that, we
// can get the values sent to this page from Flash and
// assign them to appropriate variables which can be used
// in the PHP mail() function.


// header information not including sendTo and Subject
// these all go in one variable.  First, include From:
$headers = "From: " . $_POST["name"] ." <" . $_POST["email"] .">\r\n";


// next include a replyto
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"] . "\r\n";
// often email servers won't allow emails to be sent to
// domains other than their own.  The return path here will
// often lift that restriction so, for instance, you could send
// email to a hotmail account. (hosting provider settings may vary)
// technically bounced email is supposed to go to the return-path email
$headers .= "Return-path: " . $_POST["email"];


// now we can add the content of the message to a body variable
$message = $_POST["message"] . "\n\nContact details:\nPhone: ".$_POST["phone"]."\nAddress: ".$_POST['address']; 

// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nAddress 2: ".$_POST["address2"]."\nAddress3: ".$_POST['address3']; 
// etc... 
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nTown: ".$_POST["town"]."\nCity: ".$_POST['city'];
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nCountry: ".$_POST["country"]."\nPostcode: ".$_POST['postcode'];
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nTemperature: ".$_POST["temperature"]."\nColour: ".$_POST['colour'];
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nInktype: ".$_POST["inktype"]."\nApplication: ".$_POST['application'];
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nCompany: ".$_POST["company"]."\nCompany: ".$_POST['company'];
// added fields 
$message = $message . "\nName: ".$_POST["name"]."\nName: ".$_POST["name"].


// once the variables have been defined, they can be included
// in the mail function call which will send you an email
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers, $body );

?>

Ive tried swapping them around but no luck, any ideas?

thanks