Form validation & Thank you page

[TheJoshMan]

Ok, I've made a pretty basic contact form that gets emailed to me... However, I can't figure out how to validate it using PHP instead of javascript. I also want to somehow send the user to a "thank you page" after submission. The thank you page will just be a quick "Thanks for submitting your request" or something like that.

Here's a working version:
http://eight7teen.com/DD/formtest/linkad.html


Here's the php script:

<?php
  $first = $_POST['fName'];
  $last = $_POST['lName'];
  $email = $_POST['eMail'];
  $url = $_POST['rURL'];
  $length = $_POST['howLong'];
  $adtype = $_POST['adSelect'];
  $desc = $_POST['bDesc'];

  $subject = "New Ad Request";


  $message = "You've recieved an Ad Request:\n\n\nFirst name: " . $first . "\nLast name: " . $last . "\nEmail: " . $email . "\nRelated URL: " . $url . "\nWhich Ad: " . $adtype . "\nHow Long: " . $length . "\n\nDescription of Site:\n <em>" . $desc . "</em>";


  $myemail = "josh@eight7teen.com";

  $headers = 'From: adRequest@eight7teen.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: josh@eight7teen.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

  mail($myemail, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

[rangana]

$first = $_POST['fName'];
  $last = $_POST['lName'];
  $email = $_POST['eMail'];
  $url = $_POST['rURL'];
  $length = $_POST['howLong'];
  $adtype = $_POST['adSelect'];
  $desc = $_POST['bDesc'];
  $flag=true;
  $mandate=array($first, $last, $email); // Mandatory fields
  
  if(empty($first))
  echo 'I need to know your first name';
  elseif(empty($last))
  echo 'I need to know your last name';
  elseif (empty($email))
  echo 'How about your email?';
  elseif(!preg_match("/\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*/", $email))
  echo 'Please check your email. It\'s invalid.';
  else if(!isset($url))
  echo 'Please let me know the url';
  
    
else
{
  $message = "You've recieved an Ad Request:\n\n\nFirst name: " . $first . "\nLast name: " . $last . "\nEmail: " . $email . "\nRelated URL: " . $url . "\nWhich Ad: " . $adtype . "\nHow Long: " . $length . "\n\nDescription of Site:\n <em>" . $desc . "</em>";


  $myemail = "josh@eight7teen.com";

  $headers = 'From: adRequest@eight7teen.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: josh@eight7teen.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

    echo '<h1>Thank You! Email sent</h1>';
  mail($myemail, $subject, $message, $headers);
} 

[TheJoshMan]

that looks simple enough, but it gives me a parsing error.

here's the link: http://eight7teen.com/DD/formtest/linkad.html

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /mnt/w0503/d26/s30/b02d3b61/www/eight7teen.com/DD/formtest/sendit.php on line 37

[rangana]

It's working fine at my end when tested I guess you'll receive an email at your end.

Please ensure that the brackets have a matching closing for opening and vice versa.

[TheJoshMan]

that's what it was, I guess I missed a curly bracket on the last else statement.

Thanks a million man!