Retrieving radio button information in PHP

**kairick** · 06-09-2010, 09:18 PM

I have set up the following form to (a) email confirmation to the user (b) email form input to my address (c) redirect to another page "attendee.html" on submit.

I had to edit the form to include radio buttons "giss1" and "giss2" and I am having trouble having those results seen in the emails.

Here's the code:

Code:

<?php

   
 if(($_POST['college']=="")||($_POST['streetaddress']=="")||($_POST['city']=="")||($_POST['zip']=="")||($_POST['state']=="")||($_POST['contactperson']=="")||($_POST['contactemail']=="")||($_POST['phone']=="")||($_POST['fax']=="")||($_POST['giss1']=="")||($_POST['giss2']==""))
 {
  echo "<html><body><p>The following fields are <strong>required</strong>.</p><ul>";
  if($_POST['college'] == ""){ echo "<li>*College</li>"; }
  if($_POST['streetaddress'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Street Address</li>"; }
  if($_POST['city'] == ""){ echo "<li>*City</li>"; }
  if($_POST['zip'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Zip</li>"; }
  if($_POST['state'] == ""){ echo "<li>*State</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactperson'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Person</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactemail'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Email</li>"; }
  if($_POST['phone'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Phone</li>"; }
  echo "</ul><p>Please use your browsers <a href=\"javascript:history.back();\">Back</a> button and fill out these fields.</p></body></html>";
 }
 
 if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    $to = "my@email.com"; 
    $subject = "Contact Has Registered";
    $college = $_POST['college'];
    $streetaddress = $_POST['streetaddress'];
    $city = $_POST['city'];
    $state = $_POST['state'];
    $contactperson = $_POST['contactperson'];
    $contactemail = $_POST['contactemail'];
	$phone = $_POST['phone'];
if ($selected_radio == 'giss1') {
$giss1_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_radio == 'giss2') {
$giss2_status = 'checked';
}
    
    $body = "From: $college
    Street Address: $streetaddress
    E-Mail: $contactemail
    Phone Number: $phone
    Contact Email: $contactemail
    GISS Session: $selected_radio";

    echo "We've recived your contact information $to! We will be in Contact with you shortly!" ;
    
    mail($to, $subject, $body); 
    
//These are the variables for the email

$sendto = $_POST['contactemail']; // this is the email address collected form the form
$ccto = "my@email.com"; //you can cc it to yourself
$subject = "Registration"; // Subject
$message = "Thank you for registering. Here are the registration details you have provided:
You are registered for:$selected_radio

College:$college
Address:$streetaddress
City:$city
State:$state
Contact Person:$contactperson
Contact Email:$contactemail
.......";

// This is the function to send the email
if(mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header)) header("location: attendee.html"); 
} 

?>
<script type=text/javascript>
setTimeout("location.href='index.html'", [3000]);
</script>

I'm a PHP amateur and have been working on this project for hours so now it's all starting to look like gibberish.

Thanks so much!

**fileserverdirect** · 06-10-2010, 01:32 AM

Can you please post the html form here. That will help us understand whats going on in the PHP. Most likely its a naming problem and not even PHP, but the only way to know that is for us to see the form code ...and didn't I just work with you on this script, lol...
Thanks,

**kairick** · 06-10-2010, 05:09 AM

Lol why, yes you did. Then the client wanted radio buttons and that sent me right back to feeling brain damaged. Original problems were fixed though!

Here's the form code:

Code:

<form action="home_contact.php"  method="post" id="frmcontactform" >
 <div>
 <p>*Asterisk denotes mandatory field</p>
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="college">*College</label>
        <input type="text" name="college" id="college" size="41" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="streetaddress">*Street Address</label>
        <input type="text" name="streetaddress" id="streetaddress" size="35" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="city">*City</label>
        <input type="text" name="city" id="city" size="27" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div style="padding-bottom:12px"><label for="state">*State</label>
        <input type="text" name="state" id="state" size="2" />
   </div>
   <div><label for="zip">*Zip</label>
        <input type="text" name="zip" id="zip" size="5" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="contactperson">*Contact Person</label>
        <input type="text" name="contactperson" id="contactperson" size="22" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="contactemail">*Contact Email</label>
        <input type="text" name="contactemail" id="contactemail" size="23" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="phone">*Phone</label>
        <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" size="10" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div>
        <label for="fax">Fax</label>
        <input type="text" name="fax" id="fax" size="11" />
 </div>
  </fieldset>
  <br />
    <fieldset>
   <div>
       Please select the GISS session you plan to attend<P>
<input type="radio" name="giss1" id="giss1" value="GISS I" />GISS I
<input type="radio" name="giss1" id="giss1" value="GISS I" />GISS II
 <br />
 </div>
  </fieldset>
  <div class="centerac"><input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit to Enter Attendee Information" />
   </div>
 <br />
 </div>
 </form>

Thanks again!

**djr33** · 06-10-2010, 05:21 AM

I believe that radio buttons work exactly the same way as a select menu or even just a text input: their value is sent as $_POST['fieldname'].

One obvious problem in the html is that the values are both the same. Is this intentional? Is this a typo while pasting the code here? If not, I bet that's the whole problem.

**kairick** · 06-10-2010, 06:25 AM

sorry that was a typo in pasting here. lol. I've been up too long.

Code:

<form action="home_contact.php"  method="post" id="frmcontactform" >
 <div>
 <p>*Asterisk denotes mandatory field</p>
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="college">*College</label>
        <input type="text" name="college" id="college" size="41" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="streetaddress">*Street Address</label>
        <input type="text" name="streetaddress" id="streetaddress" size="35" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="city">*City</label>
        <input type="text" name="city" id="city" size="27" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div style="padding-bottom:12px"><label for="state">*State</label>
        <input type="text" name="state" id="state" size="2" />
   </div>
   <div><label for="zip">*Zip</label>
        <input type="text" name="zip" id="zip" size="5" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="contactperson">*Contact Person</label>
        <input type="text" name="contactperson" id="contactperson" size="22" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="contactemail">*Contact Email</label>
        <input type="text" name="contactemail" id="contactemail" size="23" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div><label for="phone">*Phone</label>
        <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" size="10" />
   </div>
  </fieldset>
 <br />
  <fieldset>
   <div>
        <label for="fax">Fax</label>
        <input type="text" name="fax" id="fax" size="11" />
 </div>
  </fieldset>
  <br />
    <fieldset>
   <div>
       Please select the GISS session you plan to attend<P>
<input type="radio" name="giss1" id="giss1" value="GISS I" />GISS I
<input type="radio" name="giss2" id="giss2" value="GISS II" />GISS II
 <br />
 </div>
  </fieldset>
  <div class="centerac"><input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit to Enter Attendee Information" />
   </div>
 <br />
 </div>
 </form>

The only thing not showing up in the emails is the radio button selection (GISS I or GISS II).

Thanks

**djr33** · 06-10-2010, 06:31 AM

What happens if you submit the form and use the following line?
<?php print_r($_POST); ?>
That should tell you how to deal with the data.

**kairick** · 06-10-2010, 12:08 PM

where would I enter that line? After "value" in the HTML? Do I customize the line as

Code:

<?PHP print $giss1_status; ?>

or leave it as is?

Thanks

**kairick** · 06-10-2010, 07:04 PM

Here's my updated php code. I don't think I posted the print_r($_POST) correctly.

Code:

<?php

   
 if(($_POST['college']=="")||($_POST['streetaddress']=="")||($_POST['city']=="")||($_POST['zip']=="")||($_POST['state']=="")||($_POST['contactperson']=="")||($_POST['contactemail']=="")||($_POST['phone']=="")||($_POST['fax']=="")||($_POST['giss1']=="")||($_POST['giss2']==""))
 {
  echo "<html><body><p>The following fields are <strong>required</strong>.</p><ul>";
  if($_POST['college'] == ""){ echo "<li>*College</li>"; }
  if($_POST['streetaddress'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Street Address</li>"; }
  if($_POST['city'] == ""){ echo "<li>*City</li>"; }
  if($_POST['zip'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Zip</li>"; }
  if($_POST['state'] == ""){ echo "<li>*State</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactperson'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Person</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactemail'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Email</li>"; }
  if($_POST['phone'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Phone</li>"; }
  echo "</ul><p>Please use your browsers <a href=\"javascript:history.back();\">Back</a> button and fill out these fields.</p></body></html>";
 }
 
 if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    $to = "my@email.com"; 
    $subject = "Contact Has Registered";
    $college = $_POST['college'];
    $streetaddress = $_POST['streetaddress'];
    $city = $_POST['city'];
    $state = $_POST['state'];
	$zip = $_POST['zip'];
    $contactperson = $_POST['contactperson'];
    $contactemail = $_POST['contactemail'];
	$phone = $_POST['phone'];
if ($selected_radio == 'giss1') {
$giss1_status = 'checked';
print_r($_POST);
}
else if ($selected_radio == 'giss2') {
$giss2_status = 'checked';
print_r($_POST);
}
    
    $body = "From:$college
    Street Address:$streetaddress
	City:$city
	State:$state
	Zip Code:$zip
    E-Mail:$contactemail
    Phone Number:$phone
    Contact Email:$contactemail
    GISS Session:$selected_radio";

    
    mail($to, $subject, $body); 
    
//These are the variables for the email

$sendto = $_POST['contactemail']; // this is the email address collected form the form
$ccto = "my@email.com"; 
$subject = "Registration"; 
$message = "Thank you for registering.

Here are the registration details you have provided:

You are registered for:$selected_radio

College:$college
Address:$streetaddress
City:$city
State:$state
Zip:$zip
Contact Person:$contactperson
Contact Email:$contactemail";

// This is the function to send the email
if(mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header)) header("location: attendee.html"); 
} 

?>
<script type=text/javascript>
setTimeout("location.href='index.html'", [3000]);
</script>

**fileserverdirect** · 06-10-2010, 07:17 PM

Try just putting it at the top of the page and copy the output here. It's not showing up because $selected_radio is not being set to any $_POST value. It looks as if your copying 100% of your code off of some tutorial site and your not copying all of it. Just a guess.

**kairick** · 06-10-2010, 07:32 PM

The basic form was generated using SiteGrinder 2 (It was only initially supposed to be basic.) but as the client wanted features added to the form (email, confirmation, redirect, now radio buttons), it gradually became pieced together from a couple of sources.

So to clarify, I'm posting print_r($_POST) at the top of the page (after <?php ) and copying the result here?

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