I have a form in HTML but when the submit button is pressed, the values typed in the form are not passed to the PHP script. I've been testing it with a basic regex check to test if an email is valid. I know that the emails I am typing work with the regex function since I've used it before. However, the test fails in PHP I am guessing because the variable is empty.
Form code:
<!-- Registration -->
<section id="registration">
<div class="col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-3">
<form class="animated pulse" id="register" action="/php/registration-form.php" method="POST">
<p class="small">There are no refunds available under any circumstances.</p>
<input id="register_first_name" type="text" placeholder="FIRST NAME">
<input id="register_last_name" type="text" placeholder="LAST NAME">
<input id="register_email" type="text" placeholder="E-MAIL">
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="Checkout Now">
</form>
</div>
</section>
<!-- End Registration -->
PHP Code:
<?php
$first_name = $_POST["register_first_name"];
$last_name = $_POST["register_last_name"];
$email = $_POST["register_email"];
//Validate the attendee's email
if( validate_email($email) ) {
} else {
?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Sorry! Please enter a valid email address.');
window.location = '/';
</script>
<?php
die("ERROR: Attendee entered an invalid email.");
}
function validate_email($email_to_check) {
$regex = "^[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$";
return !empty($email_to_check) && preg_match($regex, $email_to_check);
} ?>
How should I be passing text to my PHP variables?
Thanks
