[RESOLVED] Validating form fields

[focus310]

Hello:

I'm trying to valide fields in a form which has many pages and each page is its own script. When I test my form by leaving the field blank, I should receive an error message stating Please enter your name. When I click Submit, I do not receive that message after leaving the field blank. I'm not sure if it's because I'm posting to another script. I can't understand why that should matter.

I included the code for the first and second page of the form. For easier reading, I am only showing one form field. In the second page of the form, I didn't include any of the form fields since page 2 shouldn't appear until all the fields on page 1 are filled in.

I hope someone can help me out. Thank you in advance.

This is the first page of the form.

<?php 

include('header_app.html');
if (isset($_POST['submitted'])) {
  $errors = array();

  //validate form data  
  
   if (empty($_POST['complete'])) {
    $errors[] = 'Please enter your name.';
   } else {
    $_SESSION['complete'] = escape_data($_POST['complete']);
   }

}

?>

<form action="app_admission_pg2.php" method="post">
<table class="apptable">
<tr><td class="a"><b>Application Completed by:</b></td><td class="b"><input type="text" name="complete" size="25" value="<?php if (isset($_SESSION['complete'])) echo $_SESSION['complete']; ?>"></td></tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" name="btnSubmit" id="btnSubmit" value="Page 2 >>" class="btn" >
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" />
</form>

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This is the second page of the form.

<?php
include('header_app.html');
$_SESSION['complete']=$_POST['complete'];
<form action="app_admission_pg3.php"  method="post" >
<This section will have the next batch of questions.>
</form>

[kurniawan]

Sorry, I am confusing. Is this what you mean?

app_admission_pg2.php -> the second page of the form

or this?

app_admission_pg2.php -> the first page of the form


IF app_admission_pg2.php -> the first page of the form
then, try to check did you put session_start() in the beginning of the files.

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