Ethan,
Ok, I would do this with what I would call wizard steps...
On 1/3/2011 3:17 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
Oooops - left out the text that was supposed to be in the quotes.
Dear List -
I would like to have two(2) forms in one PHP script. I would like to
have the forms appear sequentially; ie, that the first form would
appear, the data would be entered, and then the second form would
appear, the data would be entered, and the script would exit.
The code below displays both forms simultaneously. After the data is
entered for the first form, the second form appears again. After the
data is entered for the second form, the script displays the statement
"Enter your date of birth, in mm/dd/yyyy format: " from the first form.
Would you please help me correct the script so that it will perform as
required.
Thanks.
Here is the code:
============
<?php session_start(); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
<html><body>
<?php
switch ( @$_POST['next_step'] )
{
case 'step3':
if ( empty($_SESSION['dob']) )
die('DOB was not set in session...');
$dateArr = explode('/', @$_SESSION['dob']);
// calculate timestamp corresponding to date value
$dateTs = strtotime($_POST['dob']);
// calculate timestamp corresponding to 'today'
$now = strtotime('today');
// check that the value entered is in the correct format
if ( sizeof($dateArr) != 3 )
die('ERROR: Please enter a valid date of birth');
// check that the value entered is a valid date
if ( !checkdate($dateArr[0], $dateArr[1], $dateArr[2]) )
die('ERROR: Please enter a valid date of birth');
// check that the date entered is earlier than 'today'
if ( $dateTs >= $now )
die('ERROR: Please enter a date of birth earlier than today');
// calculate difference between date of birth and today in days
// convert to years
// convert remaining days to months
// print output
$ageDays = floor(($now - $dateTs) / 86400);
$ageYears = floor($ageDays / 365);
$ageMonths = floor(($ageDays - ($ageYears * 365)) / 30);
echo "You are approximately $ageYears years and $ageMonths months old.";
break;
case 'step2':
$_SESSION['dob'] = @$_POST['dob'];
echo <<<FORM
<form method="post" action="">
<input type="hidden" type="next_step" value="step3" />
Enter your kitten's name: <br />
<input type="text" name="cat" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Kitten" />
</form>
FORM;
break;
case 'step1':
default:
echo <<<FORM
<form method="post" action="">
<input type="hidden" name="next_step" value="step2" />
Enter your date of birth, in mm/dd/yyyy format: <br />
<input type="text" name="dob" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
FORM;
}
?>
</body></html>
This is completely untested, typed directly in the email client. Most
of the code is cut/paste from your examples. But, it should give you a
good starting point for a multi-step form type.
Jim
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