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Module 5 PHP Form Validations

This document discusses server-side form validation in PHP. It begins by explaining the difference between client-side and server-side validation. Client-side validation occurs in the user's browser, while server-side validation occurs after form submission on the server. The document then lists various validation fields like name, email, URL, and provides code examples to validate each field type using regular expressions and PHP functions like preg_match() and filter_var(). It demonstrates how to validate strings for names and URLs, emails using FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL, numbers, and decimals. The objective is for students to learn how to validate required fields and properly validate different data types on the server-side.

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Module 5 PHP Form Validations

This document discusses server-side form validation in PHP. It begins by explaining the difference between client-side and server-side validation. Client-side validation occurs in the user's browser, while server-side validation occurs after form submission on the server. The document then lists various validation fields like name, email, URL, and provides code examples to validate each field type using regular expressions and PHP functions like preg_match() and filter_var(). It demonstrates how to validate strings for names and URLs, emails using FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL, numbers, and decimals. The objective is for students to learn how to validate required fields and properly validate different data types on the server-side.

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Urdaneta City University Elective 102: Server Side Coding

College of Computer Studies Module 5: Form Validations

PHP Form Validations

OBJECTIVES At the end of the module, students are expected to:


1. Differentiate the client side validation to server side validations
2. Identify the validation fields
3. Validate all required fields

Client Side Validation vs. Server Side Validation

 Client-Side Validation − Validation is performed on the client machine web


browsers.
 Server Side Validation − after submitted by data, the data has sent to a server
and perform validation checks in server machine.

Validation Fields

Name Should require letters and white-spaces

Email Email

Website Should require a valid URL

Radio Must be selectable at least once

Check Box Must be checkable at least once

Drop Down menu Must be selectable at least once

preg_match function

 It searches string for pattern, returning true if pattern exists, and false otherwise.

Validate Name

Syntax and Pattern

$name = $_POST[‘name’];
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}

It shows a simple way to check if the name field only contains letters and whitespace. If
the value of the name field is not valid, then store an error message.

Validate Email

Syntax and Pattern

$email = $_POST["email"];
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {

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College of Computer Studies Module 5: Form Validations

$emailErr = "Invalid email format";


}

If the e-mail address is not well-formed, then store an error message:

Validate URL

Syntax and Pattern

$website = POST["website"];
if (!preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-
9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i", $website)) {
$websiteErr = "Invalid URL";
}

It shows a way to check if a URL address syntax is valid (this regular expression also
allows dashes in the URL). If the URL address syntax is not valid, then store an error message:

Validate Number

Syntax and Pattern

$age = $_POST[‘age’];
if (!preg_match("/^[0-9]*$/",$age)) {
$ageErr = "Only numbers allowed";
}

It shows a simple way to check if the age field only contains numbers. If the value of the
name field is not valid, then store an error message.

Validate Decimal

Syntax and Pattern

$price = $_POST["price"];
if (!filter_var($pricel, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT)) {
$price = “Invalid decimal format";
}

It shows a simple way to check if the price field only contains numbers with decimal. If
the value of the name field is not valid, then store an error message.

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