Add/change text in div based on php if statement

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I have a page to create a new user. I have a php script that does various checks on the data entered in text fields. When it finds non-conforming entries, I need to provide feedback to the user to state why the process has been terminated. My thought was to simply have an empty div that I would populate with a message specific to the failing condition.

However, it looks like this might be more difficult than I had thought. I'd prefer to to this in my php script. I'm pretty new to web development. I'm open to suggestions about the best / easiest way to accomplish this. Thanks.

<div id="page">
    <img id="mainpic" src="images/banner.png" height="390" width="982">

    <div id="stylized" class="leftsidebox"></div>

     <div id="stylized" class="myform">
        <form id="form" name="form" method="post" action="scripts/create_admin.php">

            <label>Security Code
                <span class="small">Enter the security code provided to you</span>
            </label>
            <input type="text" name="securitycode" id="name" />

            <button type="submit">Create Administrator</button>
        </form>
    </div>

    <div id="stylized" class="rightsidebox">
        <div id="stylized" class="feedback">
            <h1>this is where I want to add dynamic text from php</h1>
        </div>

    </div>
</div>


<?php

    include('connection.php');

    //retrieve input values from the form
    $security_code = $_REQUEST['securitycode'];

    if (strlen($security_code) == 0) {
        //Add the text "Please enter a security code." to the div class="feedback"
        die();
    }
?>

M Khalid Junaid · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 20:48:46Z

3

Here you go add php code before html

<?php

    include('connection.php');

    //retrieve input values from the form
    $security_code = $_REQUEST['securitycode'];

    if (strlen($security_code) == 0) {
    $error="Please enter a security code.";    
    //Add the text "Please enter a security code." to the div class="feedback"
        die();
    }
?>

<div id="stylized" class="feedback">
            <h1><?php if(isset($error)){ echo $error; } ?></h1>
        </div>

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 20:48

M Khalid Junaid

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LMeyer · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 20:57:40Z

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You need to reload the page. If you detect an error in your security code, just create a variable with your error message and display the page again. The page will then check on each display if the message is here. If it does then it displays it.

if (strlen($security_code) == 0) {
        $message = "Security code was wrong";
        require(page.php) //Call your view
}

Then in your page :

<div id="stylized" class="leftsidebox">
   <?php if(isset($message)){ echo $message; } ?>
</div>

If you want to avoid reloading the page, I would advise looking into AJAX. Instead you would have an ajax request on submit of your form (with error in return if any) and your error message would be displayed asynchronously by manipulating the DOM with javascript.

edited Jun 28, 2013 at 20:57

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 20:48

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Carlos Bergen · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 20:47:06Z

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You could put that script inside the div tag like this:

<div id="stylized" class="rightsidebox">
    <div id="stylized" class="feedback">
        <h1>

 <?php

include('connection.php');

//retrieve input values from the form
$security_code = $_REQUEST['securitycode'];

if (strlen($security_code) == 0) {
    echo "Please enter a security code.";
}
?>
        </h1>
    </div>

</div>

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 20:47

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