I want to display error messages below the fields in my contact form. But Im not able to do so. Here is my code:-
contact.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="styles.css" >
<script type="text/javascript" src="my.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#submit').click(function(){
$.post("send.php", $("#mycontactform").serialize(), function(response) {
$('#success').html(response);
//$('#success').hide('slow');
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="mycontactform" class="contact_form" action="" method="post" name="contact_form">
<ul>
<li>
<h2>Contact Us</h2>
<span class="required_notification">* Denotes Required Field</span>
</li>
<li>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" placeholder="John Doe" required />
<small class="errorText"><?php echo $error["name"]; ?></small>
</li>
<li>
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="john_doe@example.com" required />
<span class="form_hint">Proper format "name@something.com"</span>
<small class="errorText"><?php echo $error["email"]; ?></small>
</li>
<li>
<label for="message">Message:</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" cols="40" rows="6" required ></textarea>
<small class="errorText"><?php echo $error["message"]; ?></small>
</li>
<li>
<input type="button" class="submit" style="width:70px; text-align:center; height:30px; margin-left:200px; cursor:pointer" value="SEND" id="submit" />
</li><div id="success" style="color:red;"></div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
send.php
<?php
// Here we get all the information from the fields sent over by the form.
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = 'babloopuneeth@gmail.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'FROM: '.$name.' Email: '.$email.'Message: '.$message;
$headers = 'From: youremail@domain.com' . "\r\n";
$error = array(
"name" => "",
"email" => "",
"message" => ""
);
$email = ( isset( $_POST["email"] ) ) ? trim( $_POST["email"] ) : false;
$name = ( isset( $_POST["name"] ) ) ? trim( $_POST["name"] ) : false;
$message = ( isset( $_POST["message"] ) ) ? trim( $_POST["message"] ) : false;
if ( !$emai ) {
$error["email"] = "Email is required!";
}
if ( !$name ) {
$error["name"] = "Name is required!";
}
if ( !$message ) {
$error["message"] = "Message is required!";
}
else { // this line checks that we have a valid email address
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers); //This method sends the mail.
echo "Your email was sent!"; // success message
}
?>
I tried many other ways but its not working. I just want the error message to be displayed below each field if the field is empty, Plz help me..