Can I make "email address" a required field?

[Helena]

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Version of script: 1.33
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I don't know anything about PHP but managed to install and to some extent customize the view of the guestbook and now I'm wondering if I can make the "email address" field a required field ?

Thanks for a great free script !

Helena

[Guest]

hi, find this portion of code

$name=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[name]"));
if(empty($name)) {problem("Please enter your name!","1");}
$from=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[from]"));
$a=check_mail_url(); $email=$a['email']; $url=$a['url'];
$comments=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[comments]"));
if(empty($comments)) {problem("Please enter your comments!","1");}
$isprivate=$_REQUEST['private'];

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and replace with this code, (added bits are highlighted),
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$name=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[name]"));
if(empty($name)) {problem("Please enter your name!","1");}
$email=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[email]"));
if(empty($email)) {problem("Please enter your email!","1");}
$from=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[from]"));
$a=check_mail_url(); $email=$a['email']; $url=$a['url'];
$comments=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes("$_REQUEST[comments]"));
if(empty($comments)) {problem("Please enter your comments!","1");}
$isprivate=$_REQUEST['private'];

now your email is a required feature, it will also ask for a valid email of sorts, although we all know it only requires an @ and a . more or less.

good luck

if you do not know how to do this, open up gbook.php wih say "notepad" and search for the top portion of code and replace with the newer lower version of the code.

[Guest]

I'll try that, thank you so much !


Helena


btw, the guestbook can now be found at www.helenasoriginals.com , I JUST got the site up !

[PeteS]

How can we make email address a required field in 1.6?

[Henrie]

Okay, here it goes. Required e-mail address for GBook version 1.6

Edit file settings.php
Add

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/* Entering your e-mail is required? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['req_email']=1;

Put it before /* DO NOT EDIT BELOW */

Edit file gbook.php
Search for

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        if (empty($name))
        {
            printSign($name,$from,$email,$url,$comments,$sign_nosmileys,$sign_isprivate,$lang['e03']);
        }
        if ($email=='INVALID')
        {
            printSign($name,$from,'',$url,$comments,$sign_nosmileys,$sign_isprivate,$lang['e04']);
        }

and replace with (insert new code at line 98 )

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        if (empty($name))
        {
            printSign($name,$from,$email,$url,$comments,$sign_nosmileys,$sign_isprivate,$lang['e03']);
        }
        /* Start required fields modification by Henrie, now checks for required e-mail field as defined in settings file */
        if ($settings['req_email'] == 1 && empty($email))
        {
            printSign($name,$from,'',$url,$comments,$sign_nosmileys,$sign_isprivate,$lang['hl_e01']);
        }
        /* End required fields modification by Henrie, now checks for required e-mail field as defined in settings file */
        if ($email=='INVALID')
        {
            printSign($name,$from,'',$url,$comments,$sign_nosmileys,$sign_isprivate,$lang['e04']);
        }

Edit file language.inc.php
Change

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$lang['t52']='Your e-mail:';

To

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$lang['t52']='<b>Your e-mail:</b>';

and add

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$lang['hl_e01']='Please enter your e-mail address';

Put it before ?>

Greetings,
Henrie

[PeteS]

Absolutely superb - works a treat, thank you very much!

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[Wulfgen]

I get this error when I add the code to the gbook.php on line 98

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /hsphere/local/home/mysite.com/guests/gbook16/gbook.php on line 97

[Klemen]

It's a syntax error, post your lines 90 to 110 here and I will check them.

[sgleiden]

I also got a parse error and did remove the last } from the script

[Henrie]

Hello sgleiden,

Are you still using GBook version 1.6?
You should better upgrade to version 1.7
For modifications like the requiered email address available for GBook version 1.7, see this post viewtopic.php?f=3&t=371

Greetings,
Henrie