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PHP Registration Form using GET, POST Methods with


Example
What is Form?
When you login into a website or into your mail
box, you are interacting with a form.

Forms are used to get input from the user and


submit it to the web server for processing.

 The diagram below illustrates the form handling


process.

(/images/2013/04/php_forms.png)

(/images/2013/04/php_forms.png)

A form is an HTML tag that contains graphical user interface items such as input box, check
boxes radio buttons etc.

The form is defined using the <form>...</form> tags and GUI items are defined using form
elements such as input.

In this tutorial, you will learn-

When and why we are using forms?


Create a form
POST method
GET method
GET vs POST Methods
Processing the registration form data
More examples

When and why we are using forms?

Forms come in handy when developing flexible and dynamic applications that accept user
input.
Forms can be used to edit already existing data from the database

Create a form
We will use HTML tags to create a form. Below is the minimal list of things you need to create a
form.

Opening and closing form tags <form>…</form>


Form submission type POST or GET
Submission URL that will process the submitted data
Input fields such as input boxes, text areas, buttons,checkboxes etc.

The code below creates a simple registration form


<html> 
<head> 
  <title>Registration Form</title> 
  <meta http‐equiv="Content‐Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF‐8"> 
</head> 
<body> 

    <h2>Registration Form</h2> 

    <form action="registration_form.php" method="POST"> First name: 

        <input type="text" name="firstname"> <br> Last name: 

        <input type="text" name="lastname">  

        <input type="hidden" name="form_submitted" value="1" /> 

        <input type="submit" value="Submit"> 

    </form> 
</body> 
</html> 

Viewing the above code in a web browser displays the following form.

(/images/2013/04/html_form.png)

(/images/2013/04/html_form.png)

HERE,

<form…>…</form> are the opening and closing form tags


action="registration_form.php" method="POST"> specifies the destination URL and the
submission type.
First/Last name: are labels for the input boxes
<input type=”text”…> are input box tags
<br> is the new line tag
<input type="hidden" name="form_submitted" value="1"/> is a hidden value that is used to
check whether the form has been submitted or not
<input type="submit" value="Submit"> is the button that when clicked submits the form to
the server for processing

Submitting the form data to the server


The action attribute of the form specifies the submission URL that processes the data. The
method attribute specifies the submission type.

PHP POST method

This is the built in PHP super global array variable that is used to get values submitted via
HTTP POST method.
The array variable can be accessed from any script in the program; it has a global scope.
This method is ideal when you do not want to display the form post values in the URL.
A good example of using post method is when submitting login details to the server.

It has the following syntax.

<?php 
 $_POST['variable_name']; 
?>

  HERE,

“$_POST[…]” is the PHP array


“'variable_name'” is the URL variable name.

PHP GET method

This is the built in PHP super global array variable that is used to get values submitted via
HTTP GET method.
The array variable can be accessed from any script in the program; it has a global scope.
This method displays the form values in the URL.
It’s ideal for search engine forms as it allows the users to book mark the results.

It has the following syntax.


<?php 
$_GET['variable_name']; 
?>

  HERE,

“$_GET[…]” is the PHP array


“'variable_name'” is the URL variable name.

GET vs POST Methods


POST GET

Values not visible in the URL Values visible in the URL

Has not limitation of the length of the values Has limitation on the length of the values
since they are submitted via the body of usually 255 characters. This is because the
HTTP values are displayed in the URL. Note the
upper limit of the characters is dependent on
the browser.

Has lower performance compared to Has high performance compared to POST


Php_GET method due to time spent method dues to the simple nature of
encapsulation the Php_POST values in the appending the values in the URL.
HTTP body

Supports many di힀�erent data types such as Supports only string data types because the
string, numeric, binary etc. values are displayed in the URL

Results cannot be book marked Results can be book marked due to the
visibility of the values in the URL

The below diagram shows the di힀�erence between get and post
(/images/2013/04/post_form_submission.png)

(/images/2013/04/post_form_submission.png)

  (/images/2013/04/get_form_submission.png)

(/images/2013/04/get_form_submission.png)

Processing the registration form data


The registration form submits data to itself as specified in the action attribute of the form.

 When a form has been submitted, the values are populated in the $_POST super global array.

We will use the PHP isset function to check if the form values have been filled in the $_POST
array and process the data.

We will modify the registration form to include the PHP code that processes the data. Below is
the modified code
<html> 
<head> 
  <title>Registration Form</title> 
  <meta http‐equiv="Content‐Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF‐8"> 

</head> 
<body> 

    <?php if (isset($_POST['form_submitted'])): ?> //this code is executed when the form is sub
mitted 

        <h2>Thank You <?php echo $_POST['firstname']; ?> </h2> 

        <p>You have been registered as 
            <?php echo $_POST['firstname'] . ' ' . $_POST['lastname']; ?> 
        </p> 

        <p>Go <a href="/registration_form.php">back</a> to the form</p> 

        <?php else: ?> 

            <h2>Registration Form</h2> 

            <form action="registration_form.php" method="POST"> 

                 First name: 
                <input type="text" name="firstname"> 
                 
                <br> Last name: 
                <input type="text" name="lastname"> 
                 
      <input type="hidden" name="form_submitted" value="1" /> 

                <input type="submit" value="Submit"> 

            </form> 

      <?php endif; ? >  
</body>  
</html> 

  HERE,

<?php if (isset($_POST['form_submitted'])): ?> checks if the form_submitted hidden field


has been filled in the $_POST[] array and display a thank you and first name message.
If the form_fobmitted field hasn’t been filled in the $_POST[] array, the form is displayed.
More examples

Simple search engine


We will design a simple search engine that uses the PHP_GET method as the form submission
type.

For simplicity’s sake, we will use a PHP If statement to determine the output.

We will use the same HTML code for the registration form above and make minimal
modifications to it.
<html> 
<head> 
  <title>Simple Search Engine</title> 
  <meta http‐equiv="Content‐Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF‐8"> 
</head> 
<body> 

    <?php if (isset($_GET['form_submitted'])): ?> 

        <h2>Search Results For <?php echo $_GET['search_term']; ?> </h2> 
        <?php if ($_GET['search_term'] == "GET"): ?> 

            <p>The GET method displays its values in the URL</p> 

            <?php else: ?> 
               <p>Sorry, no matches found for your search term</p> 

            <?php endif; ?> 

                <p>Go <a href="/search_engine.php">back</a> to the form</p> 

                <?php else: ?> 

                   <h2>Simple Search Engine ‐ Type in GET </h2> 

                   <form action="search_engine.php" method="GET"> 

                        Search Term: 
                        <input type="text" name="search_term"> 
                        <br> 
                             
      <input type="hidden" name="form_submitted" value="1" /> 

                       <input type="submit" value="Submit"> 
                        
                  </form> 
               <?php endif; ?> 
</body> 
</html> 

View the above page in a web browser

The following form will be shown


(/images/2013/04/simple_search_engine.png)

(/images/2013/04/simple_search_engine.png)

Type GET in upper case letter then click on submit button.

The following will be shown

(/images/2013/04/search_engine_results.png)

(/images/2013/04/search_engine_results.png)

The diagram below shows the URL for the above results

(/images/2013/04/search_engine_url.png)

(/images/2013/04/search_engine_url.png)

Note the URL has displayed the value of search_term and form_submitted. Try to enter
anything di힀�erent from GET then click on submit button and see what results you will get.

Working with check boxes, radio buttons


If the user does not select a check box or radio button, no value is submitted, if the user selects
a check box or radio button, the value one (1) or true is submitted.

We will modify the registration form code and include a check button that allows the user to
agree to the terms of service.
<html> 
<head> 
  <title>Registration Form</title> 
  <meta http‐equiv="Content‐Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF‐8"> 
</head> 
<body> 

    <?php if (isset($_POST['form_submitted'])): ?> 

        <?php if (!isset($_POST['agree'])): ?> 

            <p>You have not accepted our terms of service</p> 

            <?php else: ?> 

                <h2>Thank You <?php echo $_POST['firstname']; ?></h2> 

                <p>You have been registered as 
                    <?php echo $_POST['firstname'] . ' ' . $_POST['lastname']; ?> 
                </p> 

                <p> Go <a href="/registration_form2.php">back</a> to the form</p> 

            <?php endif; ?> 

            <?php else: ?> 

                        <h2>Registration Form</h2> 

                        <form action="registration_form2.php" method="POST"> 

                            First name: 
                            <input type="text" name="firstname"> 
                             
                            <br> Last name: 
                            <input type="text" name="lastname"> 
                             
                            <br> Agree to Terms of Service: 
                            <input type="checkbox" name="agree"> 
                            <br> 

                            <input type="hidden" name="form_submitted" value="1" /> 

                            <input type="submit" value="Submit"> 

                        </form> 
  <?php endif; ?> 
</body> 
</html> 
View the above form in a browser

(/images/2013/04/registration_form.png)

(/images/2013/04/registration_form.png)

Fill in the first and last names

Note the Agree to Terms of Service checkbox has not been selected.

Click on submit button

You will get the following results

(/images/2013/04/radio_button_false.png)

(/images/2013/04/radio_button_false.png)

Click on back to the form link and then select the checkbox

(/images/2013/04/registration_form2.png)

(/images/2013/04/registration_form2.png)

Click on submit button

You will get the following results


(/images/2013/04/radio_button_true.png)

(/images/2013/04/radio_button_true.png)

Summary

Forms are used to get data from the users


Forms are created using HTML tags
Forms can be submitted to the server for processing using either POST or GET method
Form values submitted via the POST method are encapsulated in the HTTP body.
Form values submitted via the GET method are appended and displayed in the URL.

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