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Cache Form Data - PHP

Asked by vetted in PHP and Databases, WebApplications

Tags: PHP, IE6 & 7

I have a form that has certain required fields.  The required fields are text boxes (Name, Phone, Email) and text areas (Comments, Inquiry, etc.).  If a user misses a required field, all of the data in the text boxes are cached and does not have to be retyped.  All data in the text areas have to be retyped.  How can I make it all cache and not just the text boxes?

The rest of the code not added is just the form with a Submit button.  Let me know if you need it. 
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<?php
// Config
define("TO_EMAIL", $_POST['email']);
define("CC_EMAIL", "");
define("BCC_EMAIL", "");
define("FROM_EMAIL", "");
define("SUBJECT", "");
define("REDIRECT_URI", "../response.html");
// End Config
 
// Message Template
$message .= "<html>\n";
$message .= "<body>\n";
$message .= "<p>this is my message</p>
$message .= "<p>".stripslashes($_POST['suggestions'])."</p>\n";
$message .= "</body>\n";
$message .= "</html>\n";
// End Template
 
 
// Check for post data
if ($_POST) {
 
// Validate
	if (strlen($_POST['requestor_name']) < 1) {
		$error .= "Please enter the Requestor Name.<br />\n";
	}
	if (strlen($_POST['company']) < 1) {
		$error .= "Please enter your Company Name.<br />\n";
	}
	if (strlen($_POST['address']) < 1) {
		$error .= "Please enter the Address.<br />\n";
	}
	
			if (strlen($_POST['facts_surrounding_request']) < 1) {
		$error .= "Please enter the facts surrounding the request.<br />\n";
	}
			if (strlen($_POST['requested_objectives']) < 1) {
		$error .= "Please enter the requested objectives.<br />\n";
	}
 
	
	if (!$error) {
		$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
		$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
		$headers .= "From: ".FROM_EMAIL."\r\n";
		if (!CC_EMAIL=="")  $headers .= "CC: ".CC_EMAIL."\r\n";
		if (!BCC_EMAIL=="")  $headers .= "BCC: ".BCC_EMAIL."\r\n";
		$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$_POST['email']."\r\n";
		$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";
		
		// Send It!
		mail(TO_EMAIL, SUBJECT, $message, $headers);
		
		// Redirect
		header("Location: ".REDIRECT_URI);
	}
}
 
?>
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Tags: PHP, IE6 &amp; 7
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