1 <?php
2// define variables and set to empty values
3$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
4
5if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
6 $name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
7 $email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
8
9
10 $website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
11 $comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
12 $gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
13}
14
15 //php form data validation function
16function test_input($data) {
17 $data = trim($data);
18 $data = stripslashes($data);
19 $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
20 return $data;
21
22 }
23?>