Hello everyone, I am new to PHP and just started learning it. I am doing the form validation for the server side. I am totally blank how to make the checkbox input valid setting the valid variable to true making the validation for 3 or more selections.Any help will be huge. Thanks in advance
The html file linked with php validation file
<label for="email"> Please enter your email address:
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" data-validation="email">
<!-- Display validation message for email input -->
<?php the_validation_message('email'); ?>
</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="chicken" value="chicken" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="chicken">Chicken</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="cow" value="cow" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="cow">cow</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="whale" value="whale" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="whale">whale</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="bee" value="bee" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="bee"> bee</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="doggo" value="doggo" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="doggo">doggo</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="kitten" value="kitten" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="kitten">kitten</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="animals[]" id="jellyfish" value="jellyfish" data-validation="checkbox_group" data-
validation-qty="min3">
<label for="jellyfish">jellyfish</label>
</fieldset>
<label for="date"> Please enter your favorite date: (yyyy/mm/dd)
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" data-validation="date" data-validation-format="yyyy/mm/dd">
<!-- Display validation message for date input -->
<?php the_validation_message("date"); ?>
</label>
<input type="reset" name="" value="Reset Form">
<input type="submit" value="Submit Form">
The php validation file:
<?php // Global result of form validation $valid = false; // Global array of validation messages. For valid fields, message is "" $val_messages = Array(); // Check each field to make sure submitted data is valid. If no boxes are checked, isset() will return false function validate() { global $valid; global $val_messages; array_push($val_messages, "email is not correct format", "please enter a valid date in the format yyyy/mm/dd", "please choose atleast three animals","" ); if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']== 'POST') { // Use these patterns to check email and date, or come up with your own. // email: '#^(.+)@([^\.].*)\.([a-z]{2,})$#' // date: '#^\d{4}/((0[1-9])|(1[0-2]))/((0[1-9])|([12][0-9])|(3[01]))$#' if(isset($_POST['email']) == true && isset($_POST['date']) == true && isset($_POST['animals']) == true){ if(!preg_match('#^(.+)@([^\.].*)\.([a-z]{2,})$#', 'email')){ return $valid; } else if(!preg_match('#^\d{4}/((0[1-9])|(1[0-2]))/((0[1-9])|([12][0-9])|(3[01]))$#', 'date')){ return $valid; } else{ $valid = true; } /*for($i=0;$i