In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to create a swanky HTML5 AJAX powered contact form. The form will use some of the new HTML5 input elements and attributes, and will be validated using the browser’s built-in form validation.
We will use jQuery and Modernizr to help out with the older browsers, and PHP on the server side to validate the input.
In this tutorial, we are going to be creating a user signup form that adds a user to a database, and then sends out a confirmation email that the user must click on before their account will be activated.
An interesting way to validate web forms with PHP that completely separates logic and presentation that’s easy for both developers and designers to implement.
Since I’ve been working on my CMS the past few days I’ve been on a little PHP trip. I’ll probably be writing a few PHP posts over the next week or so, intermingled with other topics of course. This tutorial should help you build smarter web forms with PHP and save you a ton of time.