A multi page form in PHP can be created using sessions, that are used to retain values of a form and can transfer them from one page to another .

By seeing popularity of such forms, we bring this tutorial to create a multi page form using PHP script. However, we have already covered multi step form using jQuery and JavaScript.

In our example, we have used :

  • PHP sessions to store page wise form field values in three steps.
  • Also, we have applied some validations on each page.
  • At the end, we collects values from all forms and store them in a database.

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Our complete HTML and PHP codes are given below.

PHP file: page1_form.php
Given below are the codes for first part of the form, as user fills it and clicks on next button, it will redirect to second page .

<?php
session_start(); // Session starts here.
?><!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
 <head>
 <title>PHP Multi Page Form</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
 </head>
 <body>
 <div class="container">
 <div class="main">
 <h2>PHP Multi Page Form</h2>
 <span id="error">
 <!---- Initializing Session for errors --->
 <?php
 if (!empty($_SESSION['error'])) {
 echo $_SESSION['error'];
 unset($_SESSION['error']);
 }
 ?>
 </span>
 <form action="page2_form.php" method="post">
 <label>Full Name :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="name" type="text" placeholder="Ex-James Anderson" required>
 <label>Email :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="email" type="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
 <label>Contact :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="contact" type="text" placeholder="10-digit number" required>
 <label>Password :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="password" type="Password" placeholder="*****" />
 <label>Re-enter Password :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="confirm" type="password" placeholder="*****" >
 <input type="reset" value="Reset" />
 <input type="submit" value="Next" />
 </form>
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>
</html>

PHP file: page2_form.php

In the below script, we validate all fields of page1 and set sessions for page1 errors.


<?php
session_start();
// Checking first page values for empty,If it finds any blank field then redirected to first page.
if (isset($_POST['name'])){
 if (empty($_POST['name'])
 || empty($_POST['email'])
 || empty($_POST['contact'])
 || empty($_POST['password'])
 || empty($_POST['confirm'])){ 
 // Setting error message
 $_SESSION['error'] = "Mandatory field(s) are missing, Please fill it again";
 header("location: page1_form.php"); // Redirecting to first page 
 } else {
 // Sanitizing email field to remove unwanted characters.
 $_POST['email'] = filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL); 
 // After sanitization Validation is performed.
 if (filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){ 
 // Validating Contact Field using regex.
 if (!preg_match("/^[0-9]{10}$/", $_POST['contact'])){ 
 $_SESSION['error'] = "10 digit contact number is required.";
 header("location: page1_form.php");
 } else {
 if (($_POST['password']) === ($_POST['confirm'])) {
 foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
 $_SESSION['post'][$key] = $value;
 }
 } else {
 $_SESSION['error'] = "Password does not match with Confirm Password.";
 header("location: page1_form.php"); //redirecting to first page
 }
 }
 } else {
 $_SESSION['error'] = "Invalid Email Address";
 header("location: page1_form.php");//redirecting to first page
 }
 }
} else {
 if (empty($_SESSION['error_page2'])) {
 header("location: page1_form.php");//redirecting to first page
 }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
 <head>
 <title>PHP Multi Page Form</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
 </head>
 <body>
 <div class="container">
 <div class="main">
 <h2>PHP Multi Page Form</h2><hr/>
 <span id="error">
<?php
// To show error of page 2.
if (!empty($_SESSION['error_page2'])) {
 echo $_SESSION['error_page2'];
 unset($_SESSION['error_page2']);
}
?>
 </span>
 <form action="page3_form.php" method="post">
 <label>Religion :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="religion" id="religion" type="text" value="" >
 <label>Nationality :<span>*</span></label><br />
 <input name="nationality" id="nationality" type="text" value="" >
 <label>Gender :<span>*</span></label>
 <input type="radio" name="gender" value="male" required>Male
 <input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
 <label>Educational Qualification :<span>*</span></label>
 <select name="qualification">
 <option value="">----Select----</options>
 <option value="graduation" value="">Graduation </options>
 <option value="postgraduation" value="">Post Graduation </options>
 <option value="other" value="">Other </options>
 </select>
 <label>Job Experience :<span>*</span></label>
 <select name="experience">
 <option value="">----Select----</options>
 <option value="fresher" value="">Fresher </options>
 <option value="less" value="">Less Than 2 year </options>
 <option value="more" value="">More Than 2 year</options>
 </select>
 <input type="reset" value="Reset" />
 <input type="submit" value="Next" />
 </form>
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>
</html>

PHP file: page3_form.php
In the below script, we validate all fields of page2 and set sessions for page2 errors.


<?php
session_start();
// Checking second page values for empty, If it finds any blank field then redirected to second page.
if (isset($_POST['gender'])){
 if (empty($_POST['gender'])
 || empty($_POST['nationality'])
 || empty($_POST['religion'])
 || empty($_POST['qualification'])
 || empty($_POST['experience'])){ 
 $_SESSION['error_page2'] = "Mandatory field(s) are missing, Please fill it again"; // Setting error message.
 header("location: page2_form.php"); // Redirecting to second page. 
 } else {
 // Fetching all values posted from second page and storing it in variable.
 foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
 $_SESSION['post'][$key] = $value;
 }
 }
} else {
 if (empty($_SESSION['error_page3'])) {
 header("location: page1_form.php");// Redirecting to first page.
 }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
 <head>
 <title>PHP Multi Page Form</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
 </head>
 <body>
 <div class="container">
 <div class="main">
 <h2>PHP Multi Page Form</h2><hr/>
 <span id="error">
 <?php
 if (!empty($_SESSION['error_page3'])) {
 echo $_SESSION['error_page3'];
 unset($_SESSION['error_page3']);
 }
 ?>
 </span>
 <form action="page4_insertdata.php" method="post">
 <b>Complete Address :</b>
 <label>Address Line1 :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="address1" id="address1" type="text" size="30" required>
 <label>Address Line2 :</label>
 <input name="address2" id="address2" type="text" size="50">
 <label>City :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="city" id="city" type="text" size="25" required>
 <label>Pin Code :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="pin" id="pin" type="text" size="10" required>
 <label>State :<span>*</span></label>
 <input name="state" id="state" type="text" size="30" required>
 <input type="reset" value="Reset" />
 <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
 </form>
 </div> 
 </div>
 </body>
</html>

PHP file: page4_form.php
Here, we collects values of all pages and store them in database.


<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
 <head>
 <title>PHP Multi Page Form</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
 </head>
 <body>
 <div class="container">
 <div class="main">
 <h2>PHP Multi Page Form</h2>
 <?php
 session_start();
 if (isset($_POST['state'])) {
 if (!empty($_SESSION['post'])){
 if (empty($_POST['address1'])
 || empty($_POST['city'])
 || empty($_POST['pin'])
 || empty($_POST['state'])){ 
 // Setting error for page 3.
 $_SESSION['error_page3'] = "Mandatory field(s) are missing, Please fill it again";
 header("location: page3_form.php"); // Redirecting to third page.
 } else {
 foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
 $_SESSION['post'][$key] = $value;
 } 
 extract($_SESSION['post']); // Function to extract array.
 $connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
 $db = mysql_select_db("phpmultipage", $connection); // Storing values in database.
 $query = mysql_query("insert into detail (name,email,contact,password,religion,nationality,gender,qualification,experience,address1,address2,city,pin,state) values('$name','$email','$contact','$password','$religion','$nationality','$gender','$qualification','$experience','$address1','$address2','$city','$pin','$state')", $connection);
 if ($query) {
 echo '<p><span id="success">Form Submitted successfully..!!</span></p>';
 } else {
 echo '<p><span>Form Submission Failed..!!</span></p>';
 } 
 unset($_SESSION['post']); // Destroying session.
 }
 } else {
 header("location: page1_form.php"); // Redirecting to first page.
 }
 } else {
 header("location: page1_form.php"); // Redirecting to first page.
 }
 ?>
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>
</html>

MySQL Codes: 

To create table in MySQL  Database.

CREATE TABLE detail (
user_id int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
email varchar(255) NOT NULL,
contact int(15) NOT NULL,
password varchar(255) NOT NULL,
religion varchar(255) NOT NULL,
nationality varchar(255) NOT NULL,
gender varchar(255) NOT NULL,
qualification varchar(255) NOT NULL,
experience varchar(255) NOT NULL,
address1 varchar(255) NOT NULL,
address2 varchar(255) NOT NULL,
city varchar(255) NOT NULL,
pin int(10) NOT NULL,
state varchar(255) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
)

CSS File: style.css

Styling HTML elements.


@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway);
div.container{
 width: 960px;
 height: 610px;
 margin:50px auto;
}
div.main{
 width: 308px;
 margin-top: 35px;
 float:left;
 border-radius: 5px;
 Border:2px solid #999900;
 padding:0px 50px 20px;
 font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
}
#error{
 display:block;
 margin-top: 10px;
 margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#success{
 color:green;
 font-weight:bold;
}
span{
 color:red;
}
h2{
background-color: #FEFFED;
padding: 32px;
margin: 0 -50px;
text-align: center;
border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
}
b{
font-size:18px;
display: block;
color: #555;
}
hr{
margin: 0 -50px;
border: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
margin-bottom:25px;
}
label{
color: #464646;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
}
input[type=text],
input[type=password],
input[type=number],
input[type=email]{
width:96%;
height:25px;
padding:5px;
margin-top:5px;
margin-bottom:15px;
}
input[type=radio]
{
margin:20px;
}
select{
margin-bottom: 15px;
margin-top: 5px;
width: 100%;
height: 35px;
font-size: 16px;
font-family: cursive;
}
input[type=submit],
input[type=reset]{
padding: 10px;
background: linear-gradient(#ffbc00 5%, #ffdd7f 100%);
border: 1px solid #e5a900;
color: #524f49;
cursor: pointer;
width: 49.2%;
border-radius: 2px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:16px;
}
input[type=submit]:hover,
input[type=reset]:hover
{
background: linear-gradient(#ffdd7f 5%, #ffbc00 100%);
}

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