new to PHP and could really use som help. I figured this is a good a place as any to ask. All i really understand are the basics (as you will see from my code lol) but i am the dive in and do it person or else i wont learn :/. I think that my syntax is written correctly but i am to new to this language and programming in general to have a valid opinion. I do not know how to use AJAX yet so i basically having people fill out a form to get to one of two other forms. Does that make sense? Here is my code and i am open to any and all wisdom and knowledge this community can give. Thanks in advance everyone!
Code:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'in_or_out'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR] [COLOR=#339933]==[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]"inside"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000088]$inside[/COLOR] [COLOR=#339933]=[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'in_or_out'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933];[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]elseif[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'in_or_out'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR] [COLOR=#339933]==[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]"outside"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$outside[/COLOR] [COLOR=#339933]=[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'in_or_out'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933];[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
</head>
<body>
<h4> Please answer the following questions to receive a hardware recommendation or Fill out the contact us form for more complex questions</h4>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#339933]![/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'form'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
<form action="[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]echo[/COLOR] [COLOR=#990000]htmlentities[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_SERVER[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'PHP_SELF'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]" method="post" name="form">
<p>Indoor or Outdoor application: <select name='in_or_out'><option value=''>Select one</option><option name="inside" value="inside">Inside</option><option name="outside" value="outside">Outside</option>
</select>
</p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'form'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
<form action="[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]echo[/COLOR] [COLOR=#990000]htmlentities[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$_SERVER[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]'PHP_SELF'[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]" method="post" name="form">
<p>Indoor or Outdoor application: <select name='in_or_out'><option value=''>Select one</option><option name="inside" [COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$inside[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#b1b100]echo[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]"selected"[/COLOR][COLOR=#339933];[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR] value="inside">Inside</option><option name="outside" [COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$outside[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#b1b100]echo[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]"selected"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#339933];[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR] value="outside">Outside</option>
</select>
</p>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]if[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$outside[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
<select name="application" >
<option value="opt1">option1</option>
<option value="opt2">option2</option>
<option value="opt3">option3</option>
</select>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#b1b100]elseif[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]isset[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000088]$inside[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR][COLOR=#009900])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]{[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
<select name="application" >
<option value="opt1">option1</option>
<option value="opt2">option2</option>
</select>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
[COLOR=#000000][B]<?php[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#009900]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][B]?>[/B][/COLOR]
</body>
</html>
Serisously though, thanks for your time dude