In what ways can PHP beginners improve their understanding of form validation and email sending to prevent issues like empty email submissions?

One way PHP beginners can improve their understanding of form validation and email sending to prevent issues like empty email submissions is by implementing server-side validation to check if the email field is empty before sending the email. This can be done by using conditional statements to validate the form data before processing the email sending function. 

<?php

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $email = $_POST["email"];

    // Validate email field
    if (empty($email)) {
        echo "Email field cannot be empty.";
    } else {
        // Process email sending
        $to = "recipient@example.com";
        $subject = "Test Email";
        $message = "This is a test email.";

        // Send email
        if (mail($to, $subject, $message)) {
            echo "Email sent successfully.";
        } else {
            echo "Email sending failed.";
        }
    }
}

?>

<form method="post" action="">
    <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email">
    <button type="submit">Send Email</button>
</form>

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PHP form validation email sending empty submissions error handling

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