Create Simple Calculator in PHP

Introduction

In this article I will shown you how to create a simple calculator using PHP.

Design look of the Simple calculator



So, in this application I am using two input HTML TextBoxes for entering operands for calculations, a button for the calculation and a drop down list for selecting an operator, and a button for the calculation. In it is simply a HTML TextBox value, in other words operand value and also an operator value is accepted in this way:

$_REQUEST['name']

In that way you can simply store the TextBox value or drop down list value for calculation in a PHP variable. I handle lost of errors in this script. I am simply checking that the TextBox value is empty or not using:

if($_REQUEST['fvalue']==NULL && $_REQUEST['lvalue']==NULL)

If an error exists then an alert is shown with a message depending on the error.
 
The following is the calculator code:

<?php

ini_set('display_errors',0);

if( isset( $_REQUEST['calculate'] ))

{

$operator=$_REQUEST['operator'];

if($operator=="+")

{

$add1 = $_REQUEST['fvalue'];

$add2 = $_REQUEST['lvalue'];

$res= $add1+$add2;

}

if($operator=="-")

{

$add1 = $_REQUEST['fvalue'];

$add2 = $_REQUEST['lvalue'];

$res= $add1-$add2;

}

if($operator=="*")

{

$add1 = $_REQUEST['fvalue'];

$add2 = $_REQUEST['lvalue'];

$res =$add1*$add2;

}

if($operator=="/")

{

$add1 = $_REQUEST['fvalue'];

$add2 = $_REQUEST['lvalue'];

$res= $add1/$add2;

}

if($_REQUEST['fvalue']==NULL && $_REQUEST['lvalue']==NULL)

{

echo "<script language=javascript> alert(\"Please Enter values.\");</script>";

}

else if($_REQUEST['fvalue']==NULL)

{

echo "<script language=javascript> alert(\"Please Enter First value.\");</script>";

}

else if($_REQUEST['lvalue']==NULL)

{

echo "<script language=javascript> alert(\"Please Enter second value.\");</script>";

}

}

?>

<form>

<table style="border:groove #00FF99">

            <tr>

                <td style="background-color:aqua; color:red; font-family:'Times New Roman'">Enter First Number</td>

                <td colspan="1">

               

                    <input name="fvalue" type="text" style="color:red"/></td>

            <tr>

                <td style="color:burlywood; font-family:'Times New Roman'">Select Operator</td>

                <td>

                    <select name="operator" style="width: 63px">

<option>+</option>

<option>-</option>

<option>*</option>

<option>/</option>

</select></td>

               </tr>

            <tr>

                <td style="background-color:aqua; color:red; font-family:'Times New Roman'">Enter First Number</td>

                <td class="auto-style5">

                    <input name="lvalue" type="text"  style="color:red"/></td>

               

            </tr>

            <tr>

                <td></td>

                <td><input type="submit" name="calculate" value="Calculate" style="color:wheat;background-color:rosybrown" /></td>

               

            </tr>

            <tr>

                <td style="background-color:aqua;color:red">Output = </td>

                <td style="color:darkblue"><?php echo $res;?></td>

               

            </tr>

       </table>

 </form>

 

Output