ok i need the script to be done so i intended it myself.
when i press submit, it takes me to mail.php and it just displays the source.

what am i doing wrong?

here is an example:

Untitled.htm **

<form action="mail.php" method="post">
Your Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name = "email"><br><br>
Comments<br>
<textarea name="comments"></textarea><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>


mail.php **

<?php
$name=$_POST['name'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$comments=$_POST['comments'];
$to="josh3316@hotmail.com";
$message="$name just filled in your comments form. They said:\n$comments\n\nTheir e-mail address was: $email";
if(mail($to,"Comments From Your Site",$message,"From: $email\n")) {
echo ("Thanks for your comments.");
} else {
echo ("There was a problem sending the mail. Please check that you filled in the form correctly.");
}
?>



anyone know? thx in advanced
-JOSH

nevermind i got it! woooooooo!!!!!!!! it works!

only one problem, i need to redirect it. nevermind though, i can handle that. just some simple JS.

You can put at the top of the php script:

header("Location: http://www.thepagetogoto.com/page.htm");

which will do the redirect for you.

heh cool, i already did it with Javascript though. thanks for your suggestions david.

Ghetto I would use his idea. If people have js turned off then it will be messed up. Also it is faster because it is processed before the page is loaded.

Also (php people please confirm this) I beleive that if mail() fails then it will produce an error and therefore you would never see this:
echo ("There was a problem sending the mail. Please check that you filled in the form correctly.");

if you add an @ symbol before any function ( @mail("ect....") ) then it will supress errors.
Good luck.
-dk

oh, i took off the if statement, it seemed to be causing errors.
and its true, if the mail doesnt send it does give you an error

well, the form design part was easy, i just kept getting the T_Variable error because i needed the:

$name = $_POST('name')

in mail.php.

but its all done now. and, im using david's idea works out great.

thx for the tips guys.
-Josh